MIDNIGHT SHORTS Competition

3.12.2025, 22:30
Zmiana Klimatu, 6 Warszawska St
ticket: 20 PLN

FAMILIAR
director: Marco Novoa
director of photography: Théodore Hugonnier
music: Marco Novoa & Florent Canale
France 2024, 19’26”

Steve is kicked out by his parents, who do not accept his homosexuality. Caroline, on the other hand, is struggling to mourn her motherhood as she accompanies Youri on on tour. Fate intersects, soon to be united, life and death.

PUMPKIN GUTS
director: Bryan M. Ferguson
director of photography: Owen Laird
music: Luis Vasquez
United Kingdom 2024, 14’

It happens to someone every Halloween. Just follow the rules. Don’t get pinched.

IN JEFF WE TRUST
director: Blake Jarvis
director of photography: Jackson Warner Lewis
music: Jay Heller
United States 2024, 10’

Overwhelmed by the weight of life’s choices, two previously institutionalized girls decide to forfeit their autonomy for the stability of life in a cult. Despite their attempts to brainwash themselves, the girls can’t help but think…. Is this cult leader actually god or just some guy named Jeff? But when given an unexpected ultimatum, they must decide if their escape from reality is worth the price of their friendship.

RED
director: Zoé Arene
director of photography: Alex Cabanne
music: Julie Rens
Belgium, France 2025, 16’25”

In this adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, nothing goes as expected: “Hoodie” boldly asserts her desires without fear or shame, the Wolf is far from a predator, and Grandmother is losing her mind. But the Narrator hasn’t had the last word yet…

THE LAST THING SHE SAW
directors: Anthony Cousins & Rebecca Daugherty
director of photography: Kyle Moe
music: Matt Glass
United States 2024, 8’34”

After being attacked by two burglars, Emmy must see if she can escape her desperate situation.

HELP I’M ALIEN PREGNANT
directors: Thunderlips (Sean Wallace & Jordan Mark Windsor)
director of photography: Bayley Broome-Peake
New Zealand 2024, 15’21”

Mary can feel strange things happening inside her body and thinks they might have something to do with her nervous not-so boyfriend Boo’s alien penis. The doctor doesn’t take her very seriously until one of her breasts swells up and squirts slime into her eye. Boo runs off rather than showing the doctors his alien junk, and Mary has to hijack an ultrasound session to get a picture of the thing growing inside her…

MAKE ME A PIZZA
director: Talia Shea Levin
director of photography: Vittoria Campaner
music: Matthew Bernstein
United States 2024, 12’25”

Bored Housewife seduces Hot Pizza Guy for free pizza, but is desire worth $29.99?

SKEETER
director: Chris McInroy
director of photography: E. J. Enriquez
music: Bird Peterson
United States 2024, 3’55”

A backyard party goes bonkers when this one weird guy shows up.

WHITCH
director: Hoku Uchiyama
director of photography: Kenneth F. Wales
music: Anton Patzner
United States 2025, 5’47”

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.