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21 Nov 2016
So long from 42nd Street...
That’s a wrap on Abertoir 2016! We've celebrated horror old and new, experienced a whole host of events, and commemorated a street from a bygone age - but now, even our recreation of 42nd Street has been cleaned up and Disneyfied...alas! A tremendous thank…
21 Nov 2016
Abertoir 2016 Winners!
We’re very pleased to reveal the films voted best by our Abertoir 2016 audience. Abertoir Short Film Melies d’ArgentBricks (Neville Pierce, UK, 2016)Abertoir Short Film AwardPortal to Hell!!! (Vivieno Caldinelli, USA, 2016) Classic features1st – The Fog2nd- The Fly3rd – I Drink Your BloodNew…
17 Sep 2016
Announcing Abertoir: Cardiff 2016!
The tat has landed and the novelty t-shirts are hitting all your favourite high street retailers, which means it’s almost HALLOWEEN! We’re happy to say that we’ll be taking over at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, again this year and we’ve a cracking line-up for…
It is with great pleasure that we announce the one and only LYNN LOWRY as a special guest at Abertoir 2016! We'll be screening two of the films for which Lynn is best known, I Drink Your Blood and Shivers, as well as quizzing…
12 Sep 2016
2016 Poster & Passes on Sale!
We're delighted to reveal this year's poster for Abertoir 2016! It might change a little bit as we'll be adding many more guests, but once again our fabulous designer Pete Stevenson has taken all the random images we gave him and come up with…
30 Aug 2016
First announcements for 2016
While you patiently wait for news of 2016's exciting line-up (we're working hard on it!), we're very pleased to announce two returning guests for special events at this year's festival. Renowned film composer Fabio Frizzi and his band return to Aberystwyth with a very…
