Midnight Shorts

How far will a tiny UFO go to impress friends on Christmas?

A struggling intergalactic cargo hauler has his ethics challenged when offered a way out for him and his daughter.

A bullied little girl falls asleep on her bus ride home and wakes up to find something far more monstrous.

Zeke wants to get rid of all his “possessions”.

Most people are terrified of clowns, but not Kenneth…

Some things are better left dead, even the spirit of Christmas.

A peaceful but simple existence is threatened when terrifying guests arrive at the door.

On George’s 45th birthday he begins to grow and won’t stop until he realizes how tiny all his problems actually are.

A lonely mutant unexpectedly finds love when a group of naive surfers show up on his beach.

A woman finds inspiration in the kitchen.

A drug trip in the woods begins to disintegrate and erode as does the 16mm its filmed on -an odyssey of experimental horror ensues.

Have you ever questioned how difficult it is to actually dig a grave?

From the Academy Award winning team behind Curfew, The Helping Hand explores the ties between technology and a growing family. With a new baby at home, young parents adopt a hi-tech monitoring system. Will it be an answer to their woes or have they invited a monster into their home?

Eduardo (Tavinho Teixeira) has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.

Evelyn lives isolated in a cabin in the woods haunted every night by monsters of unknown origin. One day she finds a dying man in the forest and decides to help him. Unable to trust him to stay or exile him into a certain death, she ties the stranger up inside the house and becomes entranced by him, struggling between her safety and her sexual desires.

Being a mother is supposed to be joyful. Being a child is supposed to be fun. Having a family is meant to be life-affirming. But nothing in this home is like it’s supposed to be.

WASH is a short horror film about the worst fear a parent can have.

Kerry is at a sleepover with the socially awkward, mysteriously orphaned heiress Katie. Friendship–in a society that grows ever isolating–is explored as Kerry learns the hard way that Katie always gets what she wants.

Lycanthropy is a dark investigative thriller short film, which follows detectives Mark Kessler and John Mills, as they search for a missing girl.

The story starts in the middle of a crime investigation. We meet the detectives as they wait to search the residence of a key suspect, Mr. Johnson. However, Johnson does not cooperate and as the police don’t find any hard evidence, the case is at a standstill.

Kessler is troubled, both in his private and his public life. His vocation has taken a toll and over the years, he lost his family. Yet, he struggles, helpless in the never-ending, unrelenting battle against daily evil. He needs this case, a purpose, and ends up making a decision that changes everything.

Chasing through London’s rough underbelly, Kessler has his macabre worldview confirmed and chooses between law and justice, between his partner and his ethos.

In the end, it becomes difficult to tell who the real villain is…

The (partly) real story of a cruise ship vacation for conspiracy theorists that takes a turn for the surreal when their most outlandish theories come true on board. Starring Henry Zebrowski and supported by Borscht Corp.