Shorts Program 8: Menacing Presences
Sunday 6th February / 22:00-00:00 / City Kino Wedding & Online
Shorts Block 8: Menacing Presences (92 mins)
Sources of fear are not always visibly monstrous or easy to pin down. Sometimes hauntings creep up on us, sink their teeth in slowly, or take unexpected form. Get ready for these bone chillers which don’t offer easy resolutions.
Sleep Without A Dream (7:44)
Directed by Prudence Njeri & Benji Irwin, Canada, 2021 | European Premiere | Available online
Young Mirri narrowly escaped death when her campsite was attacked by a large animal, her boyfriend getting left behind. Frantically searching for help, Mirri finds Vic alone in the woods. Relieved to find help she collapses at Vic’s campsite, only to discover she may have crossed paths with a darker evil.
Inheritance (14:02)
Directed by Annalise Lockhart, USA, 2021 | German Premiere | Available online
On Norra’s 25th birthday, she and her brother inherit the deed to their family's small cabin. With this auspicious birthday, she starts seeing the spirits that have been haunting her brother and father for years.
Brackish (8:23)
Directed by Christa Boarini, USA, 2021 | European Premiere | Available online (geo-blocked)
A menacing spirit lurks in the mangroves waiting for an unsuspecting victim. She is the Brackish Undertaker, cursed by the crown she wears.
Housekreeping (6:06)
Directed by Kyle Dunbar, written and produced by Rebecca Callender, Canada, 2021 | German Premiere | Available online
It’s the off season and Meg works the extra hours at the resort. Unbeknownst to her a menace lurks, and they too are getting paid by the hour.
Piece by Piece (12:04)
Directed by Chloé Sirois, Canada, 2021 | European Premiere | Available online
"Childhood falls, piece by piece, in the slow decomposition of the living. "- Jean Rouaud, The Fields of Honor (1999).
Sudden Light (14:57)
Written and directed by Sophie Littman, UK, 2021 | Available online
Mia takes her sister Squeeze to walk their dog in the fields near their home. The landscape begins to morph around them, tricking them and introducing Mia to a strange man lurking at the edge of a dark wood.
Cloud (28:57)
Directed by Joséphine Darcy Hopkins, France, 2020 | German Premiere
Eugénie, Capucine and her sick mother hit the road to escape a radioactive cloud that is heading straight for their little town.