RIDDLE OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS

International Shorts

(Various Countries, 84 min)

THE COMPANIONS (“La Compania”)

(Spain, 2024, 13 min)

A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.

In Spanish with English subtitles

Director: José María Flores

CONVOLUTED

(Bahrain, 2024, 14 min)

After a horrific accident, a troubled drifter seeks shelter within the confines of a hedge maze. Unbeknownst to him, the worst was yet to come.

In Arabic with English subtitles

Director: Mohamed Fareed

THE DREAMCATCHER ("El Atrapasuenos")

(Spain, 2024, 13 min)

Juan's nightmares are getting worse and they have discovered a way to enter his world. That same night, his mother will give him a very special dreamcatcher. Both will find a way to lock up Juan's monsters forever, but not before releasing the nightmares that his mother kept over 30 ago.

In Spanish with English subtitles

Director: Guillermo Patrikios Alum

HESTIA 19

(France, 2024, 5 min)

The members of the International Space Station (ISS) have just made an exceptional discovery. One of the astronauts, Paul, brings this discovery back to earth.

In French with English subtitles

Director: Stephen Bigot

NERVOUS ELLIE

(United Kingdom, 2024, 7 min)

Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.

Director: David Yorke

PUZZLE

(France, 2023, 2 min)

In this clever French horror-comedy, the plot of a full-length feature is told in two minutes. A great nod to social media attention-getting and "unboxing videos" from YouTube.

Director: Sébastien Roignant

RED SNOW (“Nieve Roja”)

(Spain, 2024, 5 min)

A little girl and a vampire live in a village by the forest, where they pass time together. An incident and a memory from the girl’s past will challenge their relationship and the course of their lives forever.

No dialogue.

Director: Susana Olmedo Álvarez

SAFE

(United Kingdom, 2023, 2 min)

A young woman battles for her life against a relentless masked killer.

Director: David Yorke

TRIPTYCH

(United Kingdom | Bulgaria, 2024, 15 min)

A high-end art dealer is haunted by a mysterious force from her past that threatens to destroy everything she's built.

In Bulgarian, English, Serbian with English subtitles

Director: Sophia Ray

UNA VOLTA

(Netherlands, 2024, 8 min)

In this supernatural mystery, set in the dense forests of Italy in 1873, a young mother and her son find themselves lost and disoriented. Unbeknownst to them, their fate is shaped by a mysterious sorceress lurking in the shadows of the wilderness. She has altered the very fabric of time itself, plunging the mother and son into a world where past, present, and future intertwine in bewildering ways.

In Italian with English subtitles

Director: Joshua Boon