Surreal & Spooky Saturday Shorts

Strange, unsettling, and sometimes even touching bite-sized tales from around the globe.
(12 short films•109 mins) More details & tickets

Welcome
A lonely girl is invited into a luxury clothing store by its mannequins, at midnight, offering her everything she's ever wanted.

USA / 2022 / 3 mins

Ruta (Highway)
In a small quiet town, a group of friends arranges to meet up at the local gas station but for some strange reason, they can't find each other.

Argentina / 2021 / 7 mins
In Spanish with English subtitles

Content Warnings: death

UPYA
In life, we only regret what we haven’t done…

France / 2021 / 3 mins

Content Warnings: suicide

O
Jasmin discovers a fist-sized hole in a house wall, and can think of nothing else... until the hole suddenly disappears without a trace...

Germany / 2022 / 14 mins

Content Warnings: blood, gore, self-harm, suicide, body horror

They See You
A woman shares an important find with her sister.

USA / 2022 / 10 mins

Content Warnings: mental illness, gore, animal death

Shut
Jonas visits his father Arend after a long time. Jonas is startled when his father is almost unrecognizable. Has he deteriorated badly or has something taken possession of him?

Netherlands / 2022 / 15 mins
In Dutch with English subtitles

Content Warnings: body horror, violence, death

Limelight
A game show host goes through an existential crisis.

USA / 2021 / 5 mins

Content Warnings: flashing lights

MeTube 3: August Sings "Una furtiva lagrima"
Swiss tenor August Schram is located in an opera house during a performance of Donizetti's humorous melodrama "L'elisir d'amore," and furnished with a memorable cast of characters.

Austria / 2020 / 10 mins
In German with English subtitles

Content Warnings: sexual assault

Break Any Spell
A teenage girl escapes reality through live action role-playing when her mother is suffering an illness, which will soon reach a breaking point.

Ireland / 2021 / 13 mins

Content Warnings: dementia, family trauma

What A Harvest
A father trying to connect with his video game-obsessed daughter learns she hasn’t been eating his lovingly prepared meals.

USA / 2021 / 15 mins

Content Warnings: violence

Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes
Ethan is in love with the weird girl in school. The one with the twitchy eyes and spiders in her hair. The one who can't sit still for even a minute and speaks in an odd squeaky voice. The one they call Spiderweb.

USA / 2021 / 7 mins

Content Warnings: violence, blood

The Unusualist
The Unusualist collects and curates first-hand stories of real people who encountered the uncanny, and presents the astounding tales they've lived to tell.

USA / 2022 / 10 mins