The Corruption
A bizarre encounter with a mysterious woman drives a lusty Grindr user down a spiral of paranoia.
2024, USA, 18 minutes
Directed by Andrew Dimitrov
Winner: Scanner Darkly Award
The Cure
While a woman strains to cope with the decline of her parents, her husband entertains a mysterious stranger in their home.
2017, USA, 20 minutes
Directed by Mike Olenick
The Dark Odyssey
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
The Defiler (Häpäisijä)
In a dystopian urban wasteland, a brutal street tough breaks out of prison to rescue her protégée.
2016, Finland, 24 minutes
Directed by Artturi Olavi Rostén
Winner: Best Special Effects Award
The Denier — REEL 6: Beddy Bye
A sociopath commits an act of unspeakable violence in service to an obscene god.
2020, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Travis Darkow
The Devil’s Asshole
A demon possesses a woman’s chili, but finds the tables turned when she forces him to confront his own feelings.
2019, USA, 5 minutes
Directed by Brian Lonano
The Discharged Murderer (ひり出された殺意)
A hard-boiled detective investigates a series of grisly murders and discovers a staggering truth about his world.
2016, Japan, 30 minutes
Directed by Taku Kuroda
The Dissolving Man
An angry paranoiac suffers through increasingly horrific agony after pricking his finger on a stray hypodermic.
2017, USA, 19 minutes
Directed by Benjamin Swicker
The Door
A custodial worker discovers an unfamiliar door, behind which lie unsettling visions.
2015, Australia, 4 minutes
Directed by Justin Crooks
The Flesh of My Lovers
A lovelorn weirdo with disturbing predilections takes a fancy to his pretty new neighbor.
2015, USA, 16 minutes
Directed by Joshua Giuliano
Winner: Best Story Award, Best Movie Award
The French Toast Man
Rev. Fred Lane’s classic children’s tale is brought to life as an animated musical storybook.
2018, USA, 3 minutes
Directed by Skizz Cyzyk and Alix Tobey Southwick
The Girls in the Walls
On her 21st birthday, a young woman takes her boyfriend to meet her mother, but the celebration turns to torture thanks to suspicion and manipulation.
2023, Canada, 19 minutes
Directed by Mariia Charuta