MIDNIGHT SHORTS Competition

Zmiana Klimatu, 6 Warszawska Street, ticket: 12 PLN, 12.7.2022, 22:30


EVERY TIME WE MEET FOR ICE CREAM YOUR WHOLE FUCKING FACE EXPLODES
director: Anthony Cousins
director of photography: Ben Enke
music: Kai Esbensen
USA 2020, 7’

The title says it all!



BUG BITES
director: Daniel DelPurgatorio
director of photography: O’Connor Hartnett
music: Nicholas Elert
USA 2021, 8’

Some house guests are a real pain in the ass.

STUFFED
director: Theo Rhys
director of photography: Piers McGrail
music: Joss Holden-Rea
United Kingdom 2021, 19’

A musical film about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human and a man she meets online, so afraid of aging he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark between them complicates their plans.

YUMMY MUMMY
director: Gabriela Staniszewska
director of photography: Scott Wharram
music: Gabriela Staniszewska, Danielle Styles, Films@59
United Kingdom 2022, 14’30”

Ignored throughout her pregnancy, Lilith’s senses her identity is being smothered by her burgeoning motherhood. Her anxieties begin to have physical manifestations – and she starts to fall apart – literally.

THE DEAD COLLECTORS
director: Brendan Cleaves
director of photography: James Anderson
United Kingdom 2021, 12’

During a pandemic in an alternate reality, two men have the job of collecting the deceased.



EARWORM
director: Bryan M. Ferguson
director of photography: George Harwood
Scotland 2022, 1’40”

Adult Swim presents a rip roaring film about two knuckleheads facing off against a gnarly cassette tape dwelling worm that really wants inside their ear holes.

THEY SALIVATE
director: Ariane Boukerche
director of photography: Anaïs Ruales
France 2020, 19’40”

The story of a kiss. A couple kiss each other in their deserted living room. The party begins and one guest drinks the couple’s last kiss.

WOLF IN DUDE’S CLOTHING
director: Solmund MacPherson
director of photography: Matt Schween
music: N/A
Canada 2021, 13’

A starving wolf finds a suit of human skin, crawls inside, and becomes a man.

永別
PART FOREVER
director: Alan Chung-An, Ou
director of photography: Joseph Chun Fu Chang
music: Yen-Jen, Liang
Taiwan 2021, 12’

In the dark hall, candles flickered faintly. A body lay in the middle of the hall. Huei and her husband Wen Hsiung came to say goodbye to Huei’s dearest sister. The seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony seemed to hide an astonishing and dark secret…

LA FÉE DES ROBERTS
THE BOOB FAIRY
director: Léahn Vivier-Chapas
France 2021, 13’

Who will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention.

CALVING
director: Louis Bhose
director of photography: Murren Tullett
music: N/A
United Kingdom, Ireland 2021, 11’49”

In a rural village in Ireland, a strange calf is born, and it won’t stop screaming. The local vet is called to attend, but to his surprise, on arrival he’s treated with suspicion. As the questions continue – first from the veterinary council, and then from a local farmer – the vet starts to wonder if he’s been complicit all along.

LES DÉMONS DE DOROTHY
THE DEMONS OF DOROTHY
director: Alexis Langlois
director of photography: Marine Atlan
music: Matthieu Lechowski, Sugar Pills, Rebeka Warrior, Lio
France 2021, 29’

Dorothy’s a film director and a bit of a loser… One night, fueled up on Heineken, she’s letting loose on her script when a call from her producer kills her buzz: “enough with the queer comedies, it’s time to start making mainstream films”. To avoid sinking to the deepest depths of despair, Dorothy seeks comfort in her favorite TV show “Romy the Vampire Slayer”. Unfortunately, her own demons show up…