An antisocial engineer sequesters himself in his home and goes to extreme lengths to investigate a strange noise in his head.
2021, Austria, 91 minutes
Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner
Category: 2021 Festival
Stinger
Stung by a mysterious insect, a filmmaker documents his intensifying sickness using microscopic video.
2021, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Brian Zahm
Laguna Ave
A laid-off editor gets drawn into the paranoid world of his mysterious transhumanist neighbor.
2021, USA, 80 minutes
Directed by David Buchanan
Just a Guy
Three women share their experiences corresponding with Richard Ramirez — the murderer and rapist known as The Night Stalker.
2020, Germany, 15 minutes
Directed by Shoko Hara
Winner: Weirdest Boner Award
The Last Temptation of Aelred
A religious initiate battles an infernal beguiler who offers the young priest forbidden delights.
2021, USA, 25 minutes
Directed by Jack Pratt
Forgive Us
When a young man returns home with his boyfriend after a long absence, he finds his family’s cordial reception masks a secret menace.
2021, USA, 14 minutes
Directed by D. W. Hodges
Corked
A man with a dark secret accepts a mysterious invitation to a bar and finds it has dark secrets of its own.
2021, Australia, 10 minutes
Directed by Zac Loy
Help
A woman looks to a self-help app for guidance in her meandering life and finds the app demanding more from her than she’d expected.
2020, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Liesel Hanson
Chinook
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
Calliope
Mired in ennui, a bored young man stumbles upon a secret world of frightening delights.
2021, Hungary, 8 minutes
Directed by Zsófia Csánki