Shorts Program 11: Close to Home
Sunday 11th February / 15:00 / City Kino Wedding & Online
Shorts Program 12: Close to Home (94 mins)
Some of the grimmest horror is lurking nearby, in scenarios we’d count among the mundane, things that may have happened to us or to people we know. These shorts tackle domestic violence, suicidal ideation, grief, eating disorders, mental health, and the troubling sides of motherhood. Sometimes the monster is within; sometimes it lives inside those nearest and dearest to us.
Content warning: domestic abuse, eating disorders, suicide
Hollow (19:58)
Directed by Allison Miller, US, 2023 | German Premiere | Available online
Two women on opposite sides of grief face real demons in an inpatient eating disorder clinic.
Content warning: eating disorders
Make the Call (15:00)
Directed by Chelsea Gonzalez, US, 2023 | European Premiere | Available online
Annie and Caro were best friends until a plague that turns American citizens into blood thirsty killers overtakes the country. Tonight, they reunite to finally find a way to rekindle their friendship. Can Annie and Caro bury the past behind them, or will Annie be forced to ‘Make the Call’ that will change her friend’s life forever?
Content warning: domestic abuse
I Could Just Die, And That Would Be Alright (19:58)
Directed by A.K. Espada, US, 2023 | German Premiere | Available online
Trying to end her life, a woman offers herself as a meal to the monster in the woods near her house. But her plan backfires when she wakes up with a thirst for blood and realizes she has joined the ranks of the immortal undead.
Content warning: suicide
The Monster Inside My Head (7:47)
Directed by Maude Michaud, Canada, 2023 | European Premiere | Available online
A woman is tormented by a menacing creature who tries to take control of her body.
112 (17:22)
Written and directed by Mireia Boté, Spain, 2022 | Available online
Emma is a shy and weak pregnant woman who has just stabbed her husband in the kitchen. He had no other option, this time the aggressiveness and the blows received were too strong...
Content warning: domestic abuse
I Don’t Need Adult Conversation (12:03)
Written and directed by Vika Evdokimenko, UK, 2023 | European Premiere | Available online
A new mother dotes on her baby by day, but discovers dark feelings stirring up inside her at night. This film explores the shadow side of motherhood which remains taboo in our culture.