Short Films Block 1 w/ Filmmaker Q&A

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Main Theater
Date and time: 
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 7:00pm

Short films from all over the world that may cause you to question your reality...and your sanity! These will range from direct adaptations of stories by Lovecraft and his contemporaries to original stories that couldn’t exist without the influence of cosmic horror. Q&A with visiting filmmakers follows.

 

Keep Closed At All Times

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Herman Kerner
starring
Linnea Quigley
2 mins
 | 2021
 | United States
 | English
 

In the depths of the basement, lurks something terrible, something horrifying, something awful... Don't open the door: Keep Closed At All Times! Starring Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Night of the Demons).

 

Jean

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Jen Elkington
starring
Jane Ferguson, Lucy Paschall
15 mins
 | 2020
 | United States
 | English
 

Jean, a lonely collector of the curious and odd, learns of the death of a dearly loved friend and finds herself pulled into a labyrinth of memory, loss, and regret. In desperation, she reaches out to her sweet caretaker for consolation, but her advances are rejected with nefarious and heartbreaking consequences.

 

A Whole Snack

World Premiere
Directed by
Jathan Lamar
starring
Jerry Weatherford, Rawan Hage, Nolan Bateman
18 mins
 | 2021
 | United States
 | English
 

Wilmore Jefferson is a lovable schlub who's longing for connection. From his unremarkable job to his disastrous dating history, his life is going nowhere fast. However, all that changes when Ellen Connor, the gorgeous new office temp, invites him over for dinner.

 

The sky of the others

US Premiere
Directed by
Alejandro G. Alegre
starring
Isaac Pérez Calzada, Camila G. Zam
13 mins
 | 2021
 | Mexico
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

After thunderstorms begin to appear in the sky, Jacobo loses his sanity.

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