Menschen in Gespensterkostümen(2024)

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.

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.

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.

O Conto de Tereza(en)

Seeking power, a witch invades and manipulates realities by controlling other versions of herself.

A Visual Poem(xx)

Surreal environments take center stage in this visual odyssey.

In Search of Gladys Glover(en)

A diary-cum-thriller-cum comedy-cum-horror film shot on an iPhone (RIP BlackBerry!) for zero dollars with friends, IN SEARCH OF GLADYS GLOVER was born in the darkness of winter in a post-pandemic 2022 after a fateful 35mm screening of George Cukor’s NYC classic IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU (1954). Indebted to the spirits of Larry Cohen, Anne Charlotte Robertson, and New York City herself, IN SEARCH OF GLADYS GLOVER is a time-shifting journey about the disorienting feeling of being in the city the past few years. It’s a movie for everyone who wakes up each day and continues to put one foot in front of other—laughing often, crying often, watching as many beautiful films and sports games as possible, aimlessly walking the city streets alone, making art, hanging with good friends—but ultimately doesn’t understand what the fuck is going on anymore.

Peckish(en)

A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while unknown forces also work to provide them with what they wish.

Shoulder(ko)

An office worker Mr.Kim is forced to sign up for early retirement, only to be plagued by horrifying visions of his silent family's contemptuous gaze.

Cain Rose Up(en)

Pigpen has a snore. Bailey has a lot of nerve. And Curt Garrish has a gun.

Shapeless Tracking(es)

Inside a computer a space-time is revealed in which image and sound become numbers and motion manifests as rhythm, flow and chaos. This tracking and integration experiment removes the superficial identity of video to detect kinetic disturbances in everyday environment.

Subsurface(en)

Trapped and alone, a young man must confront the pain he's ignored when he finds himself face-to-face with consequence.

.... in trouble(ru)

Piecemeal(de)

An approaching loss threatens the of a middle-class family, whose dark secrets gradually come to light and begin to gnaw away at the family members - literally.

Friend of the World(en)

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

Serenade(en)

An antiques dealer acquires a mysterious music box that may hold terrifying secrets from its previous owner.

S4300136(en)

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Red Syrup(en)

One night, 3 am in an almost-empty parking lot, a girl named Fran witnesses a murder. A murder between a lesbian couple, whom both seemed to enjoy the dark act. Fran is traumatised by what she sees and flees the scene, but for some reason even she doesn’t understand, never tells a soul of what happened. Fran feels her sanity slipping each day, but is this actually what she truly wanted all along? Is this what she was looking for in her life? A reason to truly let herself go? Her story is one of battling with one’s own thoughts, and the struggles to contain violent urges.

An Experiment in Image and Form(en)

Trapped between the frames of time.

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.

Growing Dimmer(en)

The light's in a student's room begin to shut off around him. He must escape the room before he is swallowed by darkness.