Jul10REV22: FROM THE HAUNTED TO THE DARKNESS 72 mins

Screening Sun 10 Jul at:

FROM THE HAUNTED TO THE DARKNESS

Some of the best gothic and horror short films of the year – from the classic gothic themes of the forbidden to the echoes of uncanny environments via more recent fears of possible futures and the claustrophobia of contemporary evil.

*Please note some of these films feature flashing lights. 
 
Nest
James Hunter
Australia/9min/2021
An isolated father haunted by his child’s cries of hunger takes up work as a timber feller only to find operations halted by a mysterious alarm coming from deep in the woods.

Shallow Breath 
Robbie Studsor 
Australia/5min/2021
A drowning survivor must confront the dangerous fixation she has on the accident and the woman who saved her.
 
The Daughter
Soon-a Nam
Korea/21min/2021
After taking care of her mother for a long time, Hyo-eun inherits her mother’s home after she passes away. She tries to escape her mother’s shadow by removing any trace of her in the house, but as she is doing so, she hears whispers of her mother’s voice and strange things begin to happen.

Evie
Alex von Hofmann
Australia/19min/2021
In a world decimated by nuclear war, where barbaric clans and genetically modified dinosaurs roam the Australian countryside, a young girl, Evie, must venture alone to a distant farmhouse to seek medical supplies for her dying father.

Svengali
James Robert Woods
Australia/18min/2022
A Sydney real estate agent gets away with a horrible act.