THE BRAIN-SMASHINGEST FILM FESTIVAL IN FLORIDA
Following a friend’s wedding, a couple return to their woodland cabin for a relaxing weekend, but a strange noise and a fixation on mortality threaten to derail their plans.
2022, USA, 13 minutes
Directed by Seth William Chatfield
Winner: Mrs. Festival Director’s Award
The hottest woman alive is stalked by a dime-store vampire.
2022, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Tomás Orrego
Winner: Kostanski Award
A germaphobe finds his anxiety escalating while he cares for his sick girlfriend.
2022, France, 15 minutes
Directed by Simon Birman
Winner: Cacophony Award
A small YouTuber loses her mind as the world falls apart, consuming endless amounts of bad content.
2022, USA, 72 minutes
Directed by Jacob Gregor
Winner: Audience Favorite Feature Award, Mr. Festival Director’s Award
A lonely young man, angry at his own body, pursues dark means to address his issues.
2022, USA, 27 minutes
Directed by Grant Swanson
Winner: Mink Stole Award
A TV magician opens a viewer’s third eye, giving him a chance to confront his own consciousness.
2022, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Johnny Clyde
Winner: The Cyber Sickie
Two strangers bond over addictive hallucinogenic worms leading them on a psychotic bender full of murder and perversity through the back alleys of Chicago.
2022, USA, 72 minutes
Directed by Alex Phillips
Winner: The Golden Tentacle
Ashley Glass’s song about the frustrations of lockdown horniness depicted in glitch animation.
2020, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Cary and Jon
Winner: Festival Director’s Award
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
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
A compulsive nose picker encounters a bogey that refuses to release him.
2019, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Ariel Zengotita
Winner: Sickest Award
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