Nine experimental noise musicians share their music as well as their thoughts on the life and philosophy of their art.
2020, France, 90 minutes
Directed by Jérôme Florenville
Category: 2021 Festival
A Study in Kisses of Brown
Drag icons Carlotta Moore and Fuckery Von Flesh deliver a scathing critique of America’s scatological fixations.
2020, Finland, 4 minutes
Directed by CHRZU Lindström, Kerttu Jaatinen
Twine
A young woman visits her newly inherited home with her musician boyfriend, but the retreat grows tumultuous as the couple begin having surreal visions.
2021, USA, 33 minutes
Directed by Scott Bolger
Winner: Rumpshaker Award
The Dark Odyssey
A prisoner breaks free from his cell during a long, dark journey through interstellar space.
2021, USA, 9 minutes
Directed by Michael Lavine
Winner: Brown Acid Award
Don’t Answer (Älä Vastaa)
A weary traveler encounters a foreboding presence in the deep woods.
2020, Finland, 8 minutes
Directed by Artturi Olavi Rostén, Sara Nieminen
The Chimney Swift
An aging master describes the horrific cycle that begins early in every chimney sweep’s life.
2020, Germany, 5 minutes
Directed by Frédéric Schuld
Flick
A compulsive nose picker encounters a bogey that refuses to release him.
2019, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Ariel Zengotita
Winner: Sickest Award
Snowblind
The lead singer of a hard-partying metal band stumbles upon a flashy bit of bling and unknowingly unleashes an ancient curse on him and his bandmates.
2020, USA, 29 minutes
Directed by Lucas Godfrey
They’re Watching (Ils Surveillent)
A doting husband tags along when his alien-obsessed wife rushes to investigate a strange visitor at the neighbor’s house.
2020, Belgium, 29 minutes
Directed by Quentin Moll-Van Roye
Winner: Mink Stole Award
Ursus
An attempted assault awakens something feral inside a young woman, much to her partner’s discomfort.
2020, USA, 16 minutes
Directed by Tori Gene McCarthy