Midnighters

FACELIFT
Directed by Virat Pal
USA | 15 minutes | 2020

WORLD PREMIERE. Things start to change in the life of a depressed middle-aged woman when a mysterious mask appears at her doorstep.

FLICK
Directed by Ariel Zengotita
USA | 10 minutes | 2020

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A reclusive college student is driven mad after picking a booger he can’t flick away.

THE HOWLING WIND
Directed by Lorian Gish & Justin Knoepfel
USA | 15 minutes | 2020

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. During a plagued dust and wind storm in 1963, a countryman takes in a weary traveler seeking refuge, but discovers the truth in the circumstances of his arrival.

REFLECTION
Directed by Heath C. Michaels
USA | 3 minute | 2020

WORLD PREMIERE. Alice comes face-to-face with her reflection.

SELFIE
Directed by John Poliquin
USA | 9 minute | 2020

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. An insecure teenager deletes her social media accounts and learns that what she put online will come back to haunt her.

SNAKE DICK
Directed by David Mahmoudieh
USA | 8 minutes | 2020

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Jill’s got the snake. Julia’s got the flute. Alone, they have nothing. But together, they have a secret weapon to fight the darkness…

SUSPENSE
Directed by Ben & Jacob Burghart
USA | 7 minutes | 2019

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor by his parachute. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark.

WAFFLE
Directed by Carlyn Hudson
USA | 11 minutes | 2020

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. Kerry is at a sleepover with the socially awkward, mysteriously orphaned heiress Katie. Friendship — in a society that grows ever isolating — is explored as Kerry learns the hard way that Katie always gets what she wants.

WE ALL SCREAM
Directed by Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing
USA | 7 minutes | 2019

SOUTHEAST US PREMIERE. A neglected boy with a sweet tooth gets more than he bargained for when he receives a special visit from the mysterious Ice Cream Man, Mr. Sweetie.