Short Films Block 7 w/filmmaker Q&A

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Sunday, October 3, 2021 - 9:40pm

Sunday's Shorts Extravaganza comes to a close! Cap off your festival with one last block of weird, uncanny, cosmic horror, and comedic shorts! These range from direct adaptations of stories by Lovecraft and his contemporaries to original stories that couldn’t exist without the influence of cosmic horror.

 

Love Glove

Directed by
Theo and Lora Friess
starring
Theo and Lora Friess
6 mins
 | 2020
 | United States
 | English
 

A man finds a ancient cosmic glove that opens doorways into new worlds and dimensions.

 

Holes

US Premiere
Directed by
Stephanie Peters
starring
Mietta Mintzis, Maggie McCormack, Alexei Todd
18 mins
 | 2019
 | Australia
 | English
 

In the decay in which they live, tiny holes reveal themselves to Edith. They are present in everything from the fruit in the kitchen to the caves at the beach she visits. However, holes are none more present than in the grotesque black pimples that seem to be getting larger in size on Fred’s back and face. No matter what, Edith cannot help herself from popping them. As grow the holes on Fred’s back so too does the mess in the house. The chaos of Fred and Edith’s relationship is exacerbated by the visit of a mean and oppressive matriarchal figure. The situation culminates in a bizarre and disgusting premarital feast, that emulates Peter Greenaway’s ‘The Cook the Thief and Her Lover’.

 

Demonhuntr

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Tim O'Leary
starring
Edmund Truong, Tamario Fletcher, Ryan Leslie Fisher
12 mins
 | 2021
 | United States
 | English
 

Demon hunters Daniel and Jeremy answer a call from Kyle, a sexy, mysterious man who tells them there's been paranormal activity in his home and he fears for his life. But when they go to investigate, they discover Kyle might not have been telling them the whole truth.

 

Vodi

US Premiere
Directed by
Nath Milburn
starring
Chase Mullins, Renee Gagner, Alicia Blasingame, Chad Higgs
30 mins
 | 2021
 | United States
 | English
 

An up-and-coming cartoonist returns to his family home to seek his fortune in Hollywood, where he's plagued by strange visions and revelations of his family's bizarre history with a forgotten cartoon character that could be his ticket to success... or complete destruction.

 

Emma - An American Alptraum in Austria

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Daniel Limmer
starring
Ciera Danielle, Thomas Mraz
8 mins
 | 2017
 | Austria
 | English
 w/English subtitles

The story of a female documentary filmmaker who's revealing the mystery of her husband's idiosyncratic birthplace, Muhr in Austria, where a giant wooden totem called “The Samson”, brings death to the inhabitants and also threatens her unborn daughter, Emma.

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