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BABY TOOTH (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Marina has enlisted the help of a stranger to get rid of either her baby tooth, or her boat, whichever he prefers.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Strong Language
DIRECTOR: Olivia Accardo
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Block #4 – Comedy Shorts
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Olivia Accardo is a filmmaker based on the Oregon Coast.
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BALLS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Aperol, awkwardness, murder, and mambo.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Nudity, Sensuality
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 26th @ 4:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: A filmmaker with a strong background in awkwardness, Phillip Clark Davis graduated AFI Conservatory’s directing program in 2014, where his thesis film A Teenage Drama garnered him student-Emmy and BAFTA attention. More recently he has directed feature films Saturday at the Starlight and Burying Yasmeen. Wherever there is a tendency toward the dark and ridiculous, Phillip will be there with a spoonful of cyanide to help the sugar go down.
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BANJO (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Isaac is thrilled when his friend offers him the use of his family’s cabin in the woods to lose his virginity. But when his first time goes horribly wrong, he begins to believe it may be the work of a sinister circumcision cult!
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language, Brief Nudity, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Cameron Poletti
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Cameron Poletti is an award-winning filmmaker and comic book writer from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Born to two actors, he grew up immersed in theatre, music, and the arts. He studied film at ArtCenter College of Design and has worked in the art department in the film industry on notable projects like Michael Bay’s Ambulance, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, and Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian.
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BART AND BOBBI KILL EACH OTHER (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After nearly 30 years as roommates, Bart and Bobbi’s resentment escalates into a lethal showdown.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Aaron Barrocas
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Aaron Barrocas is an LA-based filmmaker. His two prior FilmQuest shorts (with the same Producers, DP, and Composer as Bart & Bobbi) can both be seen in Episode 1 of “”Mother Goose’s Scary Tales”” on Tubi, and his horror-comedy screenplays have received awards from numerous genre fests. Aaron writes indie film reviews for “”Without Your Head Horror””, and edits sports, documentary, and comedy shows for tv.
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BEAR (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: When Bev, a small-town grandmother, reluctantly takes her dog, Bear, to the vet to be put down, she encounters a fanatical animal lover who questions her decision.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Rebecca Parker
GENRE: The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: North America Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Rebecca Parker is an award-winning writer, director and cinematographer from Australia’s real wild west – the Northern Territory. Her award-winning short, BEAR, premiered internationally at Fantasia, after winning Best Film at the Darwin International Film Festival and Best Director at the Far South Film Festival. Through her company, Goddess Pictures, Rebecca crafts female outsider stories with teeth — dark, defiant, wildly emotional – and laced with a sense of humour that’s sharp enough to draw blood.
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BEAUTY SLEEP (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Beauty Sleep is a retro futuristic short film about beauty, identity, and the dangerous pursuit of perfection. In a world where perfection is stitched on piece by piece, teenage girls undergo “Beauty Sleep” makeovers, a living embalment, for their Sweet 16, where they emerge from a sparkling coffin instead of a giant cake. But when an eccentric mortician, trapped under the patriarchal thumb of her controlling boss, accidentally kills a client, she sees a twisted chance to escape. As the clock ticks, she plots her way out by stealing “the face” from the client, but not before giving the dead girl the most bizarrely beautiful makeover of her afterlife. Beauty Sleep is a dark, satirical dive into perfection, creativity, and control.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language, Brief Nudity, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Jasmine De Silva
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 26th @ 7:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jasmine De Silva is a writer, director and photographer who playfully satirises the pursuit of perfection. Through a retrofuturistic lens she holds up a mirror to this dehumanising obsession, aiming to expose the dangers of chasing unrealistic beauty standards. Winning awards for emerging talent in both photography and directing, her first short, How to Build Your Human received international recognition winning awards for best emerging director, screening at award qualifying festivals like London Short Film Festival, & Aesthetica Film Festival. Her film Quality Control was nominated for Channel 4 Random Acts Award in the UK. Her latest film Beauty Sleep, premiered at Fantasia Film Festival 2025, while Jasmine develops her debut feature.
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BELLY BELLY (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Alex and Alyssa decide to indulge in a “”cheat meal””, but romantic appetites are derailed in service of a deeper hunger.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Sensuality, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Gabriel Carnick
GENRE: Horror, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 26th @ 4:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Gabriel Carnick (she/her) is an award winning queer filmmaker with more than a decade of experience. She’s deeply passionate about social justice, queer stories, and films that center the voices of undercapitalized groups, including women, LGBTQ+ folks, and members of the global majority (BIPOC) community through both narrative and documentary work. Gabriel’s work is grounded in the belief that transformative art has the capacity to inspire broad, long lasting change.
