Nightmare Ego Death March
After a botched suicide attempt, a troubled art student becomes obsessed with his domineering art professor.
2024, USA, 4 minutes
Directed by Aidan Champeau
No Monkey
A woman labors to care for her aging mother, whose racist delusions grow ever more extreme.
2018, USA, 10 minutes
Directed by Matthew Emery
Nocturne
A woman home alone panics when a desperate-looking visitor appears on her home security system.
2019, USA, 12 minutes
Directed by Michael Trainotti
Nothing Matters
A responsible nebbish returns home to find his roommate in the throes of an ominous epiphany.
2015, Canada, 7 minutes
Directed by Daniel Jeffery
Nymphal
A father struggles to connect with his daughter while fending off cicadas and encroaching bamboo.
2024, USA, 22 minutes
Directed by Joe Pellegrino
O One O (سبر دو بر برابر)
Lasem tries to warn his friends Qasem and Jasem about a horrific premonition, but they are deaf to his entreaties.
2018, Islamic Republic of Iran, 11 minutes
Directed by Mohammad Hossein Jafari Moghaddam Fard
Oh Sees, “Gholü”
A gourmet cannibal succumbs to his bloodlust and transmogrifies into the embodiment of his appetite.
2019, United Kingdom, 2 minutes
Directed by Leo Nicholson
OKAY AL-i
As she recalls the harsh treatment received at the hands of her programmer, an android decides she’s had enough.
2022, USA, 16 minutes
Directed by Sarah Emery and Matthew Emery
Winner: Audience Favorite Short Award
One Last Time
Fancy-dressed flies hold a rollicking carnival inside a soldier’s corpse.
2018, Spain, 5 minutes
Directed by Javier Longobardo
Optic Nerve
Alone on a stormy night, a man sends himself into a spiraling psychedelic nightmare in an attempt to exorcise his demons.
2019, USA, 15 minutes
Directed by Peter Hartsock
Winner: Rumpshaker Award
Opus
An artist is compelled by abusive voices to hurl herself destructively into her latest work.
2017, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Nelson Vicens
Out of My Skin
When a beleaguered wife and mother finally gets some alone time, she loosens up in as extreme a manner as possible.
2016, Canada, 3 minutes
Directed by Nadine L’Esperance