Marko Stojiljković

The basic story might be a bit of a template, but Chavanel does his best to elevate it into something completely organic, insightful and shocking towards the end

Geoffrey Uloth’s Moment is a bit of a phenomenon in the terms of success on the festivals nationally (Fantasia, Toronto After Dark) and internationally (BIFFF, SPIFF) with a tally of dozens of awards and nominations.

As the title suggests, the film takes place in a boutique, but the viewer should not expect some “haute couture”.

Shown at Little Nightmares sidebar of HÖFF, Alexis Fortier-Gauthier’s exquisite short film Plainsong could cause some serious nightmares.

It does not seem that way, but home invasion as a pretext works better in a feature-length format than it does in short. The key difference is character development – the trope does not need that many characters

Can guacamole be enough of a motivation for a desperate husband and a father to be (R.D. Mower) to sell the soul of his unborn son to the animated devil (voiced by Ray Wise!)

Exit, written and directed by Ivan Basov, is a science fiction / horror short film which is being shown at HÖFF (usually taking place in Haapsalu, Estonia, but moved online for the obvious reasons this year) in Little Nightmares sidebar for fantastic shorts.