Friday, October 16 @ 9:15 PM (1hr 43 min + filmmaker Q&A)
Ridgefield Theater Barn
37 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield
1971
Sweden - Narrative Short (7:21)
Director - Magnus Hall
In a small croft on the Swedish countryside, 25-year-old Mary lives in her quiet and self-chosen solitude. On a hot late summer day, her precious silence is disturbed by a knock on the door.
ABE’S STORY
Ireland - Narrative Short, Animated (12:20)
Director - Adam H. Stewart
In Victorian London, Abe, an obscure Irish writer, struggles to find inspiration while he balances the demands of his hectic day job as a theater manager.
BAKEMONO
USA - Sci Fi/Horror Short (10:00)
Director - Sumire Takamatsu, Jorge Lucas
An original narrative that is equal parts campfire story and cautionary tale, Bakemono, which is inspired by the well-known Japanese myth, aims to frighten and entertain.
BOTTLENECK
Sweden - Narrative Short (8:00)
Director - Mans Berthas
Three women are gathered for an act of vengeance. They spin a bottle to determine who should perform the deed. Their plan goes wrong and an unexpected threat appears.
CANAL
UK - Narrative Short (17:00)
Director - Piers Hunt, Michael Jinks
Marnie’s journey home takes an unusual turn past a canal in London.
CHOKER
UK - Narrative Short (4:07)
Director - Orson Cornick
As a girl drops from the sky onto a crowded beach, a mysterious man drives at breakneck speed towards her.
DEADME
USA - Sci Fi/Horror Short (12:00)
Director - Paul Hart-Wilden
Someone is targeting the lost, the lonely and the curious. If you text “deadme’ to the special number it just might be the last thing you do.
OUR BOY
USA - Narrative Short, student (13:22)
Director - Kyle Sims
On the eve of a boy’s adolescence, his community gathers to initiate a peculiar ceremony.
PER TUTTA LA VITA
Italy - Animated Short (5:20)
Director - Roberto Catani
Through a journey back in memory, a woman and a man retrace the more important moments of their love story.
SHIFT
UK - Sci Fi/Horror Short (10:00)
Director - Josh Armstrong
A supernatural thriller set on an ice rink, where a night shift security guard discovers he’s not alone.
THE OOZE
USA - Sci Fi/Horror Short (Student) (10:31)
Director - Emma Keating
Facing the schoolyard bully takes an interesting turn for a young boy in this film.
UNSPOKEN
USA - Narrative Short (8:43)
DIrector - Alessandro Girolami
A young boy stops talking after experiencing a traumatic event. Followed and attacked by a mysterious creature, he must search within himself if he wants to defeat it.