Run For Your Life - Show Me Shorts Film Festival

Prepare to fear. The zombies are coming. A worm is giving you dark orders. And the coyotes are out there. Do not open the door or drink from that chalice. Strange creatures lurk, and our deepest fears can be brought to life in this decidedly frightful collection of short films.

Run Time: 89 min

Rating: R16 - Bloody violence, graphic injury detail, offensive language, suicide references & content that may disturb.

Gone Wrong
Zombie, 6m, France
Stuck in her miserable apartment in Hong Kong, Mei must run for her life after a strange visitor appears during her livestream.
Dir: Anne-Linh Jérôme, Ambre Butel, Roman Saunier, Maxime Arnould, Juliette Houël, Adrian Villeda, Alisson Colombe, Ylan Dinguidar

The Worm
Surreal, 13m, Australia
Kieran is convinced a telepathic earthworm is manipulating him into making bad choices. His concerned family decides to stage an intervention.
Dir/Prod: Tom Noakes
Writ/Prod: Will Goodfellow
Prod: Adrian Pinto, Lucy Gaffy

Thicker Than Water
Horror, 10m, NZ
Two estranged best friends find a way to reconnect after discovering a regenerative wine and begin testing its limits on each other.
Dir/Writ/Prod: Pavel Kvatch
Writ: Shelley Waddams, Fraser Hoffman, Muna Arbon

Coyotes
Thriller, 20m, France, Palestine, Jordan, United Kingdom
A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, unaware that her commute along a desolate West Bank road will change her forever.
Dir/Writ: Said Zagha
Prod: Myriam Sassine, Laura Jumel

Señuelo (Bait)
Fantasy, 16m, Spain
On a hunting trip, young Martín accompanies his father and his father’s boss. As the day progresses, Martín’s sensitivity and quiet strength are put to the test.
Dir/Writ: Martha G. Ayerbe
Prod: J.A. Bayona, Sergi Casamitjana

Scared Old Men - Dick Move
Music Video, 3m, NZ
Music video for the song Scared Old Men by Dick Move. Screaming at the violent and decaying patriarchal system that shapes the world through fear, control and suppression.
Dir: Stella Reid
Prod: Ashleigh Roworth

Dieu est Timide (God is Shy)
Animation, 15m, France
During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears.
Dir: Jocelyn Charles
Prod: Ugo Bienvenu