Never Let You Go

Sinister & Spooky Saturday Shorts

Strange, unsettling — and sometimes even touching — bite-sized tales. From students to professionals, these filmmakers showcase a variety of styles and tones, celebrating some of the best short-form genre-filmmaking this year.
(12 short films•2 hrs) More details & tickets

Film still from Never Let You Go

Naualli

Naualli
A grieving man seeks revenge, unwittingly awakening a mystical creature known as the Nagual.

Mexico / 2024 / 6 mins

Content Warnings: gore, horror goo

Dummy!

Dummy!
An aspiring singer struggles to free herself from her controlling mother - a ventriloquist doll who experienced stardom in her youth.

USA / 2023 / 13 mins

Content Warnings: eating disorder, body shaming, puppet murder, fatphobia

All Kinds of Animals

All Kinds of Animals
Experienced hiker Hannah has an unexpected encounter after reaching the summit.

USA / 2024 / 8 mins

Content Warnings: mild violence, implied death

Hado

HADO
Javi, an unfaithful, powerful man, drives down a poorly lit, infrequently traveled road by night. He’s returning home from a supposed work trip. In the blink of an eye, one mistake will change Javi’s life forever.

Spain / 2023 / 12 mins

Content Warnings: car accidents, blood, death

Washed Up

Washed Up
A tired model decides to take back control of her life from her sleazy modeling agent.

USA / 2023 / 3 mins

Content Warnings: decapitation

Never Let You Go

Never Let You Go
A young woman’s traumatic past resurfaces when a mysterious box arrives on her doorstep, setting forth a horrifying reality.

USA / 2024 / 16 mins

Content Warnings: suicide, blood, body horror, possession, jump scare

Izzy

Izzy
Izzy slowly realizes that she doesn’t want to admit to societal expectations anymore.

Netherlands / 2024 / 5 mins

Content Warnings: sex, masturbation, intense sound, blood

Pound for Pound

Pound For Pound
While an amateur MMA fighter struggles to make rent, he receives a mysterious offer that leads him to the dark and cult-like world of the super-rich.

USA / 2024 / 20 mins

Content Warnings: violence

Whittled Down

Whittled Down
Carlisle has been trapped in this cabin for a long, long time. There are no doors, and the windows only open to an endless black void. With nothing to do but whittle and wait, a single thought lingers at the forefront of his mind: there's something wrong with that clock.

USA / 2024 / 5 mins

Content Warnings: disturbing imagery

Inked

Inked
After Dylan’s father passes away in prison, her attempts to honor his memory become eerily dark when she decides to tattoo her father’s ashes into her skin. But the sentimental tribute quickly turns sinister...

USA / 2024 / 14 mins

Content Warnings: parental death, blood, body horror, insects, body horror WITH insects, needles, goo, blood, vomit

We Joined a Cult

We Joined a Cult
Two friends on their way to a game of kickball find themselves incessantly pressured to join an incompetent satanic cult.

USA / 2023 / 4 mins

Content Warnings: gore, blood

The Chain

The Chain
A family's life is thrown into chaos when the father doesn't return home one night.

USA / 2024 / 15 mins

Content Warnings: offscreen violence