The Nameless Ballad world première at FrightFest, 29th August 2026 Filmmaker Federico Zampaglione has a thing about toads. In his Shadow (2009), the antagonist Mortis (Nuot Arquint) is shown enthusiastically licking the back of a Bufo alvarius; and in his latest a squat toad appears several times, and at one point events are even shown…
