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A short film by Z · Proof of concept for G i B

OLGA

YOUNG. ANCIENT. DEADLY.

Winner, Best Horror Short at the London Independent Film Festival 2025. Thirty nominations and twelve awards in its first year.

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Winner Best Horror Short London Independent Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Another Hole in the Head San Francisco · 2026
Winner Best Film overall Wild Indie Scifi Fantasy · 2026
Winner Best Director Wild Indie Scifi Fantasy · 2026
Winner Best Score overall Glowflare Horror · 2026
Winner Best Visual Effects Grindhouse Nights · 2025

Synopsis

A boy's eye reveals a serial killer.

Olga must replace body parts, and that is dangerous. Human parts carry emotions. She hates it. Painful memories trapped inside a teenage boy's left eye expose a killer, sending Olga on a hunt and painting a target on her back.

Genre
Thriller · Horror
Mood
Coming-of-age horror, supernatural drama, folklore
Runtime
15 min 40 sec
Country
UK
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The Sound Design

Evil Dead Rise Sound Designer. 

Sound design by Peter Albrechtsen (Evil Dead Rise), created in Copenhagen.

The Score

Hybrid Synth + Orchestra

Su Tais recorded the sounds of Icelandic nature in person, in Iceland, and sampled them into the score alongside her synths and her writing for the orchestra.

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The Mix

Mixed at Air.

The score was mixed at Air Studios by Jake Jackson (Ghost of Tsushima, Under the Skin).

The Costumes

Icelandic core

Olga's costume and set design draws on real Icelandic folklore, and her backstory is tied to the witch hunts in Iceland. The staves, costumes and symbols were researched on location and made with Icelandic artists.

Costume designer: Angelina Prom

Posters

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OLGA portrait poster in colour Portrait · Colour · 4K ↓ OLGA portrait poster with runes Portrait · Runes · 4K ↓ OLGA landscape poster Landscape · 4K ↓

Also in the mythology

Awaken

An experimental found-footage super short, shot on Super 16mm.

Inspired by true events. Wanted serial killers break into a family farm in Minnesota, armed with a hammer. Inside, they find a teenager in a wheelchair. This is the footage the police recovered from the camera.

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Awaken, Super 16mm still: grainy dark silhouettes in a doorway

Behind the scenes

On the set of Olga.

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How can I watch it?

Olga is on the festival circuit.

Programmers, press and industry can request a private screener. We'll reply with a link and password.