Shorts Program 5: Queer Horror
Friday 9th February / 21:00 / City Kino Wedding & Online
Shorts Program 5: Queer Horror (86 mins)
Queer horror takes many forms, and we’re back again with a few more of them. Whether through dystopian group dynamics, grief, body dysphoria, past traumas haunting the present, or peri-apocalyptic ponderings, these films don’t shy away from sticky and tricky questions.
Content warning: sexual assault
POSSUM (15:00)
Directed by Daisy Rosato, US, 2023 | World Premiere | Available online
When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.
Pool Party (8:00)
Written and directed by Ellie Stewart, Canada, 2022 | German Premiere | Available online
Bikini tops, vodka shots, longing glares, and Truth or Dare. Hell hath nothing on a teenage girl's slumber party, and Freya is trapped.
Deprivation (10:27)
Written, produced and directed by Caitlan Arthur, US, 2023 | Available online
Just a year after losing their partner, Chuck is still battling nightmares and paranoia, leading them to believe that what appears in the shadows is all in their mind.
The Journey Home (3:00)
Written and directed by Noah Lei Underwood, UK, 2023 | Available online
A creature considers its current bindings and finds them wanting.
Smooth (19:47)
Directed by Sepi Mashiahof, US, 2023 | European Premiere | Available online
After being rejected by her stalker for being too hairy, a trans woman spirals into a dysphoric limbo, and the only way out of it is through her own skin.
Glory, Hole (17:00)
Directed by Hiram Harrington, UK, 2023 | German Premiere | Available online
Two gay men, one cis and one trans, clash at a nightclub glory hole when one tries to castrate the man he believes raped him.
Content warning: sexual assault
Skin (10:00)
Directed by Cyrus Gainer, Produced by Faoileán Cosgrove & Chris David, US, 2023 | Available online
In a present-day post-apocalypse where New York City has become a wasteland with a resting temperature of 140 degrees, Kai struggles to find an intimate connection using an online dating device that allows you to feel someone else’s touch.