The Child | Short Horror Film | Screamfest
The Child premiered in Screamfest 2025 in LA https://screamfestla.com/2025/film/child and Screamfest NOLA in 2024 https://screamfestla.com/nola/2024/fi...
Genre: Horror / Drama, Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror
Short Synopsis
During her pregnancy, a woman begins experiencing terrifying symptoms that require an urgent intervention by a doctor — plunging both of them into one of the darkest situations imaginable.
Cast
Mina Miluka
Eric Godon
Crew
Writer / Director: Bekim Vanbosche
Producers: Nerim Vanbosche, Bekim Vanbosche
Director of Photography: Norman Beart
Editor: Samuel Angiel
Sound Designer: Igor Othenin-Girard
Composer: Timothy McAllister
Camera Department: Arno Cutsem, Clément Protin, Jan Vandenbussche
Gaffer: Bart Van Driel
Lighting Department: Loïc De Wandeler, Billy D’Hoogte
Make-Up: Aida Illosif
Wardrobe: Charknaz Aliyeva
Sound: Johan Maertens
Sound Mixer: Pedro Van de Eecken
Script Supervisor: Eby Kadima
Colour Grading: Keylan Marien
SFX: Florence Thonet, Anne Van Nuyen
Festival Selections, Nominations & Awards
Screamfest NOLA (New Orleans, 2024) — Winner: Best Short
Screamfest LA (Los Angeles, 2025)
BIFFF – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (2024)
Corrosivo (2024)
Razor Reel (2024)
Thai International Film Festival (2024) — Winner: Best Short
Spooky Empire (2024) — Nominated: Best of the Year, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Spookiest Sound Design
— Winner: Best Actress — Mina Miluka
Eerie Horror Fest (2024)
Chicago Horror Film Festival (2024) — Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
7ème Aaarh! (2024)
Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival (London, 2024)
— Nominated: Best Foreign Short, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Eric Godon), Best Editing, Best Score, Best Sound Design
Anatomy of Crime and Horror Film Festival (Athens, 2024)
— Nominated: Best Actor — Eric Godon
South African HorrorFest (Cape Town, 2024) — Nominated: Best Short Film, Best Female Lead (Mina Miluka)
Hysteria (San Jose, 2024)
SJIFA (San Jose, 2024) — Winner: Best Short Film
The Goddess on the Thrones (Pristina, 2024)
Sacramento Horror Film Festival (2025)
Cambodia International Film Festival (Phnom Penh, 2025)
Romford Horror (London, 2025)
Milwaukee Horror Film Festival (2025) — Winner: Best Foreign Film
The Cyprus Horror Society (Limassol, 2025)
— Winner: Best Director, Best Psychological Horror, Best Cinematography
Red Movie Awards (Reims, 2025)
— Nominated: Best of the Year
— Winner: Best of the Season (Winter 2024)
The Fantasy Film Festival (Paris, 2025) — Winner: Best Horror Short
ICE Movie Award (Courchevel, 2025) — Winner: Best Short Film of the Month — October 2025
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