September 9th, 10:00 P.M.
Competition program HORROR films
Duration 68’15”
HOLY SHADOW
Argentina, 2023, 2’, 2D animation
director Patricio Plaza, Paula Boffo
A woman that has been kidnapped by a trafficking network prays to a pagan saint to ask for her release.
THE OLD HAG AND THE CROW
Mexico, 2023, 5’55’’, stop-motion animation
director María Lucía Bayardo
Larisa, a curious girl, enters the house of the old hag, who has a crow as her ally, not imagining the consequences of her decision.
DEADLINE
Israel, 2023, 12’49’’, stop-motion animation
director Idan Gilboa
Deadline is a black comedy Stop-motion short that explores the power balance between bureaucracy, death and feline devotion of the elderly. At its center is a story of a brave friendship and solidarity between two senior ladies sickened by society’s disregard and disrespect.
CLAYCOSIS
Spain, 2022,1’, stop-motion animation
director Ruben Garcera
Psycho clay parody.
ALONGSIDE
Canada, 2023, 3’, stop-motion animation
director River Park
It’s a dark night as a jolly blues tune of the 1930’s plays as a car drives down a road in the middle of wide sprawling fields. A young boy is sitting in the car. The boy’s father is silently driving, looking tired from the almost endless drive. Bored, the boy looks out the window. From the distance he sees something rusting in the bushes
GOD’S FLESH
Mexico, 2022, 21’, 2D animation
director Patrizio Plaza
In the XVII century’s Mexico, an ailing christian priest will have to endure in his own body the native rituals that he has been hunting down.
GAZE
France, 2022, 1’42’’, 2D animation
director Emma Kelaleche, Alban Moura, Louis Mustiere, Janice Perreux
Night, the cawing of a crow impacting a window wakes Olivia up. She gets up from her bed and goes to her window. Outside, a crowd of people, standing, staring at her house and then her gaze. Olivia steps back, scared. She goes down the stairs, passes in front of her television which is on, the presenters follow her with their gaze.
THE CACTUS
Brazil, 2022, 10’25’’, collage animation
director Ricardo Kump
A man, troubled by a severe nervous system disease, finds himself paralyzed in a remote and hostile environment after an accident. His situation takes new directions as he surrenders and accepts his new reality. An horror film inspired by Santiago Dabove (1889 – 1951) short story “Ser polvo”.
LA MUE
France, 2022, 4’54’’, 3D animation
director Solal Smoes
After his house burned to the ground, David Margau is approached by a strange real estate agent. Invited to visit a house, he will come out of it a different man.
MONKEY ON MY BACK
Hong Kong, 2023, 5’30’’, 2D animation
director Crystal Tai, Simon Paluck
It’s 1980 and Jade Xiao, a once famous porcelain artist, is struggling to make ends meet. She is no longer the rising star of the Hong Kong art world and the pressures to stay relevant are pushing her towards a breakdown. As Jade works late into the night, she suddenly finds herself face-to-face with a giant monkey who leads her through a terrifying journey into her psyche.