Shorts Block • Darkness
Friday, 10:30 p.m. • Art House (69min)
The Discovery of Alan Hindley
(6min)
Director: Andy Fortenbacher
United States
A ham radio enthusiast discovers a mysterious object that might be a window into another world.
#MurderSelfie
(8:30min)
Director: Tobias Tobbell
United Kingdom
A young couple update their home invasion nightmare via social media as a quiet night in turns into carnage.
Anxiety #5
(5:30min)
Director: Jesse Foster
Canada
A man’s fate is sealed within a Brooklyn tenement housing bathroom in 1983.
Noir
(3:30min)
Director: Soyeon Kim
South Korea
A black crow searches for its identity, trying to escape the perception that it is something other than a beautiful and intelligent bird.
Lapse
(13:30min)
Director: Jack Klink
United States
“Lapse” explores the mind of Alex who is struggling with hallucinations and “time jumps.” Sessions with his therapist don’t lead him towards the answers he is seeking. His struggles escalate him into situations he never anticipated.
Anti_Social
(21min)
Director: Brandi Bradburn
United States
A socially inept shut-in transforms herself into a wildly successful Internet celebrity, but when her legion of followers turn fickle she must find her way back to the real world before her virtual existence spins her out of control.
Brix and the Bitch
(10min)
Director: Nico Raineau
United States
Trapped in a seedy and illegal fight club, one woman’s only chance for escape is to win a gruesome brawl against the one person she refuses to harm.
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