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Instead of the issues, what I want to talk about is the actual filmmaking, which is in the service of one of the most shocking horror shorts I’ve ever seen.

A young couple is being driven to a bucolic estate where their friends and family await to attend their wedding ceremony. Their hands clasp, and the sun glows outside the windows. As the car approaches, the guests gather and start to applaud. This is all captured in graceful slow-motion tracking shots. As the couple approaches the house, a hand enters the frame to douse the bride with gasoline. No one else seems to notice, and everyone keeps cheering as she is soaked. The camerawork becomes more violent, mimicking the style of old-school riot footage. We witness the awful sight of this woman choking on flammable liquid as her friends and family cheer. There’s a hopeful moment near the end when a middle-aged man (possibly her father) looks like he might help, then he holds up a lighter.

I hope Honour Wedding is successful in raising awareness of this problem, but just on purely cinematic terms, the film is a complete triumph.