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BENNY’S SECOND BIRTHDAY (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When strangers arrive at her toddler’s birthday party, an expectant mother confronts her son’s unexpected popularity.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: R.J. Glass
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 25th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: R.J. Glass is a writer/director from San Francisco. His short film GRACE, a cult-of-personality story set in the world of a hipster church, screened at AFI Fest, Columbus International, and Maryland Film Festival, and more. He worked extensively as a commercial editor in New York before attending AFI for Directing. R.J. is a partner and co-founder of the production company Plenty Good which just released CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT (SXSW 2023) and THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA (TIFF 2024).
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BERTA (SPAIN)
SYNOPSIS: Berta wants Alex to understand the harm he caused her years ago and will do whatever it takes to explain it to him.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Lucía Forner Segarra
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23rd @ 2:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: With a BA in Audiovisual Communication, she completed a Master’s Degree in Cinematography at ESCAC and a course in Cinema at UVA. She has written, directed, and produced four short films. Her latest short film ‘Berta’ is set to premiere soon, and her previous shorts ‘Marta’ and ‘Dana’ garnered over 300 selections and 70 awards in festivals worldwide. Both short films were on the shortlist for the Goya Awards, and ‘Dana’ made it to the Oscars longlist thanks to winning the qualifying festival, St. Louis Film Festival.
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BETTER LUCK THAN CHUCK (USA)
SYNOPSIS: The first horror trivia game show hosted by the comedic duo of the witchy Widow and her undead husband, Charlie. Horror fans, get ready to test your insight into fright!
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language, All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Tony Wash & Meredith Tummillo
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Special Presentation – Wednesday, Oct. 29th @ 4:15 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Through his 20 year career, Wash has directed the features “”High on the Hog”” (starring Sid Haig), “”The Rake”” (starring Shanae Grimes-Beech), and “”Skeletons in the Closet””, the SXSW Midnight Short, “”The Muck””, and has produced on a number of other projects including “”The Stylist””, “”Curse of the Sin Eater””, “”Black Mold””, and the Screambox/Bloody Disgusting series, “”Bloody Bites””. For the past two years, Wash has been the Head Programmer for the horror streaming service, Screambox, best known for its release of Terrifier 2 and 3 and The Toxic Avenger reboot.
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BIDET (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends are hunted by a possessed bidet,
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: James Brylowski’s absurdist comedies have screened at festivals worldwide, blending genre and satire. He previously produced a TV series for YTV in Canada and is currently in production on a documentary while developing new comedy projects.
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BILL (UK / USA)
SYNOPSIS: A woman murders her sexist husband and turns his corpse into a puppet of the perfect husband.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Mild Language, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Emily Dhue
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Emily Dhue is a writer, director, and editor based in NYC. She is one-third of the Space Fish Productions team and focuses her filmmaking on subjects that feel both urgent and honest. Her work has been recognized and screened by HollyShorts Film Festival, Dances With Films, Virginia Film Festival, Atlanta Women’s Film Festival and Chelsea Film Festival among others.
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BLINDSIDED (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A blind schoolteacher is thrust into a nightmarish game of survival when an alien spaceship crashes and unleashes a monstrous predator. This unique horror short film features an all low-vision cast and places the audience in the POV of a blind protagonist who is only able to hear what happens around her.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: P. Patrick Hogan
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 31st @ 6:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born and raised on the island of Guam, Patrick is an award-winning filmmaker and sound editor. His films are festival favorites, having appeared at well over 100 festivals around the world and racking up more than 50 awards over the years. Patrick is also a highly accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television shows and movies to his credit and 10 Emmy Nominations for his work on such shows as “”Reservation Dogs””, “Cobra Kai” and “Umbrella Academy”.
