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SHORTS:
Detached
Neighbors
CANCELED
Return to Sender
Mantis
We Wanted Children
Who’s Afraid
Kickstart my Heart
FEATURES:
ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT
Guiltless
Living With Chucky
Malibu Horror Story
Moon Garden
MOTHER SUPERIOR
Stag

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Summaries Shorts
Detached – After a massive explosion, a severed finger becomes sentient. To find its perfect fit, it tries to fit through different holes from dead bodies.
Animated Short. Directed by Juhoon Hong. 2.30 min. USA. World Premiere

Neighbors – Upstairs neighbors can be a real nightmare
Narrative Short. Directed by Isaac Ruth. 3.15 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Canceled – On Halloween night Ashley, an arrogant Tik-Tok influencer, has decorated her house in over-the-top inauthentic Día de Muertos decorations, an Ofrenda, and a cheap Walmart La Calavera Catrina costume. She mocks Mexican culture, but not for long…
Narrative short. Directed by Christopher Guerrero. 5 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Return to Sender – A woman becomes involved in a delivery scam that grows increasingly strange. Narrative Short. Directed by Russel Goldman. 18.06 min. USA. Oregon Premiere

Mantis – Late at night in a dusty South London laundrette frozen in time, Jas is doing her laundry. She’s in a world of her own when Chris decides to strike up a conversation. Ignoring Jas’ clear signals that she isn’t interested, Chris persists with increasingly tone-deaf and pushy behavior, ultimately ‘escorting’ her home uninvited. Upon entry to Jas’ apartment, the tables are turned and Chris has no idea of the spider’s web he has unwittingly found himself caught in and the bloody secrets within.
Narrative Short. Directed by Luigi Sibona. 8.20 min. UK. International Premiere

We wanted Children – After a marital crisis, Ginny grows concerned with her husband’s increasingly disturbing behavior.
Narrative Short. Directed by Tom O’Connor. 14.57 min. USA. West Coast Premiere

Kickstart my Heart – After a violent accident, Lilly wakes to find herself having barely escaped the steel grip of death, only to discover the fight has just begun. KICKSTART MY HEART is the story of one woman’s battle through her mind’s multiple levels of hell and the bloody torment she endures to regain control over her consciousness.
Narrative Short. Directed by Kelsey Bollig. 13.10 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Who’s Afraid – Escaping the attention brought on by a racist incident gone viral, Whitney discovers that what awaits her in the woods is far worse than being “canceled.”
Narrative Short. Directed by Cleaver LeMar McLean. 31 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Summaries Features
Alchemy of the Spirit – Artist Oliver Black wakes to discover his wife Evelyn (Sarah Clarke) has died in their bed overnight. Brimming with magical realism, ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT explores the mysteries which transcend our physical universe and open a doorway into a different dimension, where ultimately, in the aftermath of death, there is an evolution of life which expands awareness, serenity and inner peace.
Narrative Feature. Directed by Steve Balderson. 90 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Guiltless – Samantha prepares for a date night with her high school girlfriend, Amanda. As her mom leaves for the weekend, she starts to hear sounds in her house. She receives a text message showing unexpected and grizzly news, and tries to call Amanda’s phone… which she finds broken on the patio… with an intruder in her home. A game of cat and mouse ensues, before Samantha manages the upper hand and captures him in the basement. From there, things just get started in a story of love, grief, and vengeance.
Narrative Feature. Directed by Kevin Schultz. 91 min. Canada. World Premiere

Living with Chucky – A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child’s Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the “Chucky” family.
Documentary. Directed by Kyra Elise Gardner. 105 min. USA. Portland Premiere.

Malibu Horror Story – Terror strikes when a team of paranormal investigators search a sacred Native American cave for clues in the unsolved disappearance of four local teens.
Narrative Feature. Directed by Scott Slone. 85 min. USA. Festival Premiere

Moon Garden – Following a terrible family accident, a young girl slips into a coma, finding herself thrust into a dark and surreal industrial wonderland. Haunted by a chattering nightmare that feeds off her tears, the little girl must follow her mother’s voice on a transistor radio to find her way back to consciousness.

Shot on expired 35mm with vintage rehoused lenses, “Moon Garden” is a lush fantastical odyssey exploring lost youth, broken families, and how a child can shine light even in the darkest places.
Narrative Feature. Directed by Ryan Stevens Harris. 93 min. USA. Portland Premiere

Mother Superior – 1975, Rosenkreuz Manor, Sigrun starts a new position with the eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. A shared longing binds the two women together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun’s past; the young nurse’s life force holds the key to the future for the Baroness. On the path to self-discovery, Sigrun is confronted with the sinister world of folkish occultism, opening an unearthly abyss in which every moral and principle is tested.
Narrative Feature. Directed by Marie Alice Wolfszahn. 71 min. Austria. Portland Premiere.

Stag – “Stag” is a horror-comedy about an urban loner who must fight for a chance at redemption when she’s invited to her estranged BFF’s bachelorette party.
Narrative Feature. Narrative Feature. Directed by Alexandra Spieth. 93 min. USA. Festival Premiere

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