Bakersfield
Directed by Evan Sorlien
Run Time: 8 minutes 35 seconds, United States
When two men drive to the middle of nowhere to tie up loose ends, their sinister past comes to haunt them in unexpected ways.
Bloodshed
Directed by Paolo Mancini, Daniel Watchorn
Run Time: 12 minutes 37 seconds, Canada
Ridden with guilt after the untimely death of his wife from a rare blood disease, grief-stricken Getty turns his hobby shed into a bloody altar of worship and brutal sacrifice in his relentless search for Redemption. As he descends into madness, many will bleed. BLOODSHED. It's where you bleed.
Heathens
Directed by Carlos Garcia, Jr.
Run Time: 10 minutes 25 seconds, United States
A group of heathens chases down their sacrifice before the school bell rings.
Long Pig
Directed by Riccardo Suriano
Run Time: 8 minutes 30 seconds, Italy
A major metropolitan city struggles to keep it together in the wake of a string of kidnappings in the area. Could the possible abductor be hiding in plain sight? Long Pig peeks into the unconventional dark side of humanity. Evil doesn’t have to follow a specific set of rules and it certainly doesn’t take into account the existence of others. It’s lurking in every corner.
Receiver
Directed by Cavan Campbell
Run Time: 15 minutes, Canada
Sriyani, an idealistic and overtaxed social worker of Sri Lankan descent, is a counselor at a telephone help line. She has built her life around helping others, but always at the expense of those closest to her. So who is going to defend Sriyani when she is hypnotized by a caller on her phone tonight? RECEIVER is a chamber horror film about toxic masculinity, isolation, and the commodification of empathy.
Routine
Directed by Russ Emanuel
Run Time: 4 minutes 33 seconds, United States
During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie’s quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen, until she realizes she’s out of coffee. And she’s determined to get her cup of joe, even if she must face the horrors of the outside world. Because “she’d kill for a cup of coffee.” In this part-animated live action short, anything goes.
Bakersfield
Bloodshed
Heathens
Long Pig
Receiver