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BLOOD BOYS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In a cutthroat competition for the coveted position as a billionaire’s Blood Boy, Sam faces off against top-dog candidate Charlie, pushing Sam to confront the dark underbelly of his aspirations.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Strong Sensuality, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Jordan M. Hahn
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 26th @ 4:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jordan M. Hahn is a writer/director and editor based in Los Angeles. Known for their multifaceted artistry, they have received recognition from ACE and were the recipient of the Best Editing Award at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival for Beach Logs Kill (premiere: SXSW ’24). As a writer/director, Jordan has produced a multitude of short films and music videos which have been screened at Palm Springs FF, SXSW Sydney, and Reeling film festivals. Their scripts have been a Semifinalist in the Sundance Producing Labs, the WeScreenplay Competition, and placed on Coverfly’s Monthly Red List.
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BLOODSPORT (UK)
SYNOPSIS: After a protest gets out of control, two activists squat in an empty mansion but danger descends when another interloper arrives.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Kate Brooke
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23rd @ 2:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Kate is a writer and director. She trained at the Jacques Lecoq theatre school in Paris, before becoming a screenwriter for television. Kate’s showrunning and exec producing credits for tv series include: The Winter King (ITVX and MGM Plus), A Discovery of Witches (Sky), Mr Selfridge (ITV), and Bancroft (ITV). This is her directorial debut.
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BLOSSOM NEEDS A RIDE HOME (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After defeating a bloodthirsty maniac, Blossom needs a ride home. What a hassle.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language
DIRECTOR: Tim Schwagel
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Tim Schwagel is a filmmaker from Eau Claire, WI who taught himself to make movies alongside some of his best friends whom he continues to work with to this very day. He fell in love with watching movies on the big screen surrounded by people, so he strives to inspire that feeling in others with every movie he makes.
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BLUEBIRD (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: A Princess vows revenge after her one true love is taken from her.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Darwin Shulze
GENRE: Fantasy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: North America Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Darwin is a director and cinematographer from Sydney, Australia. Self taught, Darwin is a multidisciplinary filmmaker working across every department in personal and commercial work. Filming and directing numerous short films and miniseries, Darwin has a keen eye for detail across VFX, music and colour.
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BONE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Skellies in love.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Sensuality, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Paul Coleman
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Paul Coleman carries his skeleton around in Boston and Los Angeles, where he writes and sometimes even makes weird movies. Someday, he hopes to afford a yard for his dog.
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BOT OR NOT (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In a world where reality TV and AI collide, a young coder enters a game of love, only to discover the shows true algorithm was never written for romance. It was built for chasing survival.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Meghan Carrasquillo is an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. BOT OR NOT marks her directorial debut, a sci-fi thriller she also wrote, executive produced, and stars in as Juliet. With a strong background in performance and storytelling, Meghan is dedicated to crafting bold, character-driven narratives that explore human connection through a fresh lens. BOT OR NOT is a deeply personal project, blending genre with heart to explore identity and the nature of love in a tech-driven world.
Jadon Cal is a filmmaker and actor who has directed and produced feature films and shorts across multiple genres, with work screening nationwide in theaters and on streaming platforms. As an actor, his performances have been featured across the U.S. and recognized at prestigious festivals, including the Tribeca Film Festival. His latest feature, OFF RIP, is set to debut in the spring of next year. Bringing years of storytelling experience, Jadon joins Director Meghan Carrasquillo on BOT OR NOT!
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BOY BAND (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A member of a famous K-Pop boy band, whose face has been disfigured by an accident, must undergo surgery to repair his fracturing image.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Benedict Chiu is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker originally from Saratoga, CA. He is an alumni of the WBTV Writers’ Workshop and most recently a staff writer on CALL ME KAT (FOX). As a writer-director, his K-Pop horror short film BOY BAND starring Jay Lee (CSI: Vegas) won the “Best Midnight Short” Audience Award at Dances With Films NY. Benedict started his career working at the NBCUniversal Page Program, APA Agency, and Scott Free Productions.
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BREAKING THE LINE: THE PETA SEARLE STORY (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: Breaking the Line tells the story of Peta Searle whose resilience and leadership broke barriers in Aussie rules football and made her the AFL’s first female coach
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
GENRE: Fantastic, Documentary
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 29th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Grace Anna Cardona is a Melbourne-based filmmaker exploring intimate documentary portraits of female artists, creatives, and glass ceiling breakers
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BUTTER KNIFE (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: A famous surgeon comes back from vacation and learns that his hospital’s administration has changed and taken a turn for the worse.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Theophile Mur is a filmmaker and visual effects artist based in Montreal. After years of working in the VFX world on big Hollywood productions, he turned toward directing his own stories.
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