Short Films 2

Type: 
Film
Location: 
Columbus Theatre - 270 Broadway, Providence RI
Date and time: 
Saturday, August 19, 2023 - 1:00pm
 

The Pit

Local Premiere
Directed by
Adam Navas
starring
Indira Rodway, Ali Pinkerton
9 mins
 | 2022
 | United States
 | English
 

Two woman connect over the magic and mystery of a bottomless pit in this short folk horror film allegorizing the terrors of poverty in America.

 

Tubers

US Premiere
Directed by
Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli
starring
Karl Farah, Carl Bernier, Marilyn Bastien, Ghislain Taschereau
24 mins
 | 2023
 | Canada
 | French
 w/English subtitles

At the end of his life, a writer recollects his visit to Beaumanoir, forty years earlier. The strange customs of the folks he met back then left him scared with an unspeakable burden. By telling his story, his hope is to exorcise his past and finally rest in peace.

 

The Dogs

World Premiere
Directed by
Jose Luis Rodriguez Casarin
starring
Enrique Arreola
12 mins
 | 2022
 | Mexico
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

Everything is great when the investigators Augusto and Franco get their hands on a pair of strange glasses that enables them to travel through time and space. As they begin to understand them, Augusto gets obsessed with their power, without knowing that beyond time and space lurk and wait entities that prey for those with unearthly ambitions.

 

H.P. Loves Cats

Directed by
Gary Lobstein
starring
Joe Hammerstone
5 mins
 | 2023
 | United States
 | English
 

A writer is haunted by his feline muse set to excerpts from H. P. Lovecraft's writings.

 

The Nightmare Adorable

World Premiere
Directed by
Joseph Scrimshaw
starring
Amy Vorpahl, Hal Lublin, Ken Napzok, Dana DeRuyck
22 mins
 | 2023
 | United States
 | English
 

The hosts of a horror chat show celebrate their favorite fictional dark deity, Bapholeth, by selling a cute toy in his image. Only to be attacked by a very real cultist offended by the adorable blasphemy. A horror film about how we love horror. 

 

Ancient Lore

World Premiere
Directed by
Patrick Müller
starring
Bernhard Plank
6 mins
 | 2023
 | Germany
 | English
 

Troubled waters and accursed thaumaturges: Lovecraft's haunting vision of the sea and the unfathomable mysteries that lie within its depths, but also the ancient lore hidden beneath the waters.

 

Unknown

US Premiere
Directed by
Nicolás Medina
starring
Augusto Gordillo, Mario Aguerre, Mirella Pascual, Dante García, Andrés Pastorini
17 mins
 | 2022
 | Uruguay
 | Spanish
 w/English subtitles

Guillermo travels to the countryside to take care of Héctor, his sick father for three nights. Upon his arrival, Guillermo finds that Héctor's condition changes at night, in which, in turn, something coming from the sky seems to approach.

Owner: 
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Providence, RI