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Film Country: U.S.
September 17, 2026
Animation Shorts: Altered States
The End of the End’s striking style, reminiscent of paper cutouts and puppet shows, mythologizes the journey of a recently deceased woman through her final moments with the five senses she used in life. In two ice creams please, inky 2D animation bleeds into stop motion as two increasingly fever...
September 17, 2026
Leptocephalus
When a bite from an endangered eel starts replacing an unsuspecting scientist's skin with salt, the scientist must give in to the unstoppable force of transformation. With a muted, earthy color palette brought to life by colored pencil, this hopeful short finds peace in the often painful process ...
September 17, 2026
After Dark Shorts: Siren Songs
In Banshee, a mysterious comb acts as a conduit for the fearsome banshee, unleashing a series of deaths in a 19th century Irish village. Searching for direction following her mother’s death, Dëmm’s 17-year-old protagonist finds herself pulled toward a group of glamorous soul-eating women. Embla e...
September 17, 2026
Scissors
A misogynistic killer gets more than he bargained for when his would-be victim unknowingly lures him to a cabin filled with his worst nightmare: lesbians. With hilarious performances from Ethan Embry, Jenna Kanell, and more, this slasher spoof skewers the subgenre’s straightness. This film scree...
September 17, 2026
Buckskin
In this introspective and poetic portrait, filmmaker Mars Verrone reflects on the life of their grandfather, Carroll B. Williams Jr., a trailblazing Black and Indigenous forester and entomologist. Using family archives and luminous 16mm imagery of the redwoods, Verrone meditates on the personal a...
