12 minutes of pure 'be careful what you wish for' energy that'll haunt your laptop screen.
The Writ is a dramatic fantasy about a dreamy writer who meets a magical shopkeeper granting him fame and success at a tremendous cost.
Direction
Majmudar packs a feature's worth of dread into 12 lean minutes.
Acting
Plester's descent from hopeful to hollow hits harder at short length.
Director
Ketan Majmudar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 12-minute runtime mirrors Aquila's compressed timeline of success—both are over before you can process the damage.
Joins a proud tradition of 'cursed creator' shorts like 'The Price' and 'The Devil's Backbone'—British indie horror keeping the Twilight Zone torch alive.
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