Midnighters I

Artichoke
Directed by Amir Moini
USA | 14 minutes | 2026

WORLD PREMIERE. Held captive, Cynara discovers a phoropter that opens a portal to another world. In a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase between realities, Cynara finally comes face to face with her oppressor and must decide what she’s willing to destroy in order to survive.

Burning of a Family Tree
Directed by Alison Mattingly
USA | 12 minutes | 2026

WORLD PREMIERE. When Eden (Jack Haven from I SAW THE TV GLOW) returns home to their estranged family after the death of their abusive father, they are forced to confront their traumatic past… and their father’s reanimated corpse.

Feed the Dark
Directed by Rob Himebaugh
USA | 8 minutes | 2025

FLORIDA PREMIERE. Snowbound high in the mountains, a ski patroller realizes her injured colleague has been possessed by a ravenous demon.

House Rules
Directed by Geri Courtney-Austein
USA | 10 minutes | 2026

EAST COAST PREMIERE. A game night spirals into bloody chaos as a group of friends unknowingly play a cursed board game.

Inheritance
Directed by Arvind Palep
USA | 9 minutes | 2025

FLORIDA PREMIERE. When a hidden key unlocks a pitch-black canvas tied to her estranged father, Iris and her young son awaken a malevolent force lurking within the frame, plunging them into a nightmarish battle against a darkness that consumes everything in its path.

Rough Cut
Directed by Mitchell Vincent Slan
USA | 7 minutes | 2025

FLORIDA PREMIERE. On Halloween night, a video editor cuts a horror movie shot by Mr. Cackle… LIVE.

Sola
Directed by Brian Hernandez
USA | 17 minutes | 2025

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A young woman who suffers from chronic sleep paralysis awakens to find the world around her has descended into a zombie apocalypse.

Total Party Kill
Directed by Alan Sanchez
USA | 16 minutes | 2026

FLORIDA PREMIERE. When an all-female TTRPG group uncovers a sinister demonic presence hidden within one of their game’s miniatures, their fantasy adventure spirals into a terrifying battle for survival—where the stakes are all too real.

The Woman Is Perfected
Directed by Ruth Iorio Fowler
USA | 15 minutes | 2025

WORLD PREMIERE. In a destructive relationship she can’t escape, a young woman’s obsession with becoming flawless spirals into a fixation deadlier than love itself.