Production Status
Completed
Available on 
DVD available from VIPCO
Teaser Trailer
https://vimeo.com/240300832
Release Date
12th October 2019
Synopsis
Set on a plane traveling to a final gig, Dead Air tells the story of Monster Kitten, an all female punk rock band who end up on a flight with some nasty little creatures with all hell breaking loose at 30,000 feet.
Cast
Stacy Hart – The Drummer
Kate Marie Davis – The Bassist
Charlie Bond – The Singer
Johanna Stanton – The Guitarist
Dan Palmer – The Manager
James Hamer-Morton – The Co-Pilot
David Schaal – The Pilot
Niamh Harmer – Little Girl
Crew
Producer/Director/Editor – Geoff Harmer
Producer/Writer – Peter Hearn
DOP – Tom Allen
Production Manager – Mark Dawson
1st AD – Elkie Yates
Sound Recordist – Taylor Rae Papworth
Sound Designer – Dirk Maggs
Executive Producers – Jonathan McLain, Matthew Piccaver & Ellen Williams
Associate Producer – Louise Jukes
1st AC – James Skerrit
2nd AC – Jake Robinson
Stunt Co-ordinator – Callum Arnott
Puppet Creators – Sasha Fusini, Anna Henderson, Annie Pugh & Lydia Smith
Additional Puppet creator – Alex Genn-Bash
Score – Dan Hall
Puppet Co-Ordinator – Andrew James Spooner
Puppeteers – Alice Amesbury, Nicola Buckmaster, Anthony Lymboura & Mark Oakley.
Script Supervisor – Patrick Forster
Costume Supervisor – Alice Hume
Costume Assistant – Catherine Ruddick
Still Photography – Scott Chalmers
Catering – Carolyn Harmer & Wendy Flynn
Storyboard Artist – Neil Jepson
Concept Artist – Samuel Silverman
Make Up Artists – Ella Christenson, Sara Gerwat, Anna Hillary, and Natalie Hodgkins
Special Make Up FX – Will Clinker, Jessica Jones & Jack Threlfall
Production Assistants – Toby Henley, Jacob Percival, Sophie Roberts, & Ellie Selwood
Songs – Erica Nockalls & PantyChrist
Concept Art
Awards/Festivals
Reels of the Dead – USA – 27th September 2019 – Official Selection
Haunted House FearFest – UK – 27th October 2019 – Official Selection
Halloweenapalooza – USA – 11th October 2019 – Official Selection
Boobs & Blood International Film Festival – USA – 5th October 2019 – Official Selection
Soho Horror Film Festival – UK – 16th November 2019 – Official Selection
The Dead of Night Film Festival – UK – 12th October 2019 – Official Selection
Fantasm’s Shock Reel Cinema Film Festival – USA – 11th October 2019 – Official Selection
Black Sunday Film Festival – UK – 25th October 2019 – Official Selection
Knoxville Horror Film Fest – USA – 17th October 2019 – Official Selection
S.O.S. Indie Horror Film Fest – USA – 26th October 2019 – WINNER : 3rd Place ‘Best Film‘
Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival – UK – 1st November 2019 – Nominated : ‘Best Comedy Horror‘ and ‘Best Costume‘
Dead all Day Horror Film Festival – UK – 16th November 2019 – Official Selection
Birmingham Film Festival – UK – 2nd November 2019 – Nominated : ‘Best Short Film‘ and ‘The BFF Bull Award‘
Linear International Film Festival – UK – 9th November 2019 – WINNER : ‘Best Comedy Horror‘
Horror-On-Sea Film Festival – UK – 12th January 2020 – Official Selection
Pastel Wasteland Film Festival – UK – 16th November 2019 – WINNER : ‘Best Film‘ and ‘Best Director‘ – Nominated : ‘Best Script‘
The Box Film Festival – UK – 9th November 2019 – Official Selection
Grindhouse Planet Film Festival – UK – 23rd November 2019 – Official Selection
Genre Celebration Festival – Japan – 7th December 2019 – WINNER : ‘Best Horror Short‘ and ‘Best Visual Effects‘
Grindhouse @Zoetrope 6 – UK – 7th December 2019 – Official Selection
Montevideo Fantastico 12 – Uruguay – 11th December 2019 – Official Selection
DarkVeins Horror Fest – Italy – 27th December 2019 – Official Selection – Nominated : ‘Best Short Film‘
Stormy Weather Horror Fest – USA – 1st January 2020 – WINNER : ‘Best SFX‘ and ‘Best Big Bad‘ – Nominated : ‘Best Short‘, ‘Best Cinematography’, ‘Best Director‘ and ‘Best Editing‘
Mad Monster Party Film Festival – USA – 14th February 2020 – Official Selection
Hexploitation Film Festival – Canada – 20th February 2020 – Official Selection
MeggaXP’s Blood Bash – USA – 15th February 2020 – Official Selection
Bloody Flicks Awards – UK – 22nd February 2020 – WINNER : ‘Best Music‘ and ‘Best Special Effects‘
Paracinema Film Festival – UK – 1st May 2020 – Official Selection
Starburst International Film Festival – UK – 14th March 2020 – WINNER : ‘Best Art & Design’
Oxford International Short Film Festival – UK – 28th March 2020 – Official Selection
Cleveland ConCoction – USA – 21st March 2020 – Official Selection
BIAFF2020 – UK – October 2020 – WINNER : Diamond Award
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival – USA – 22nd May 2020 – Official Selection – NOMINATED : ‘Best Short Film’ and ‘Best Actress’ for Stacy Hart.
Scumdance 2020 – USA – 22nd August 2020 – Official Selection
The Indie Horror Film Festival – USA – 5th September 2020 – Official Selection – NOMINATED : ‘Best Sound’ – WINNER : ‘Best Music’ for Dan Hall.
Swindon Independent Film Festival – UK – 7th July 2020 – Official Selection – NOMINATED : ‘Best Make Up & Hair Design’, ‘Best Production Design’ and ‘Best Comedy’
The Rock and Metal International Film Festival 2020 – USA – 30th November 2020 – Official Selection
Norfolk Film Festival 2020 – UK – 4th October 2020 – Official Selection
Bai De Fest 2020 – Spain – 6th November 2020 – Official Selection
CineMe – UK – 26th October 2020 – Official Selection
Virtually Dead and SudBuried : Horrorthon at Home – UK – 14th November 2020 – Official Selection
Russian International Horror Film Awards – Russia – 15th October 2020 – Official Selection
RAMIFF 2020 – USA – December 2020 – Official Selection
Volterra Fantasy Film Festival – Italy – June 2021 – Official Selection
Descending Night Film Festival – Sweden – October 2021 – Official Selection
Portobello Film Festival – UK – September 2021 – Official Selection
Vipco Vaults of TerrorFest 2021 – UK – December 2021 – WINNER : ‘Best SFX’ and ‘Best Director’
Bech Test Film Fest 2021 – UK – December 2021 – Official Selection
Notts Fest 2022 – UK – March 2022 – Official Selection
Horror Realm 2023 – USA – March 2023 – Official Selection
Dirt in the Gate Grindfest – UK – September 2022 – Official Selection
DerpyCon 2022 – USA – October 2022 – Official Selection
Pompeywood Genre Film Festival – September 2023 – WINNER : ‘Best Horror Film’, ‘Best Cinematography’ and ‘Audience Award’.