A critically-acclaimed film featuring a cast of Welsh stars will open this year’s Abertoir.

The Aberystwyth-based horror festival, which has been thrilling and frightening horror fans for years, returns on 2 November, kicking off with a screening of The Feast by Lee Haven Jones and Roger Williams.

The film has been impressing audiences around the world in recent months and this will be the Welsh premiere of it, and its only UK screening outside of London Film Festival in 2021.

The Welsh language film sees a wealthy couple hosting a luxury dinner party in order to convince a neighbour to sell land to a local businessman. As a mysterious girl arrives at the house to be the maid for the evening, things turn sour.

The film features a cast of familiar faces including Nia Roberts, Annes Elwy, Sion Alun Davies, Steffan Cennydd, Julian Lewis Jones and Rhodri Meilir.

Lee Haven Jones, Roger Williams, Annes Elwy and Steffan Cennydd will be present at the festival for a post-film discussion.

The Feast has shown at film festivals around the world, including SXSW in the USA, Fantasia in Canada, BiFan in South Korea, and Motel X in Portugal, where it won the Méliès d´argent award for Best European Fantastic Feature Film.

Abertoir returns to Aberystwyth Arts Centre after being presented virtually last year due to Covid-19. The festival will take place from 2 to 7 November in the famous Theatr y Werin auditorium to allow for social distancing.

But a virtual element remains and will take place from 12 to 14 November. 

The Feast is on at 6pm on Tuesday, 2 November.

For more information on this year’s Abertoir Horror Festival, visit www.abertoir.co.uk.