Midnighters I

The 44th Chamber of Shaolin
Directed by Jon Truei
USA | 14 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. A mischievous prank-loving kung fu master creates fake training exercises for a gullible teenager who believes in fantastical myths about martial arts.

Brenda and Billy (and the Pothos Plant)
Directed by David Solomon
USA | 14 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. After an incident involving a pothos plant, a frying pan, and a flower pot leaves their mother for dead, estranged siblings come back together to figure out what to do with the body in this post-pandemic dark comedy.

Closing Time
Directed by Russell Goldman
USA | 17 minutes | 2023

FLORIDA PREMIERE. An estranged friend surprises his old college buddies with an unusual reunion.

Janelle’s Baby
Directed by Michael Squid
USA | 10 minutes | 2023

WORLD PREMIERE. Janelle’s desire to have a baby of her own takes a heart-wrenching turn when she finds out she’s infertile. Her husband’s concern grows with additional worrisome blood lab results from their doctor and Janelle’s increasingly strange and secretive behavior.

Red Velvet
Directed by Blake Simon
USA | 14 minutes | 2023

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. Upon learning the end of the world may be taking place, a lonely man locks himself in a motel room when a female escort arrives at his door.

Variations on a Theme
Directed by Peter Collins Campbell
USA | 7 minutes | 2023

SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE. A couple has begun physically splitting into many different versions of themselves, and must investigate an uncomfortable mutation that has arisen.

We Forgot About the Zombies
Directed by Chris McInroy
USA | 4 minutes | 2023

SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE. Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.

Winder
Directed by Case Avron
USA | 5 minutes | 2023

EAST COAST PREMIERE. When the power goes out in an old farmhouse, Clair must venture down into the basement to reset the breaker box. Equipped with nothing but a janky wind-up flashlight, she uncovers evidence that there might be an unwanted guest on the property.