Alice Lowe has been shortlisted for the inaugural Screen International Horror Rising Star Award.

The new award, celebrating the work of emerging talent in genre cinema, has been launched with Horror Channel FrightFest 2016, which runs from August 25 - 29.

Lowe was a winner of the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of Garth Marenghi's show in 2001. More recently Lowe co-wrote and starred in Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers (pictured). She has recently written and directed the short film Solitudo as well as the forthcoming Prevenge, in which she also stars.

The other shortlisted filmmakers are The Ford Brothers, Kate Shenton, Paul Hyett and Shaun Robert-Smith. 

The winner will be announced on Aug 28, following a panel discussion on the future of the UK horror film industry moderated by Screen at London’s Vue Cinema in Shepherds Bush.