You Are the Film (Japan, 2026)
Official Tubi FrightFest Synopsis from https://frightfest.co.uk/LondoN2026/you-are-the-film.html
The long-awaited directorial debut of Makoto Ueda, writer of BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES and RIVER. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO goes wacky Sci-Fi as Shimokitazawa native playwright Madoka and Sangenjaya-based band member Kazuma separately go and see a movie at the Tollywood independent cinema. But in the film, they each see the other person on screen — Madoka is in the film Kazuma is watching, and vice versa. In this impossible multiverse, incidents occur within each other’s stories as both communicate through the screen and work hard to solve the problems that arise in each other’s narratives.
Review
You Are the Film writer/director Makoto Ueda wrote the screenplays for the excellent time loop science-fiction comedies Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes and River. If you have seen either of those films, you can expect that you will be in for a humorous, touching treat of a genre feature with this film as Ueda also steps into the director’s chair. Here, the filmmaker plays with multiverse madness as playwright Madoka (Ito Marika) and musician Kazuma (Kai Inowaki) watch each other’s current actions on the same cinema screen, in different multiverses. When dramatic problems and dangers arise, can the two join forces to aid each other? Smartly written, wonderfully acted with Marika and Inowaki heading up a strong cast, and directed with aplomb, You Are the Film is a fun, frenetic slice of genre cinema that explores the difficulties of creating art. Highly recommended for cinephiles of all stripes.
Welcome to G-Town (U.K., 2026)
Official Tubi FrightFest synopsis from https://frightfest.co.uk/LondoN2026/welcome-to-g-town.html
Aliens invade Glasgow in a splatter-comedy from upstart twins Nathan and Ben McQuaid. Inspired by the early Peter Jackson cult items BAD TASTE and MEET THE FEEBLES, Bill is a media studies graduate struggling to get a job. His search for employment sees him stumble upon an office filled with strange characters clad in kilts and Jimmy hats who talk in a peculiar manner. They are a group of shape-shifting aliens, and when their leader sends one of them to spy on him, Bill and best friends Pete and Ronnie find themselves embroiled in the aliens’ plans for world domination.
Review
Cowriters/codirectors Nathan and Ben McQuaid serve up a lo-fi splaterrific science fiction/horror comedy with Welcome to G-Town. Extraterrestrials mistakenly invade Glasgow instead of the “capitol” they meant to aim for. Bill (Danny McAllen), disillusioned with his current life as best mates Pete (Stan Ross) and Ronnie (Ruben Ross) plan to move out of town, discovers the aliens’ hideout when he goes on a job interview. After street corner paranoid Alistair (Matthew Crawford Russell) gets the lads in hot water with the invaders, the trio of friends must do their best to save Glasgow from being taken over. Welcome to G-Town is B-movie looniness crafted with heart. McAllen’s performance brings some dramatic weight to the cartoonish (that’s meant as a compliment) proceedings. The special effects are refreshingly free of AI, with handmade alien masks and stop motion melting of bodies both human and alien. There are jokes and references that viewers who aren’t from Scotland won’t get — case in point, me — but overall Welcome to G-Town is a fun romp that wears its love of low-budget shock comedies on its cinematic sleeve.
You Are the Film and Welcome to G-Town screened as part of Tubi FrightFest 2026, which ran August 27–31 in London, U.K.
