Shorts Program 8: Midnight
Saturday 4th February / 23:00 / City Kino Wedding & Online
Shorts Program 8: Midnight
Are you in the mood for something kooky? The films in our eclectic midnight program are bound to satisfy your midnight horror cravings! Off-the-wall effects, outlandish humor and wtf moments galore, we‘ve got it all here, folks!
(Content warning: suicide)
Chicks (12:22)
Directed by Geena Hernandez, US, 2022 | German Premiere | Available online
A girly slumber party unravels when Polly, a shy teen becomes the center of a bizarre nighttime ritual in this bubblegum pink genre-defying rollercoaster short film.
Vampire Straw (1:09)
Directed by Marianne Chase and Emily Taylor, UK, 2022 | Available online
Vampire straw is a bloody short sketch made to make you laugh and maybe make you squirm - suck it up suckers!
Meat Friend (8:25)
Directed by Izzy Lee, US, 2022, German Premiere | Available online
An ex-con, sentient pile of hamburger meat teaches after-school lessons to a child.
She’s Killing It (10:53)
Directed by Jamie Rice & Nicole Machon, US, 2022 | European Premiere | Available online
A comedian struggling to compete with her peers becomes possessed after stealing jokes from a haunted joke book.
Big Weekend Plans (5:19)
Directed by Tesha Kondrat, US, 2022 | German Premiere | Available online
An isolated woman struggles with suicide at a lake house in Michigan.
Maybe You Should Be Careful (9:13)
Written and directed by Megan Robinson, US, 2022 | European Premiere | Available online
Meet June & Alistair, a long-term couple whose spark is starting to dim. Determined to heat things up, June has planned the perfect at-home date night. The only problem? Alistair's preoccupied with the sudden news of a neighborhood attacker who just so happens to have an eerie similarity to June.
Wild Bitch (12:59)
Directed by Kate Nash & Rebekka Johnson, US, 2022 | German Premiere | Available online
Wild Bitch is a quirky thriller about a local reporter’s interview with a mousy housewife about her life-changing encounter with a coyote. This leads to an eerie trek in the woods that leaves them forever bonded with each other... and the beast.
Inch by Inch (5:37)
Directed by Karolina Esqueda, US, 2022 | Available online
A douchebag develops a weird condition that makes his penis shrink.
The Promotion (4:13)
Directed by Kate Espada, US, 2022 | Available online
Two office drones toil late into the night, competing for a truly killer promotion.