SCREENING SUNDAY AUGUST 10, 2025 AT 2:00 PM
These shorts don’t follow the rules. They glitch, loop, and unravel. You’ll find misfortunate intruders, sentient wives, haunted kitchens, cult commercials, corrupted video, and bodies turning inside out. Stories become static. Meaning slips. It's part performance, part fever dream, and everything feels off in the best possible way.
99 min run time
The Following is a Paid Advertisement
Director Ryan George Kittleman
Dark Comedy Short, Future Cult Classic, 3 min, United States
An homage to the golden age of late-night infomercials, The Following is a Paid Advertisement showcases a most unusual spa, with its endless supply of chowder and bizarre secrets bubbling beneath the surface.
It Felt Like Night
Director James Hollenbaugh
Documentary Short, 2 min, United States
The Great North American Eclipse occurred on April 8, 2024. Some things went according to plan. Some did not.
PXLATD MMRIES
Director Dalan McNabola
Experimental Short, 3min, United States
Filmed on Fisher Price's PXL 2000, PXLATD MMRIES is an experimental short film about loss and how our memories degrade over time.
Creep Dance
Director Christina Santa Cruz
Music Video, 3 min, United States
There is something in my home, and it dances.
Coup
Director Salamo Manetti-Lax
Experimental Short, 2 min, United States
A shoulder check has rippling effects. In that split second, individual energy refracts through the social body, causing the power structures to buckle with each passing moment. Using found footage
messedUP
Director James Jones
Music Video, 5min, United States
Music Video messedUP
Thinking Of You
Director Luis Arroyo
in Music Video - 4 min, Mexico
A hip-hop fueled visual meditation on grief and heartbreak - where haunting verses echo through empty halls, shadows dance like lost memories, and the ghost of love lingers in every frame.
Sari, Not Sorry
Director Nikita Shah
Experimental Short, 5 min, United States
This film explores the transformative power of the sari through the lens of performance, gender fluidity, and cultural history.
Eat the Frog
Director Sulaiman Siddiqui
Horror / Thriller, 5 min, United Kingdom
A psychological thriller about a soon-to-be father who sets out to clean his kitchen, only to find himself trapped in a cycle he can’t escape.
My Wife
Director Aaron Garcia
Future Cult Classic Short, 6 min, United States
My Wife is a beautiful woman, she keeps my home in order, makes sure I make it to work on time, and is an adequate cook.
MAXX_D
Director Andrea May Ann Tan
Horror / Thriller, 16 min, Australia
MAXX_D is an experimental body horror short that delves into the dark underbelly of Internet subcultures, exploring themes of Incel culture, toxic masculinity, gendered violence and the phenomenon trend of “looksmaxxing”.
He Speaks For The Trees
Director Alexander Muzila
Horror / Thriller, 5 min , United States
An ambitious young man is willing to go to any lengths to build his logging empire.
Reddening
Director Sinem Kayacan
Future Cult Classic Short, 15 min, Finland
REDDENING is a genre-bender arthouse fantasy film, at the intersection of contemporary performance and experimental fiction.
The Depraved: Act I - Wasteland
Director Garrett Drake
Narrative Short, 26min, United States
A gang leader endures a supernatural experience that forces him to reckon with his total depravity.
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