Short Films: International Midnighters I

International Midnighters I

DATE: Saturday, August 10
TIME: Video On Demand
VENUE: Digital Screening Room

A celebration of some of the year’s most fantastic international short films from new emerging voices and established filmmakers:

Breakfast
Directed by Shaun Munro
UK | 13 minutes | 2024
EAST COAST PREMIERE. A day that begins like any other soon enough descends into chaos for one man as a supernatural force terrorises him while he tries to do the simplest of things – eat his damn breakfast.

 

Coleoptere
Directed by Martin Gouzou
France | 15 minutes | 2023
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. In this free and contemporary interpretation of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” Grégoire Samsa is a solitary building caretaker who undergoes a dramatic physical and psychological transformation while seeking love and acceptance.”

 

Conflict
Directed by François Charette
Canada | 14 minutes | 2023
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A man in his forties, drawn by the allure of the savage forest, abandons his car and gradually undergoes a profound moral and physical metamorphosis, ultimately finding peace and transcending his surroundings.

 

The Door
Directed by Alexander Seltzer
Canada | 14 minutes | 2023
SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A year after their daughter’s disappearance, Kara and Felix struggle to move on in their own ways as their marriage falls apart around them. But when a mysterious door appears in her kitchen, Kara becomes obsessed with uncovering what lies behind it at any cost. Even as it threatens to reopen old wounds.

 

Embrace
Directed by Axel Zeltser
France | 2 minutes | 2023
FLORIDA PREMIERE. A woman walks past the same alley every day without noticing the strange metal bucket there.

 

Puzzle Box: The Glitch
Directed by Jack Dignan
Australia | 7 minutes | 2024
WORLD PREMIERE. Two friends buying drugs find their world starts to glitch when the deal goes horribly wrong.

 

Room Tone
Directed by Michael Gabriele
Canada | 9 minutes | 2023
SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE. When a sound guy’s attempt to capture “room tone” is constantly thwarted by the noisy antics of his coworkers, he takes extreme measures to achieve silence.

 

Safe
Directed by David Yorke
UK | 2 minutes | 2023
EAST COAST PREMIERE. A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.
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July 30, 2024