A selection of short films from all over the world which were part of this year's Short Film Competition at Abertoir 2023. These films represent all sorts of fantastic genres, from horror to sci-fi to thriller to fantasy.

Carolina will have to deal with the childhood fears of her daughter Alicia, who has just gone blind and believes that an old woman lives in her room.

English

Alicia

Legend has it that during a cold January night, Caraoscura wanders the streets of a remote village. Little Carla wakes up frightened in the middle of the night. Her older brother, Lucas, tries to reassure her and convince her that Caraoscura does not exist.

Caraoscura

While away on a technology detox in the northern reaches of Maine, an impressionable social media addict becomes the target of an unexpected visitor.

Detox

My mum always told me not to talk to strangers, but Agustín is not a stranger, because whenever we go to his store he offers me treats.

Don't Talk To Strangers

In the winter of 1974, newlyweds are snowed in to a remote cabin in the wilderness and learn that they never really knew each other at all.

Honeymoon at Cold Hollow

This essay film examines the representation of knitters and knitting, in over sixty horror films made by women, from the 1920s - 2020s.

Knit One, Stab Two

A CGI-animated short film about genocide through the eyes of a mindless robot, set in an apocalyptic world.

Lands of Steel

When a proud, meat-eating father learns his wife and child have turned vegan, he pushes them away, into the arms of a mysterious vegan cult who worship a chicken. Can he overcome his own stubborn nature and win them back, or is the changing tide too much to take?

Lord of the Free Range

On the same night that a dismembered and decapitated body is found in the city streets, Maria José wakes up startled by the absence of her mother.

Maria José Maria

Four people are about to undergo a dangerous experiment. The rules are simple: you will have to sleep if you want to live.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jersey

Guernsey

Isle of Man

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