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Switchblade Cinema is a production company founded by directing team A/K: Alix Austin & Keir Siewert - self-professed weirdos and international mutts, hailing from the UK, the US and Switzerland.

Their debut feature KILL YOUR LOVER was the Opening Night Film at at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2023, winning Best Effects - and is distributed by Dark Sky Films.

They were selected to be part of FrightFest and Queensbury Picture's NEW BLOOD '22 initiative.  The team are also the recipient of the Raimi Productions Scholarship for the Rogue Studios program as featured in FANGORIA.

SHOWREEL

Other notable work includes co-directing the London segment for Horror Anthology 'ISOLATION', alongside Larry Fessenden, Bobby Roe and Dennie Gordon, which premiered at FrightFest and Screamfest 2021 and featured in Variety, Bloody Disgusting and more.
 

Their multiple award-winning short film roster has screened at over 100 festivals globally:

RETCH (2018): Available on ALTER & Bloody Disgusting TV

PORTRAIT (2020): Available to stream on Klipist

SUCKER (2022): Available on ALTER & Bloody Disgusting TV

You can find biographies for A/K below:

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Keir Siewert - Director Writer Headshot - Do Not Resuscitate - Switchblade Cinema.png
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