Narrative Short Films - The Darker Side

Join us for a collection of dark, dramatic and thought-provoking short films. In Ugnė Skonsmanaitė’s JASMINE. HOME. MOTHER. a woman battles a system that censors her every word on a surreal game show; in Ali Cook’s THE PEARL COMB a doctor investigates a fisherman’s wife in 1893 after she becomes the first person to cure someone of tuberculosis; in Slava Denisov’s THE RIDE (narrated by Ron Perlman) a ’76 Plymouth reflects on its journey, witnessing decades of human life, as it changes hands from one owner to the next; in Eric D. Howell’s THE SEVENTH TURN, a reimagining the Spanish urban legend “La Chica de la Curva,” a young man drives through the night with his pregnant fiancé, gaslighting her into submission until a ghost-like woman appears; in Bálint Kenyeres’ THE SPECTACLE a young Roma boy is lifted into the light only to find it fades in an unexpected way; and in Stewart Hendler’s QUERY (starring Anthony Hill) a mysterious agent assigned to prevent acts of self-harm picks up an elderly woman whose quiet resolve forces him to question the meaning of his mission. 98mins.

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