A woman makes a peculiar request of her boyfriend and hires backup when he struggles to comply.
2017, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Jeanne Jo
Category: Shorts
Papercuts
A middling office drone does something drastic to improve his ranking and impress the new hire.
2017, USA, 6 minutes
Directed by James Leming
Silverline Valentine
A young woman meets a charming but vaguely off-putting man on a cross-country bus.
2018, USA, 14 minutes
Directed by Brandon McDuffey
The Plan (Le Plan)
A monster fashions a sentinel to protect him during his evolution.
2016, France, 13 minutes
Directed by Pierre Teulières
Beast (Bestia)
A wounded man is stalked through the wilderness by an unseen menace.
2017, Canada, 8 minutes
Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero
Helminth
While engaging in her beauty routine, a woman discovers a horrific ailment.
2017, Australia, 6 minutes
Directed by Miranda Staubli
Friendsgiving
New in town, a woman accepts a dinner invitation from an unsettling neighbor and soon regrets it.
2018, USA, 7 minutes
Directed by Samantha Kolesnik
Still Hungry
Recently home from a treatment facility, a young woman faces the embodiment of her eating disorder.
2017, USA, 13 minutes
Directed by Rowan Russell
Maelstrøm
A man is driven mad by his companion’s noise making.
2017, Spain, 3 minutes
Directed by Carlos Gómez-Trigo
Opus
An artist is compelled by abusive voices to hurl herself destructively into her latest work.
2017, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Nelson Vicens
STATE OF EMERGENCY MOTHERFUCKER! (ETAT D’ALERTE SA MERE!)
A friend tries to tell the story of his date despite violent interruptions by the police.
2017, Belgium, 6 minutes
Directed by Sébastien Petretti
Schwartzy
A teenaged boy suffers the judgment and abuse of his family to indulge his obsession with a famous actor.
2016, Canada, 6 minutes
Directed by Aleks Vujosevic
Winner: Best Story Award