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Dark stories, mind games and unexplained events comprise the selection of the ‘Shorts mixtape: the eerie one’. Get ready to be bewildered, amazed and lured in otherworldly places.
Beltane
A camping trip becomes a nightmare for Josh and Sarah when they kindle the ire of Unseelie Fae. While camping in the British countryside, Josh stumbles into and desecrates a liminal space one May Day eve. Lured deeper into the woods, Josh is 'Fae-led’ and separated from Sarah, before being offered a stark choice – to become king for a year, the consort of a Fae Queen, or wither and perish alone. Steeped in British folklore, Beltane is a stop motion short film, an evocative exploration of the Summer King myth. A cautionary tale, it is a portrayal of the cyclical nature of our natural world, of life, death, and rebirth. It explores themes of humanity's careless attitude towards nature and feminine agency.
Helena Houghton
DONTGIVEITUP
In a surrealistic factory, workers are indefenitly wrapping rocks in plastic. As Sisyphus who, in Greek mythology, was doomed to eternally carry a rock up a hill before it rolled back down the slope, a man fights tirelessly, despite the absurdity of his task.
Simon Lemarchand
Raticide
On a night like indistinguishable from the previous or the next, Carlos sees himself locked out of his bedroom. Beyond the door, a rat as taken over, without a courtesy call or warning. Carlos is forced to deal with a progressively eroded reality, unable to face what lies inside his bedroom.
João Niza
Sawo Matang
In a post-New Order Jakarta, Native Indonesians (Pribumi) are legalized to perform the black magic ritual “Babi Ngepet” to balance their economy against Chinese Indonesians. When Kai, a Chinese Indonesian boy, needs money for university, he asks his best friend Nala, a Pribumi girl, to perform the ritual for him.
Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
The Blind
For generations, the blind inhabitants of a village have lived in fear of a rumbling, hissing sound they hear at night. They believe it to be a monster, lurking in wait for them. No-one leaves the safety of the village walls. One day, the young Amin feels a light burning his eyes, and decides to leave the village for the very first time.
Michiel Robberecht
Top View of my Brain as a Crime Scene
A Dream. A woman is sitting in a forest clearing. Did something horrible happen? Children are dead or gone. Anonymous authorities, allies and a professor scurry around the accused, who is treated like a witness, victim and suspect all at the same time. Slowly she realizes that she might be to blame. Even after her acquittal she remains alone with a feeling of guilt.
Luzia Vita Johow