OFFICIAL FILM SELECTIONS
Feature Films
All About Evil
by Joshua Grannell
The evil begins when Deborah, a mousy librarian, inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house, the Victoria. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer-- and starts turning out a series of grisly short films.
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The Taint
by Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson
When society is transformed into a land of sadistic violence and horrible brutality, it is up to Phil O'Ginny and his female friend, Misandra, to combat the horrible evil that is THE TAINT.
USA - 70 min
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Kidnapped
by Miguel Angel Vivas
Jaime, Marta and their daughter Isa have just moved into a luxurious new house. Marta begins to prepare the dinner and puts a bottle of champagne on ice to celebrate the move. As night falls, three hooded men violently force their way into the house. Panic ensues and soon the real violence will begin.
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Short Films
Krawll
by Matthew Wade
The arrival of a giant wooden tower to the sea sparks to life the continuous events that make mankind's toys function long after mankind is gone.
USA - 2 min, 18 sec
Menstrual Cramps
by Bunny Williams
A woman struggles to find relief against the wicked pains of menstrual cramps.
USA - 2 min, 38 sec
Pink Sock
by Josh Schneider
A nerdy young man is prohibited from everyday activities by a terrible stomach sickness. His confrontation with what lurks inside him will change how you look at bathrooms forever.
USA - 5 min, 10 sec
Toothless
by Steven Dorrington
A mockumentary following the Tooth Fairy's transformation as she resorts to inventive but unethical methods of tooth collection in her heinous quest for a better life.
England - 10 min, 52 sec
Betongbarnet (Concrete Baby)
by Mattias Silva and Piotr Marciniak
Linus comes from a wealthy home and is your average teenager. He just met the girl of his dreams on the internet and decides to go on a date with her. The date turns out to be something totally different than he expected. This tragic love story takes a violent turn and becomes a story about vengeance. Will Linus make it back home in one piece?
Sweeden - 19 min, 30 sec
Dog Eat Dog
by Curtis Jensen
Two hit-men lose their heads while attempting to take out their boss's neighbor's dog, which is as vicious as it is cute.
Canada - 7 min, 12 sec
Alice Jacobs Is Dead
by Alex Horwitz
Dr. Ben Jacobs saved the world. The drug he created allowed mankind to fight back against the Z-virus, which nearly destroyed civilization entirely. Now, in the aftermath of the crisis, he's trying to cure the last lingering strain of the virus- before it turns his wife into something monstrous.
USA - 21 min, 10 sec
Domestic Disturbing
by Gary Weeks
A robbery in suburbia brings police officers to an average man's door for some very odd and disturbing questioning.
USA - 3 min, 17 sec
Waffle
by Rafael DeLeon Jr.
A disfigured science fair champion invites her new friend for dinner, but by the time dessert comes around the two schoolmates will discover each other's true, unpleasant natures.
USA - 5 min, 8 sec
I Chopped Her Up
by Divian Ladwa
Within a surreal world of a normal kitchen lives our lovelorn spoon who wishes to murder his love in a variety of unpleasant comical ways.
England / ANIMATION - 4 min, 15 sec
Return of Ghost Tank
by John E. Goras
Another Ghost Tank adventure; because you just can't keep a good ghost down, especially when there are so many dumbass soldiers left to kill.
USA / ANIMATION - 2 min, 20 sec
Arsy-Versy
by Miro Remo
The film is a story of a mother and her son Lubos, who lives in a world turned upside-down, or, arsy-versy. The sole focus of his life energy, enriched by a great deal of empathy, is being channeled into his amateur photography and filmmaking, the climax of his fascination with natural phenomena being his unique study of bats. By way of communicating with the upside-down creatures he is fascinated with, he attempts to achieve the utmost understanding between man and beast. He is assisted by his mother who has been a great research and life support to him, but is now apprehensive about her son's future. "What will become of the kid?" she wonders.
Slovakia - 23 min
36eme Sous (36th Underground)
by PH Debies
Four people with dark secrets are in an elevator. They don't know why they're there. Memories come back and the elevator goes down...
