Ziquizira(2025)

Dizzy(en)

Dealing with his pill addiction, Jinn suffers from vivid nightmares, featuring a monster that plagues his everyday life.

Linton Falls - A Study of the Force of Water(en)

An experimental film documenting a river leading up to a waterfall, depicting both its natural beauty and its inherent danger.

A Maldição de Platão(pt)

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest(en)

Host Scott Forrest presents a curated compilation of eight independent short films in this rapid-fire science-fiction feature. Genres collide, narratives twist, aesthetics clash, and even humor, both campy and dystopian, showcase the vast creative possibilities of each story's individual world, offering the viewer a brief glimpse into the lives of every character's attempt to survive the otherworldly chaos around them. Released in 2001, the selected shorts span original creation dates of 1997 to 2001; most of the featured filmmakers also appear as themselves in short video interviews to talk about their inspirations, creative process and motivations while working on their individual shorts.

May(en)

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

Finally Home(en)

A man has his home invaded by a stalker and is locked out. His only choice is to break into his own house and take matters into his own hands.

Untitled Slasher(en)

A short film completely made in the span of five days. The story follows a boy named Leonidas. After finding his grandfather dead, Leonidas must survive while a killer is loose in his home.

A Really Bad Place(en)

A one-shot horror thriller about a kidnapped man who has ended up in a bad place in many ways.

Beyond Doubt(en)

Upon becoming aware of an ancestor guilty of several cruel acts who bore a striking resemblance to himself, a man begins to fear he too could be capable of similar sadistic deeds.

A Visual Poem(xx)

Surreal environments take center stage in this visual odyssey.

My (Best Friend's) Head Exploded(en)

Lydia and Sam like to make haunted houses, imagine other worlds, and question everything, but they never thought one of their creations would be able to push itself into their comfortable, isolated existence. Now, Lydia must deal with authority, confusion, and generational violence to solve the mysteries of reality, and save her own.

Interchange(en)

In 2006, a 20 year old animal and nature lover ventures into the woods with a camera and a sense of serenity, only to discover that he would emerge with his reality shaken, and that only his footage would be found.

A Catalyst(en)

A teenage boy is forced into making a decision within 60 seconds between a possible death, or being pulled into an unknown reality.

V.P.(en)

A podcaster investigates the urban legend of an amateur porn video that drives its viewers to madness.

The Adventures of Dracula, the Literal Moron(en)

The Mummy (you know the one) gets the worst possible phone call from his roommate, Dracula.

A Paw Over Dark(en)

A washed up actor performs night after night in a grimy theater to a nearly empty audience. However, everything changes when a clueless dog jumps on stage.

The Death Ox(en)

An experimental and video art film in which an ox is butchered by a butcher.

Moon Ghost(en)

The ancient monster Moon Ghost comes to Earth to devour humanity, and one young woman holds the enigmatic key to stopping his malevolent rampage of doom.

We're All Going to the World's Fair(en)

Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.

Last Straw(en)

A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know, she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of one long night.