The return of scary: fear in all its chilling, suspenseful, and unsettling shades.
This short film program includes the following films:
Udders!
Michael Spencer, USA (6 min)
Naked in a cornfield, a man runs for his life.
Content Considerations: Animal cruelty, nudity, graphic violence, flashing lights
Pre-Parenting
Yu Yu, Taiwan (15 min)
Shu-Han uses augmented reality glasses to get a head start on parenthood. When a car crash claims her unborn daughter and embeds a lens fragment in her brain, she begins to see the child everywhere.
Who Killed Narin G**** ?
Ayçe Kartal, France (5 min)
An animated exploration of human darkness based on the real-life murder of eight-year-old Narin Güran.
Content Considerations: Child abuse, animal cruelty
Jabber
Aubert Sénéchal, Canada (15 min)
It’s the day before the big move. Alice is packed and ready. Jab is not.
Bagman
Connor Gaston, Vaughn Gaston, Canada (11 min)
A researcher monitoring wildlife cameras notices a mysterious garbage bag in a forest clearing. Her supervisor goes to investigate, and opens the bag to find…
Object of Riddle
Chiara Caterina, Belgium/Italy (18 min)
Objects are 3D scanned and transferred onto 16mm film to provide clues to a familiar but irresolvable mystery.
The Animal Remains
Ivana Vogrinc Hovorka Vidali, Slovenia/Czech Republic (23 min)
Mira and her dog Baxus live a peaceful and isolated life in the countryside until, one day, they intervene in a sexual assault in the woods.
Content Considerations: Sexual violence, assault, animal cruelty
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VIFF Short Forum
See more shorts in this series
Short Forum 1: The Scarier One
The return of scary: fear in all its chilling, suspenseful, and unsettling shades.
Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx
Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!
Short Forum 3: Workers of the World
The grind of the working class in a system that betrays its promises.
Short Forum 4: Immanence: A Life
You don’t have to look far; life is beautiful!
Short Forum 5: Somewhere Else
If space and time are pure perception, let’s build them differently.
Short Forum 6: Archive Lives!
Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.
Short Forum 7: War at Home
Truly, no one is safe until everyone is safe.
Short Forum 8: Sticky & Wet
No matter the age, things can always get sticky and wet.
Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
Explorations of desire and intimacy serve both pain and pleasure.
Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?
The future kinda depends on it.