Short Film Block 7: Lovecraft Underground

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 10:30pm to 11:30pm
 

Deliria

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Tomas Stark
starring
Kristofer Kamiyasu, Dante Fleischanderl
8 mins
 | 2018
 | Sweden
 | Swedish
 w/English subtitles

A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.

 

corruption

World Premiere
Directed by
Jason Ewert
starring
KariAnn Christensen
4 mins
 | 2019
 | United States
 | English
 

With a new apartment, a writer descends into creativity and madness. Part of the 2019 Straight 8 film competition - One super 8 cartridge, no postproduction, filmed in sequence, original audio track composed without seeing the film.

 

Racconto Notturno (Nocturnal Tale)

World Premiere
Directed by
Gianluca Granocchia
starring
Riccardo De Filippis, Martina Querini
15 mins
 | 2019
 | Italy
 | Italian
 w/English subtitles

Lorenzo is a good architect, proud of his extremely neat life. Even on an emotional level he has found the perfect balance: a young woman, Diana, who visits him once a week. Diana might want more, but he doesn’t want to notice. And one day...

 

VR Food

World Premiere
Directed by
Malcolm Mills
starring
John Early, Malcolm Mills, Gil Zabarsky, Alexandria Churchwell
13 mins
 | 2019
 | United States
 | English
 

Inventors stalk a filmmaker when they mistake a short film, "VR Food," as competition.

 

The Garden

World Premiere
Directed by
Patrick Müller
starring
Bernhard Plank
5 mins
 | 2019
 | Germany
 | English
 

Strange blossoms, sunken pathways, Déjà Vus: A hike through H.P Lovecraft's most personal garden.

 

Maw

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Jasper Vrancken
starring
Matthieu Sys, Pascal Maetens, Myrthe Kramer
20 mins
 | 2018
 | Belgium
 | Dutch
 

Richard has an unusual fantasy: he gets sexually aroused by the idea of being devoured by an animal. In a contact ad he gets to know Max and with that encounter the chance of making his fantasy real. But does he dare?

Owner: 
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Portland, OR