Fri, Jan 20
|Highways
"Inanimate Motion" Shorts Program
a Film Maudit 2.0 presentation
Time & Location
Jan 20, 2023, 10:30 PM – Jan 21, 2023, 12:15 AM
Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
About The Event
THIS PROGRAM FEATURES THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
Night
2021
Dir. Ahmad Saleh
Germany / Qatar / Palestine / Jordan (in Arabic)
15:57
In the dust of war, one’s eyes are sleep-deprived. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. But the eyes of a mother, whose child is missing, stay wide open. Night must trick her into sleeping to save her soul.
Posted No Hunting
2021
Dir. Alisa Stern
USA
2:36
When a trail cam captures a frightening encounter in the woods, the scariest part is what you don’t see. “Posted No Hunting” is a new twist on the found-footage horror film—it’s told through stop-motion animation and stars puppets made of wool, rubber, and clay.
Scarlet Red
2021
Dirs. Toon Loenders & Sam Billen
Belgium
13:16
Terror, war, and disease rage furiously abroad. In the deep seclusion of his secure palace, King Prospero entertains himself and his friends at a royal ball. Unusual magnificence is within but as time passes, a scarlet-red figure is seen closing in.
Secret Santa
2021
Dir. Lynn Kristmanson
Canada 10:20
Robin is Santa’s biggest fan, and he has hatched a plan to hitch a ride to the North Pole. Robin is about to find out that you should never try to meet your heroes.
Paralelos 2022 Dir. Sam
Spain
9:00
A man wakes up dazed, disoriented, and strapped to a stretcher. He tries to free himself and ask for help, his anxiety increasing when he discovers his captors: two strange creatures who subject him to all kinds of experiments and torture. Panic makes him lose consciousness and reason… Sometimes things are not what they seem.
Argus
2020
Dir. Ethan Barrett USA
8:59
A man begins a seemingly pointless, mundane job and soon finds himself aging rapidly and beyond his control. His reality and mind unravel, as he searches to learn the purpose behind it all.
Oldboy’s Apples
2021
Dir. Brad Hock
USA
6:50
Beyond the hedge, beneath the well, ancient spirits sing their song to reawaken the mystery of the hidden apple.
Sangre Sangrienta (Bleeding Blood) 2022 Dir. Charli Sangar Spain 19:45
Four friends are watching TV while sharing a joint, when an emergency broadcast informs them of a new mutation of the virus that turns those who are infected into violent demons.