Anything can go wrong in the world of Spooky Animation: a passionate and romantic blind date will be stopped by the deadly touch of insect legs, forest spirits will ruin a fun hike, and bloodthirsty wild animals will be eager to feast on the rich at a gala ball.
Screening duration: 86 min
Trigger and content warnings: blood, murder, death, violence
The films are screened in OV with Ukrainian and English subtitles
Films are available online in Ukraine
16 November, 20:30, Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon hall
Konstantinovskaya St, 26
DOG APARTMENT
Priit Tender
Estonia / 2023, 14 min
Ills of fortune have deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolhoz. Here he's having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol.
SKINNED
Joachim Hérissé
France / 2022, 15 min
In an old building lost in the middle of the swamps live two strange women, joined at the leg. At night, the Skinned one has terrifying dreams. A morbid and cruel story about how sometimes one insists on making one's worst nightmares come true.
BUZZKILL
Peter Ahern
USA / 2022, 5 min
Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky.
BELTANE
Helena Houghton
United Kingdom / 2023, 5 min
Disregarding both his partner and nature, a camping trip becomes a nightmare for a troubled couple, kindling the ire of Unseelie Fae. Lured deeper into the woods, the careless Josh is separated from Sarah and given a stark choice: become the Fae Queen’s sacrificial consort or perish alone.
PERSONA
Moon Sujin
South Korea / 2022, 7 min
The process of being encroached by the persona.
THE DEBUTANTE
Elizabeth Hobbs
United Kingdom / 2022, 8 min
A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance being held in her honour.
EEVA
Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov
Estonia / 2023, 15 min
It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
SALVATION HAS NO NAME
Joseph Wallace
United Kingdom, France, Czechia / 2022, 17 min
A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.