BORROWED LIGHT

(2025)

A night watchman is startled by a detected motion on his security screen. His investigation leads to an eerie encounter.

Producer: Jerome Lippelt

Director & Cinematographer: Christian Stahlhofen

Writers: Jerome Lippelt & Christian Stahlhofen

Stars: Jerome Lippelt

Runtime: 6:16 min

Borrowed Light was filmed over the course of six days in May 2025 in Helsingborg, Sweden. It stands as the most successful production in the Claw and Cleaver Flicks filmography to date. Having garnered numerous awards and nominations at international film festivals, Borrowed Light effectively laid the groundwork for the studio’s first feature film project.

Awards and Selections

Bloody Mirror Horror Film Festival, GE: Channel Audience Choice Award
Halloween Horror Festival, GB: Honorable Mention & Best Film Nominee
Los Angeles Fantasy Fest, US: Best Horror Short Film Nominee
Catacombs Film Festival, US: Semi Finalist
Bakunawa Fest, PH: Official Selection
Dark Scream Film Festival, IN: Official Selection
Bite Night Presents, US: Official Selection
Megga XP's Blood Bash, US: Official Selection
Bleedingham Horror Film Festival, US: Official Selection
El Cuervo Film Festival, ES: Official Selection
Purgatory Film Festival, GB: Official Selection
Filmmaker Sessions Volume 10, GB: Official Selection

Our selection committee was drawn to the film’s quiet intensity and masterful use of atmosphere. Borrowed Light captures the unsettling stillness of isolation and the slow, precise unraveling of fear. Through minimal dialogue and elegant framing, you’ve created a cinematic experience that turns something as simple as a night watchman’s shift into a meditation on perception, light, and the unknown. It’s refined, haunting, and profoundly effective.

Bloody Mirror Film Festival

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