France - 12 min, 49 sec
Getting Dicked
by Rogin Kim
"Something did penetrate you, but it wasn't me. It was a virus from the future."
USA - 14 min
App
by Kyle Corwin
A skewed take on the notorious "There's An App For That" series of commercials from Mac.
USA - 49 sec
Mommy's Boy
by Hans Montelius
An Oedipal psychological comedy featuring a son, a mother, an unconventional psychologist and his stripper intern. The son feels that his mother is interfering too much in his life. But the mother is under the spell of the psychologist and he has some very unorthodox treatments.
Sweeden - 14 min, 59 sec
Devil Town
by Victoria Cook
A girl plummets to Hell and challenges the Devil to a duel in this action-packed animated music video for soulful Portland folkband "The Builders & the Butchers".
USA / Animation - 3 min
Dr. Sausage Fingers
by Richard Taylor and Zack Beins
Music video for Denver band The Asbestos Tampons.
USA - 3 min
Atrophy
by Derek Carter
Preston Morstead is a recluse living a solitary life away from conformity and convention. His solitude becomes threatened when his estranged son, Josiah appears on his doorstep battered and bruised, seeking absolution from tragedy. To clear the family name and reconcile his relationship, Preston must conceal his son's transgressions, protecting him from his own fate. Will he protect a son he has never known – atoning him for alienating his family – or will he honor justice?
USA - 11 min, 22 sec
Dogsitter
by Adam Reider
A teenage girl takes on a part-time job babysitting two dogs. She decides to train them using influence from World War II.
Canada - 13 min
Pizzangrillo
by Marco Gianfreda
Tired of life, Ettore, 65 years old, tries every day to find the courage to drive himself and his three-wheeler down a country ditch. When Luca, his 10-year-old nephew, finds out about his grandfather's intentions, he decides to follow him furtively.
Italy - 15 min
Torture Porn
by Patrick Rea
A satire of films like Hostel and Saw.
USA - 10 min, 42 sec
Get Off My Porch
by Patrick Rea
A man, home alone, is tormented by persistent Girl Scouts selling delicious cookies.
USA - 13 min, 21 sec
52 Takes Of The Same Thing, Then Boobs
by T. Arthur Cottam
The title says it all. From the award-winning director of Pornographic Apathetic and Filthy Food.
USA - 3 min, 53 sec
Rats on Cocaine in "Fight"
by Dean Packis
Rats on Cocaine is an animated internet series which follows the exploits of two drug-addled lab rodents. This particular episode is simply a 6 minute fight sequence that reduces the lead characters to their constituent body parts.
USA / ANIMATION - 6 min
Failure Means A Drowning Death
by J.P. DiSciscio
It's the 1930's, and three, sick old men are waiting to die in a hospital room with only a single window. Bitterness and hatred consumes one man, who desperately wants to see the outside world. Filmed in the tradition of The Twilight Zone, "Failure Means A Drowning Death" is a dark tale that reveals the evil that lurks in the hearts of men.
USA - 16 min, 13 sec
Birdboy
by Alberto Vasquez and Pedro Rivera
USA - 12 min, 41 sec
Saved By The Horn
by Marc M.
USA / ANIMATION - 4 min, 14 sec
Crippled Horse Energy Drink
by Marc M.
USA / ANIMATION - 1 min
Beasts Of War
by Marc M.
USA / ANIMATION - 1 min, 50 sec
Big Ass Bear
by Marc M.
USA / ANIMATION - 32 sec
Brutal Relax
by David Munoz, Adrian Cardona, and Rafa Dengra
Mr. Olivares has already recovered, but now he needs a vacation. To go to some heavenly place where he can relax and blithely enjoy himself.
Spain - 15 min
Flying House
by Bill Plympton and Winsor McCay
USA - 8 min.
The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger
by Bill Plympton
USA - 5 min, 50 sec
Guard Dog Global Jam!
by Bill Plympton
USA - 5 min, 26 sec
