Short Films Block 3

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Upper Right theater
Date and time: 
Friday, October 7, 2022 - 7:15pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Upper Right theater
Date and time: 
Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 1:10pm to 3:00pm

Enjoy Short films from around the world! You'll see adaptions of familiar stories as well as original works of the Weird and Cosmic! Followed by a Q&A with visiting filmmakers.

 

H.P. Lovecraft and the Moon Bog

US Premiere
Directed by
Jules Charlton
starring
Dr Jenny Butler, Anthony Canavan, Prof. Jarlath Killeen, Nuala Madigan
10 mins
 | 2022
 | Ireland
 | English
 

Leading scholars and experts in Gothic Literature, Religions, Folklore, Environmental Science and Mythology explore both the real and fantastical landscapes coded into H. P. Lovecraft's classic short story - 'The Moon Bog' - set within Ireland's ancient Peatlands.

 

Too Dry

Directed by
Rion Smith
starring
Giovanny Vazquez, Tyler Darkow
6 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Wine can bring people together. Friends, enemies...the dead...

 

The Girl of the Rift

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Luis Bond
starring
Anabella Giménez, Daniel Martínez, Shayla Richardson, Victor Giménez
20 mins
 | 2021
 | Venezuela
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

Anabella decides to spend a weekend with her best friend, Lorena, and her boyfriend, Iván Lobo (Daniel Martinez), in a house on the outskirts of the city. This place belongs to Salvatore, Iván's uncle, who suffers from senile dementia and who is constantly repeating a strange legend about a woman who appears on holy days. Iván and Lorena disdain Salvatore's story, but Anabella is interested in it because since she arrived at the house she has noticed that there is something “strange” that seems to be observing them from afar and that it is getting closer and closer.

 

Dog Eyes

Pacific NW Premiere
Directed by
Helena Aguilera
starring
Alejandro Ayala
9 mins
 | 2021
 | Mexico
 | English
 

In a cabin in the middle of the woods, three North American friends will find out if the Mexican urban tale about putting dog crustings in your own eyes could let you see an alternate dimension. In other words... what dogs see...

 

The Pallid Mask

Directed by
Tommy Schutz
starring
Killian Lock, Sam Ogilvie, Tommy Schutz
11 mins
 | 2021
 | United States
 | English
 

A relaxing day off is turned upside down when a strange man comes to the door talking about "The King In Yellow". As the day moves on, things spiral out of control and reality breaks down leading to the all important question...Have You Seen The Yellow Sign? 

 

The Graveyard Shift

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Téa Lynor
starring
Darby Farr, Fernando Tipacti Jr., Laura Mason, Aaron Donahue
15 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Bernie is a teenager working with her cousin Santiago at the local 24 hour diner. While wasting time getting high on the clock, the two encounter a pair of suspiciously creepy customers.

 

The Graveyard Shift TRAILER (2022 short film) from Téa Lynor on Vimeo.

 

Robert W. Chambers, "Repairer of Reputations"

World Premiere
Directed by
Mark Devendorf
7 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Mr. Wilde claims to be the architect of a vast conspiracy which uses, amongst other devices, blackmail to influence and command powerful men whose reputations the conspiracy has saved from scandal. Hildred imagines that, with Wilde's help, he will become the heir to the "Last King" of "The Imperial Dynasty of America", which Wilde says is descended from a lost kingdom within distant stars in the Hyades. However, Hildred perceives his cousin Louis standing before him in the line of succession.

 

Ringworms

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Will Lee
starring
Faye Nightingale, Skylar Okerstrom-Lang, Carter Michael, Alexis Clayton, Robert Christopher Smith
14 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

After discovering her boyfriend’s plan to propose on their weekend vacation, a young girl undergoes a crisis of commitment which attracts the attention of a sinister cult.

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