Shorts Program 2 - What We Hold

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96 min

PATRON SAINT BUFFALO BILL (Dir. Lily McCauley, 2024, 5 min)

Patron Saint Buffalo Bill aims to reclaim the the violent images of transfemininity created by The Silence of the Lambs’ central antagonist, Buffalo Bill, transforming them into a manifestation of Transsexual Monstrosity (a la Susan Stryker). The film starts with a pastiche of Silence’s infamous “Goodbye Horses” scene, with the filmmaker placed into the role of Buffalo Bill. This recreation then slips into a lush, dreamlike space in which a metamorphosis of both the image and the body can occur, intertwining and unifying with one another through mutual dissolution. Finally, from this cocoon emerges a new transsexual form, ready to claim the power of monstrosity to bring about a broader transformation of our gendered existence.

 

SPANKED BY A GHOST (Dir. Katelyn Douglass, 2025, 12 min)

Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening a force she cannot control. "Spanked by a Ghost" is a dreamy horror-comedy about desire, loneliness, and the unexpected ways we reach for connection.

 

BETTER LIFE (Dir. Jessica Liu, 2024, 11 min)

When a groundbreaking medical procedure promises to turn slackers into overachievers, an aging father sees it as his last chance to achieve the American Dream-through his unemployed adult daughter. 

 

COME SIT WITH US (Dir. Elis Rumma, 2024, 14 min)

Lola ends up sitting on a bench with local women on Midsummer Eve. At first, all women's troubles are alien to her, but as the evening progresses, she begins to question her current perspectives, and as a result of the long benching, she grows up with the country women in her own way.

 

7 FOIS (Dir. Christine Wiederkehr, 2024, 17 min)

One afternoon, Elio, a young and very polite boy, meets his tutor's secret mistress. This unexpected encounter compels him to confide his own feelings for his tutor. Later, he reveals even more secrets.

 

MERCI, POPPY (Dir. Hanna Gray Organschi, 2024, 14 min)

A scrappy assistant reaches her breaking point when her charismatic, self-obsessed boss blows off her request for a promotion.

 

JUST KIDDING, I ACTUALLY LOVE YOU (Dir. Anna Rose Duckworth, 2023, 12 min)

Sophie returns to New Zealand hoping to win back her ex-fiancé Rob with a romantic gesture, only to discover he's moved on with someone new. When her plan goes disastrously wrong, she finds herself in an increasingly awkward situation that forces her to confront whether she truly wants what's best for Rob or just what she wants for herself. Through a series of mishaps and misunderstandings, Sophie must decide between pursuing her own desires and letting go of the past.

 

MUNCHIES (Dir. Brittany Alexia Young, 2025, 11 min)

Four estranged college girls reunite for a summer night, getting high together. Their sleepover takes a hilariously dark turn when their junk food cravings land them in the middle of a botched convenience store robbery. Despite becoming hostages, the girls are still stoned as f*ck. In their inebriated plan of escape, things go terribly wrong - leaving them intertwined forever.
 

96 min

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