Forlorn animals in a pet shop while the time with infomercials for the only vibrationally pure superfood.
2019, USA, 8 minutes
Directed by Gurleen Rai
Category: 2020 Festival
Almost There
A shy passenger observes the kaleidoscopic array of humanity flowing around her on a train.
2019, United Kingdom, 9 minutes
Directed by Nelly Michenaud
Winner: Audience Favorite Short Award
Homecoming (Kotiinpaluu)
A band of “retired” violent gangsters is targeted for revenge by an accomplice of theirs seemingly risen from the dead.
2018, Finland, 27 minutes
Directed by Esa Jussila
MUSHI 虫
A young woman goes to ghastly lengths to rid herself of a monstrous parasite.
2019, Australia, 12 minutes
Directed by Odin Jurray
Winner: Splash Zone Award
Death Walks on Nitrate
A heartless photographer sees an old woman’s anguish as a photo opportunity, but she soon after finds herself suffering a nightmarish retribution.
2020, USA, 8 minutes
Directed by Kevin Fermini
Backward Creep
Waylaid on the road to a fandom convention, some cosplayers attract the attentions of an eldritch menace.
2020, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Christopher G. Moore
Washed
Facing a daunting mountain of dirty clothes, a young couple employs a shadowy laundry service’s assistance.
2019, USA, 9 minutes
Directed by Michael Bartolomeo
The Helping Hand
A young couple buys a smart device to help monitor their daughter, but they don’t know the mechanism continues to talk to the child long after they’ve gone to sleep.
2019, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Brenden Hubbard
POSSESSIONS
A documentarian attempts to simplify his life by selling his possessions, but one unassuming article causes his dear friend unexpected torment.
2019, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Zeke Farrow
Night of the Rumpus
On the anniversary of her girlfriend’s violent death, a woman chooses to brave a city-wide revelry where she encounters the suspicious malcontent everyone suspects committed the murder.
2019, USA, 81 minutes
Directed by Jorge Torres-Torres
Diversion
When a dodgy journalist hits a dog on an isolated rural highway, the infuriated owner seizes him and forces him to perform the dog’s duties on a violent manhunt.
2018, France, 20 minutes
Directed by Mathieu Mégemont
Serious Matters in the Middle of the Night
A struggling rideshare driver discovers and quickly finds herself embroiled in a subculture of addicts who trade digitized religious experiences.
2020, USA, 16 minutes
Directed by Josh Copeland