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9: The scary one

VIFF Short Forum

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Shorts from: Canada, Korea, Romania, USA.

 

Oct 10 & 11: Q&A

 

This short film program includes the following films:

The Littles
Andrew Duplessie, USA/Canada (7 min)

When Juliet stubs her toe on a loose floorboard, she discovers that hers is not the only family living in the house.

 


Living Grounds
Emile Lavoie, Canada (20 min)

Luc, a weathered corpse mover, is called upon to the scene of a suicide.

 


Bread Will Walk
Alex Boya, Canada (12 min)

The planet is starving and people resort to eating bread, which turns them into bread themselves. A sister tries to save her bread-brother as he is chased by a hungry mob.

 


Inanna
Dragos Badita, Romania/Canada (24 min)

“Uncanny” is an understatement in this AI-processed dream-poem inspired by the ancient Sumerian goddess of death and rebirth.

 


Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts
Shervin Kermani, Canada (8 min)

In the aftermath of a devastating eruption, Ramón walks the island of La Palma with his microphone, listening for ghosts.

 


Jeff
Julia Hebner, USA (25 min)

A phone sex operator gets into it with a caller who makes a disturbing confession.

 


Dinner
Hyejin Yoo, South Korea (22 min)

When a woman is bitten by a zombie, her husband uses a delay patch that extends the duration of her transformation by an hour so they can have one more meal together.

 

Supported by

Community Partner

         

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2024 & 2025

Language

Various

Content Warning

Flashing/strobing lights, graphic violence, self harm, drug & alcohol abuse

18+
112 min
Action Animation Award Winners Cinemas of Asia Documentary Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Horror & Thriller Romance Shorts Talent to Watch Women Directors

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