Shorts Block
Dark
Art House • Thursday, 10 p.m. (79min)
The Servant
(9min)
Director: Farnoosh Abedi
Iran
A bug becomes a servant, the servant becomes the master.
Splinter
(8min)
Director: Curtis Matzke
Michigan
A centuries-old vampire craves the company of loved ones and contemplates the immortality in a world where healthcare has progressed to the point where even the darkest outsiders are cared for … but a small piece of wood can still kill such a creature.
Head Wound
(13min)
Director: Patrick Valenti
California
This year, 1 in 5 women will engage in self-harm. And, though she may not look it, Bridgett is one of them. While the outside world sees a put-together office worker with a normal life, Bridgett and her boyfriend must suffer the strain on their relationship in the privacy of their home.
Transmission
(17min)
Director: Varun Raman
United Kingdom
Welcome To Britannia.
Together We Stand Alone.
Bride of Frankie
(19min)
Director: Devi Snively
Ohio
In this darkly comedic feminist nod to Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN, a not-so-mad scientist builds a mate for her mentor’s lonely creation with electrifying, and deadly, results.
The Daughters of Virtue
(12min)
Director: Michael Escobed
California
A lonely housewife fears for her life when a women’s prayer group meeting turns into a fanatical intervention to rid her soul of evil.
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