Short Films Block 3

Type: 
Film
Location: 
RISD Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center - 20 N Main St.
Date and time: 
Saturday, August 17, 2024 - 3:45pm
Location: 
RISD Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center - 20 N Main St.
Date and time: 
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - 5:00pm

Shorts Block 3! Adaptations, speculations, animations, and more!

Q&A with visiting filmmakers at the end of the block.

 

The Battle of Grovers Mill

Local Premiere
Directed by
Nolen Sternkopf
starring
Ben Kroon, Alexiel de Ravenswood
10 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

An aspiring journalist faces the unimaginable when news of a nearby crash site comes over the radio.

Based on “The War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells and the Orson Welles / Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of the same name.

 

Tranquilizer

US Premiere
Directed by
Tobias Enevoldsen
starring
Tobias Nilsson, Michael Robdrup, Janus Enevoldsen, Freja Enevoldsen
28 mins
 | 2024
 | Denmark
 | Danish
 w/English subtitles

In a dystopian Copenhagen, an anonymous man is tasked with a dangerous, yet routine, assignment.

 

Sapere Aude

Local Premiere
Directed by
Chadai Chamoun
6 mins
 | 2023
 | Australia
 | English
 

A man of science, trapped between the arcane and incomprehensible grief, resorts to unthinkable measures to try to prolong his beloved’s life. In all his heartache, he is devoured by his grief, unwilling to confront the reality of his wife’s condition until it is too late. There is no sense – no moral – in suffering. There is only pain. Hashir dares to discover the truth and faces the consequences.

 

The Outsider

World Premiere
Directed by
Monstark
12 mins
 | 2024
 | United States
 | English
 

A mysterious woman in a shadowy realm braves the unknown and discovers her true nature in a dark revelation that changes her world forever. Based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft.

 

The Worm

Local Premiere
Directed by
Cameron Alec Tubbs
starring
Jonathan Brugioni, Cameron Alec Tubbs
14 mins
 | 2023
 | United States
 | English
 

Two collectors of the occult discuss the discovery of a box that contains untold horrors for those who look inside.

 

 

The Sun Fails To Rise

World Premiere
Directed by
Ivan Mo
starring
Zhixia Wang
24 mins
 | 2024
 | China
 | Chinese, Simplified
 w/English subtitles

Two months ago, a strange illness erupted at Seongnam University's Institute of History, in which many researchers claimed to have heard a whisper that not only grew louder over time, but also induced hallucinations and eventually madness. Due to the highly transmissible and incurable nature of the disease, the Bureau of Investigation succeeded in sealing off the source of the disease at great cost and began further testing and exploration work.
On this day, B-level investigator Lin Xiaosheng and his junior Liancheng are about to carry out an ordinary data recovery work, but something seems to be wrong.

Trailer:

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