Hellbound Laments

Hostile(es)

Samsa has rented a room through an Internet App. The house is run by Mr. Gregori, an anthropologist who has traveled all over the world studying ancient tribes and their rites. In this hostile place everyone keeps their own secrets so… Would you pay for sleep at strangers house?

The Tenant(en)

Mia’s leg has suddenly gone numb. We’ll reveal no more. A hair-raising new nightmare from Lucas Paulino and Ángel Torres, gifted Spanish filmmakers behind BEDTIME STORY, a standout premiere at Fantasia in 2019 that’s currently being developed into a feature with Sam Raimi producing. Starring Belen Rueda (THE ORPHANAGE, THE SEA INSIDE).

Echoes Of Ivory(en)

Deep in the frigid valleys of northern rural Canada, two survivors atop a desolate peak run thin on supplies and hope. The only remaining from their group, they wait naively for help to come. Fighting long days of paranoia and an unidentifiable entity lurking in the darkness of night, their situation grows bleaker by the minute. What follows are the last 24 hours spent on their mountaintop campsite.

The Dreadful Hallowgreen Special(en)

Renowned Nashville horror host, Dr. Gangrene, and New England's Penny Dreadful must join forces to save Halloween. Science and sorcery combine in this All Hallows Eve spooky special.

...And Then the Darkness(en)

A pharmacist seeks revenge as he searches for the man who took everything from him.

The Name of the Prime Minister(en)

A psychiatrist is taken to a secret government facility to interview a man convinced Tony Blair is still the Prime Minister.

Mortys(fr)

An emotional and generational conflict between mother and son in the twenty-first century, except for one detail: Mother is none other than death.

The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers(en)

A sinister fairytale depicting the lives of two brothers and their daily suicide attempts.

Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Episode ZERO(ja)

In Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Episode ZERO, a princess from the land of jewelry and Kirama Stones comes to Earth in search of people with a "shining spirit" called Kiramental, a source of outstanding charm and talent to transform them into heroes, the Kiramagers to fight the evil Yodon Army.

Thunder(ja)

A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways. Designs drawn in the air with light and long-exposure cinematography.

Under the Bridge of Fear(en)

Hard-boiled private eye Hamilton Drake is called in by notorious society dame Georgia Thurlow to chase down the rat who's been blackmailing her and a famous movie star. But in this sapphic underworld, nothing is ever black and white.

Eyes To Me(en)

Sophie goes on a killing spree in a candy-coloured world.

Selfie(en)

Social media influencers are stalked by a killer wearing their faces as masks on the night of an event opening.

Lilies(en)

A gang of happy Halloween party animals are heading for the haunted party of the year, when they are accosted by a strange old man. He's laying flowers for a funeral that hasn't happened yet...or has it? This is going to be one party no one forgets in a hurry. After Trick or Treating in the Deep South in the 80s as a sugared-up tiny ghoul, writer/producer Nina Romain has never stopped being obsessed with Halloween - which is why five of her horror shorts are about 31st October. Shot in the mean streets of urban decay in south London, this modern day take on Clockwork Orange sees the tables turned on Halloween revellers in a way you won't see coming. Lilies has been selected by Hollywood Horror Film Festival, Take It Easy Film Festival, MedFF, Aab International Film Festival, was a semi-finalist at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival, a finalist at Upstate NY Horror Film Festival and the Shock Stock Fest.

Refused(el)

Frieda Liappa in this short film casts an alternative gaze on the notion of historicity. Loukia is a teenager currently staying at her cousin’s house in Athens. Unlike her cousin she is timid and quite stressed for the school exam. She studies history. Between the lines of her book the historical events sprung up in a multidimensional way. Liappa transverses the dimensions of the real the imaginary and the symbolic. She invites the viewer to consider the construction of the filmic as well as the historical text. She succeeds in making a film with an open end and to leave room for our own contingent constructions.

Fantasy Sentences(de)

Borrowing its title from an experimental text by Walter Benjamin. Many years ago, the cities by the river were gripped by a contagion. Things started to change and everything slowly became something else. It was not clear if transformation was a symptom of the disease or a way to escape it. The contagion touched everything and everyone: animals and plants, stones and soil, men, women and children, their thoughts, their dreams, their memories. An old woman once told me how all memories turn into trees, I could hardly make out what she was saying. She said she could hear the trees singing: To be a body, to be any body. After the years of contagion ended, the cities appeared untouched. One had to look hard to see the traces of the previous time. If one could listen to the trees, what would they say? A way out, a way out?

Crow's Rest(en)

With the ghosts of his past back to haunt him in the wake of a mysterious death, Detective Brian Lancaster struggles with his sobriety while searching for the truth surrounding his sister’s fatal drowning as a child.

Sergi & Irina(es)

Raixa estate, June 24, 1939. Sergi Forteza, son of the landowner, falls in love with Irina Dols, niece of the foreman, during the celebration of the summer solstice party.

Badger!(en)

In a small town in England, chaos ensues when a mischievous killer badger goes on a rampage, terrorizing the unsuspecting locals. With humour, mayhem, and lots of gore, this short promises a wild ride through the absurd and the macabre.

Papo de Anjo(pt)