During a sputtering attempt at a romantic date, a young man realizes the restaurant he’s chosen isn’t quite what it seems.
2020, USA, 8 minutes
Directed by Costa Karalis
Category: 2021 Festival
Calliope
Mired in ennui, a bored young man stumbles upon a secret world of frightening delights.
2021, Hungary, 8 minutes
Directed by Zsófia Csánki
The Rise
The lone survivor of a long gone death cult is offered a new opportunity to meet his dark gods.
2021, Italy, 10 minutes
Directed by Lorenzo Fassina
Class
On a friend’s advice, an aspiring actor attends an acting class and is bemused by the teacher’s eccentric methods.
2020, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Enzo Cellucci, Ash McNair
All That Roams Below (Tout Ce Qui Grouille sous la Mer)
A young man with hazy memories visits his childhood home and finds a mysterious woman among the ruins of his past.
2017, France, 30 minutes
Directed by Fabien Legeron, Estelle Faye
The Blood of the Dinosaurs
Uncle Bobbo teaches children where oil comes from.
2021, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Joe Badon
HUGSNKISSES
A single father struggles to satisfy his baby’s appetite.
2021, USA, 12 minutes
Directed by Adam Navas
A. I. Mama
A programmer in a dead-tech future feeds their memories into a program designed to conjure their lost mother.
2020, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Asuka Lin
Winner: Dumpster Diver Award
Coxswain’s Chicken Kitchen
A fried-chicken mogul hawks his newest innovations to a skeptical young woman.
2020, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Marcie LaCerte
Seppo
With a single thoughtless act, a hapless plumber curses the world to perpetual rain.
2021, United Kingdom, 3 minutes
Directed by Tia Salisbury
Torture Cam
A young man shares some tragic news with his friend but grows annoyed when the friend doesn’t react the way he expects.
2021, France, 10 minutes
Directed by Rock Brenner
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An unemployed graphic designer photoshops embarrassing images of himself with his younger brother’s fiancée.
2021, USA, 16 minutes
Directed by Eliaz ZX