Welcome to Worth

Name: Welcome to Worth
Start: 2025-07-30T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-30T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Somerset House

Ages 15+

Short films and stories set in the town of Worth, inspired by old COI films, Freud's The Uncanny, folklore and hauntology.

By CINEVISIONARY LTD

Date and time

Location

Somerset House

Strand London WC2R 1LA United Kingdom

Agenda

Welcome to Worth (Reading)

A primer on the troubled foundations of the new town—its origins, gaps, and psychic stains.

The Devils Harvest (Short Film)

A man is visited late at night by a troubling entity from his childhood—

Goose Pimples (Reading)

The fragmented recollections of a missing pupil, remembered—or misremembered—by a traumatised schoolmate.

The Fire Sermon (Short Film)

On the ragged edge of Worth, a runaway boy meets a strange older girl who promises to teach him real magick.

The Birthday Party (Reading)

As guests gather for a childrens party, the stains on the wall begin to grow.

Foreclosure (Short Film)

A grieving father’s resentment turns dark when he discovers a way to rewrite the past—at the cost of his daughter.

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours
Ages 15+
No venue parking

Welcome to Worth

Join writer and filmmaker Robert Dee and guests for an intimate screening and live reading exploring the haunted textures of history, memory, and place.

Set in the fictional spillover new town of Worth—a shadowy satellite suburb built on buried trauma and psychic residue—this one-off event brings together three short films and three short story readings, all drawing inspiration from British folklore, the eerie public information films of the COI, Freud’s The Uncanny, and the spectral sensibility of hauntology.

Each piece offers a glimpse into a larger imagined world, where personal grief and collective history blur; where childhood memories warp into myth; and where the rational planning of postwar progress gives way to something stranger, older, and unresolved.

-------

This event is free to attend but spaces are limited.

The session runs twice once at 6:30 and once at 7:30. Please book for only one session.

IMPORTANT: HOW TO GET THERE:

The space is Gallery 31 (G31) in the New Wing of Somerset House. The New Wing at Somerset House is located on the Lancaster Place side of the building, accessible from the Strand, and is situated near the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court. Once inside, turn immediately right.

--------

Come if you’re drawn to the psychological, the uncanny, and the atmospheres of places not found on any map.

Organised by

CINEVISIONARY LTD