2024 FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)
13th Night
Director: Benjamin Percy
Writer: Benjamin Percy
UNITED STATES / 2024 / 14:32
A father will do anything to save his daughter. Anything.
Alicia
Director: Tony Morales
Writer: Tony Morales & Fer Zaragoza
SPAIN / 2023 / 6:00
Carolina will have to deal with the childhood fears of her daughter Alicia, who has just gone blind.
Bookworm
Director: Javier Yañez Sanz
Writer: Elisa Lucía
SPAIN / 2023 / 13:42
Spain, 1979. Irene is an aspiring writer who obsesses with the delicate ghost at the library she works.
Come Home
Director: Mike Pecci
Writer: Mike Pecci & Lance A. Williams
US / 2023 / 11:46
Sometimes, the scariest knock at the door is the one that comes from within.
FREE bench MUST PICK UP TODAY
Director: Gus Reed
Writer: Gus Reed
UNITED STATES / 2023 / 6:10
A young couple pay an unexpected price for bringing home a free piece of furniture.
Gummy
Director: Sasha Aubort
Writer: Sasha Aubort
AUSTRALIA / 2023 / 13:36
A masochistic dentistry student grapples with unrequited love and her manipulative father.
Les Bêtes
Director / Animator: Michael Granberry
Writer: Michael Granberry
UNITED STATES / 2024 / 11:38
A mysterious rabbit with a set of magic keys summons a host of strange creatures to entertain a wicked king and his decadent court in this dark stop-motion animated fantasy inspired by the works of Ladislas Starevich.
Safe Director: David Yorke Writer: Laki Pattapola UNITED KINGDOM / 2023 / 1:30 A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.
SHÉ (Snake)
Director: Renee Zhan
Writer: Renee Zhan
UNITED KINGDOM / 2023 / 15:30
Fei Li is the top violinist in her elite youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place, Fei’s internalized racism and anxieties grow to take monstrous physical form.
Some Day All This Will Be Yours
Director: Cricket Arrison
Writer: Cricket Arrison
UNITED STATES / 2023 / 10:40
A queer autofiction comedy/horror short, Some Day All This Will Be Yours was shot in the filmmaker’s childhood home. The film follows an increasingly strange pregnant woman giving her unborn child a tour of its inheritance. Amidst a riot of crumbling 1970s interior design, Some Day uncannily twists the tropes of motherhood, home, and family legacy.
Ten of Swords
Director: Faye Jackson
Writer: Faye Jackson
UNITED KINGDOM / 2023 / 16:00
Jay wants to forget his former life and get on with his new reality, but he can’t seem to stop his old memories flooding back or his new instincts kicking in.
We Joined A Cult
Director: Chris McInroy
Writer: Chris McInroy
UNITED STATES / 2023 / 4:10
The story of two friends who just wanted to play kickball.