‘Strange things happened’: Nick Kozakis on the spirited production of ‘Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism’

When director Nick Kozakis began developing his first solo feature in 2021, he set out to make a conventional exorcism film, being a “fan of horror first and then a filmmaker”.

However, as he began researching the topic, he realised real-life examples of the phenomenon, where people with mental health issues, including a number of women and children, had exorcisms performed on them, was a more intriguing prospect to explore.

“That put me on a different path to tell that story, which I thought was just a...