THE MISKATONIC INSTITUTE OF HORROR STUDIES PRESENTS THE FINAL GIRLS BERLIN

FILM FESTIVAL: BEST-OF SHORT FILMS

NIGHT TWO: DARKER MATERIAL

10/4 8-10pm

The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies is proud to host two nights of spooky shorts from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, live and in-person at the Film Noir Cinema in Brooklyn, NY! This festival showcases female and nonbinary voices and visions, be they monstrous, heroic or some messy combination of the two. Enjoy this slate of challenging horror shorts including the Jury Award winner SAID OF A DEER THAT SHEDS ITS ANTLERS:

SWEET TOOTH

Dir. Josephine Hopkins (France)

Young Madeleine accompanies her mother, a nail beautician, to meet new clients. As she arrives in the stately home, three girls invite her downstairs to play a ruthless board game...

SAID OF A DEER THAT SHEDS ITS ANTLERS

Dir. Salomé Crickx (Belgium)

A rural dystopia with a wacky nihilism that takes us to the heart of the annual Shedding ceremony, where the old is discarded to make way for the new.

A DIRE STRAIT

Dir. Liang-Chun Lin (Taiwan/US)

When postpartum care becomes torture for the Taiwanese mother, Demi realizes she needs to escape the family.

NIAN

Dir. Michelle Krusiec (US)

A Chinese American girl stands up to her racist bully armed with a Chinese demon mask and the help of the Nian, a mythological creature said to eat rotten children.

LAMB

Dir. Sinéad O'Loughlin (Ireland)

An ordinary day takes a sinister turn for a woman and her child when a stranger walks into their isolated rural home.

SPOOR

Dir. by Sunita Soliar and Statten Roeg (UK)

A freakish, throbbing growth torments Ash. She is stuck caring for her vitriolic, dementia-ridden mother. With every indignity, Ash’s lump grows, until it erupts, spewing a mysterious substance. Will Ash figure out what it is and how to stop it?