Cultivated Chills
12:30 p.m. | 2h 29min
You'll find slightly more high-minded international and arthouse thrillers in this block.
• Friendly Fire (10min, France): A soldier is sent alone into a strange area to find two missing people. Directed by Sébastien Berna.
• The Unrehearsed (15min): An actress preparing for a career-defining audition starts to spiral as performance, identity and reality begin to blur. Directed by Alec Douglas.
• Critic (20min): Henry must cope with his ending relationship while trying to earn his restaurant a glowing review. Directed by Zachary Smolder.
• Kismet (13min, China): A modern-day woman is drawn to an old tree. The moment she touches the tree, time and space quietly overlap. Directed by Haoran Wong.
• Beware! The Lucky Monkey Paw (13min, Indonesia): Driven by fame and fortune, a movie star's greedy wish on a talisman summons a demonic force that razes his world. Directed by Joy Marzec.
• Favela Amarela (Yellow Slum) (20min, Brazil): Raised in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Damião joins a drug trafficking gang to increase his income. Directed by Nícolas Lobato and Thiago Tuchu.
• It Drops at Midnight (9min, Czechia): A young maid trapped in servitude discovers a bizarro path to freedom. Directed by Raymond Meres.
• Your Husband's Password (11min): When a man passes away, his widow uses the password he had given her to open his laptop, only to find a secret about him she had never known. Directed by Chris Buechner.
• The Liars of Black Mountain Road (13min): When a couple runs over a stranger's dog, they compete for the moral high ground at any cost. Directed by Parker Croft, produced by Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin.
• The Other End of the Hallway (11min): A grieving father, shattered and isolated, suddenly hears a strange sound coming from...the other end of the hallway. Directed by Scott Lentz.
• Au Circuit (At the Circuit) (14min, Belgium): Every weekend, Anne and Jeff go to the Mettet motorcycle circuit. One day, Anne's gaze meets that of Jacques in the café. Directed by Olivier van Malderghem.