Short Films Block 3

Type: 
Film
Location: 
RISD Auditorium
Date and time: 
Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 6:15pm

Our Saturday evening short films block serves up a platter of tense cosmic horror, some folk horror, garnished with a beautifully animated short piece. 

Each block of short films in the festival features a variety of different short films - Cosmic Horror, the uncanny supernatural, Weird tale, Lovecraftian, and literary adaptation.

 

Onan's Harvest

World Premiere
Directed by
Luke Röber
starring
Thomas Blatt, Oriana Langebner, Joshua Murphy
4 mins
 | 2025
 | Austria
 | English
 

A man longs for something he encountered in the forests of Austria.

 

Triangle

US Premiere
Directed by
Joseph Díaz
starring
Ezquiel Rodríguez
17 mins
 | 2024
 | Spain
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

Unable to get over the loss of his wife, David, a talented painter, encounters an enigmatic blind woman who gives him a key with the promise of meeting her once again. Following this encounter, David develops an overwhelming obsession with triangular shapes, culminating in the acquisition of a pyramidal lamp with the power to open a door to the afterlife.

 

Observer

Regional Premiere
Directed by
Dylan Powers
8 mins
 | 2025
 | United States
 | English
 

When contact is lost with Samuel Harth, the Algan Space Corporation looks into his memories to see what unfolded during a mission to Planet COR-73, unraveling a cosmic mystery in the process.

 

The Second Grimoire

US Premiere
Directed by
Jonathan King
starring
Tabatha Killick, Mark Mathews, Hilary Norris, Flynn Biara Allan
17 mins
 | 2024
 | New Zealand
 | English
 

A cleaner in a library becomes aware of a book – or two – that promise a gateway to the The Old Ones.

This film was made for the Film Intensive as part of the Bachelor of Screen Arts at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand

Owner: 
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Providence, RI