"Creature Feature" Shorts Program

THIS PROGRAM FEATURES THE FOLLOWING FILMS:

Gnomes

2022

Dir. Ruwan Heggelman

Netherlands

5:42

During her daily run, a girl unknowingly strays into the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she’ll soon wish she’d stayed on her usual path.

Baby Fever

2022

Dir. Hannah May Cumming USA

25:44

A popular teen’s dream to be crowned prom queen is threatened when she discovers she is pregnant with something even worse than her dumb jock boyfriend’s offspring.

While Mortals Sleep

2021

Dir. Alex Folonoff USA

14:10

When a cold-case novelist’s career implodes, she seeks refuge at her friend’s remote vacation home. Upon arrival, she encounters a strange couple who claim to be the caretakers. As tensions build, a dark secret begins to emerge.

Mi Criaturita

2022

Dir. Álvaro Laguna

Spain

16:30

Flor and Guido live peacefully in a forest cabin. Their tranquility is cut short when Flor returns home from picking mushrooms and brings back the fetus of a strange creature, which awakens her long-repressed longing for motherhood.

Beached

2019

Dirs. Nic Collins & Sean Godsey

USA

22:00

“Beached” (a SXSW official selection) follows The Wail, an ancient creature of the deep that has come up to the surface to take away humanity’s pain.