❗ Trigger/content warning: blood, death, animal cruelty, violence, murder
This year's Short Horrors program pays homage to the genre of body horror and plays on our deepest physiological fears.
A Fermenting Woman
Director: Priscilla Galvez
Country: Canada
Duration: 23
On the brink of getting fired from her restaurant by new owners, visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau (Sook-Yin Lee) develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she’s convinced will save her career.
WHITCH
Director: Hoku Uchiyama
Country: USA
Duration: 6
After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.
BLOOD IN THE SHADOWS
Director: François Boers
Country: USA
Duration: 18
Bart Owenson thought his stay at the Guardian rehabilitation was a fresh start - until he begins waking up with eerie bite marks and discovers the true horrors hidden within the facility's walls.
MOLTEN DOLL (POUPÉE FONDUE)
Director: Marion Le Corroller
Country: France
Duration: 26
Aurora, a reality TV star addicted to plastic surgery, becomes desperate when her ex humiliates her online. Cornered on social media, the influencer sets out to (re)become herself.
SAMMI, WHO CAN DETACH HIS BODY PARTS
Director: Rein Maychaelson
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 19
He was born with the peculiar ability to move and remove his body parts. Throughout his life, he shares his body parts to people he loves. Until the day he died, all left from him is a torso with a faceless head. His mother is trying to recollect his body parts.