Twisted tales about darkness under the surface

 

Advisory: Some films contain disturbing imagery.

 

Luz Diabla

Dir: Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza · 11 min · Argentina

On the way to a party in the Argentine Pampas, a young raver crashes his car and takes shelter in a roadside tavern, where folk legends and paranoia merge as the chemicals kick in. An animated folk-horror short that builds an unsettling atmosphere steeped in mythology.

 

Radio Hell

Dir: Bart K Pierson · 13 min · NL

In this gritty locally-made noir, Chad finds a vintage CB radio that picks up mysterious signals. Could it reveal a massive government conspiracy?

 

Technophobic

Dir: Michael Peers, Yasmine Majchrzak · 8 min · NL

A lavish dinner party turns quietly menacing when Jacob realizes his girlfriend's family has an old-fashioned — and deeply unsettling — way of settling arguments. An absurdist dark comedy that plays on our inability to escape the allure of modern technology, despite our fears about it.

 

Pimple

Dir: Fernando Alle · 4 min · Portugal

A young boy's pimple bursts, leading to a bloody disaster. This Portuguese body-horror comedy packs a lot of mess into a very short runtime.

 

Finger Guns

Dir: David Feehan · 10 min · NL

After a finger-gun gesture lands him in trouble at work, a privileged office employee pushes back against an HR spiral that keeps escalating. A comedic satire about workplace culture and entitlement — all taken to ridiculous extremes.

 

Oliver

Dir: Andrew Strickland · 13 min · NL

After a vampire bite makes garlic intolerable, a chef at his grandmother's restaurant must scramble to reinvent his signature cooking before a make-or-break review. A local horror-comedy that serves up scares and laughs in equal measure.

 

An Interview With The Devil

Dir: Peter Collins · 16 min · NL

A rights advocate descends into a shuttered prison to interview a forgotten inmate whose story slides uneasily from true-crime confession into demonic testimony. A suspenseful local horror with strong performances from Rob Monette and Una Hill-McMullin.