

The darkly comic-tinged neo-noir finds sweet-talking but penniless mystery man Alan Ball and his put-upon servant Flukes desperately clinging to all they have left: the house they live in, which Ball inherited from his brutally murdered wife. As Christmas looms and looks increasingly miserable, unwelcome figures from Ball's past reemerge with suspicious timing, plunging Ball into paranoia and upsetting the strenuous juggling act that his existence... his existences... have become.

Even with a rock-solid sidekick whose faith in his boss seems mind-bogglingly unwavering, this spirited but dwindling duo are an unlikely match for what this Advent has in store.



Hailing from the very frontiers of contemporary indie cinema, this phantasmagorical fever dream is one yuletide cracker whose painful punchline prompts not quite a groan, more a scream....



Further tasters will follow, but this weird and wicked whirlpool of woes unwraps its full hamper of ghastly charms December 2016. Let us know what you think of this heavily independent labour of love (total budget est. €8,000/$8,800) which we shot December 2012 and finally finished spring of this year.



An Executive Branch/Eschaton picture, written, produced, and directed by Matthew J. Keats & Van Poynton (winner of a "Special Award for Innovation in the New Cinema" at the 14th Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2013, and the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the 3rd Babelgum Online Film Festival 2010), The Nightmare of My Choice stars Ross Forder, Stephen Cromwell, Stephen Murray, Lena-Marie Fitzgerald, Johnny Elliott, and Louise Butler. Post-sound was carried out at both Egg and Gorilla in Dublin, with IFTA (Irish Film & Television Academy award)-winning Nikki Moss sound designing. Stills by Eoin Holland.



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