Our first Shorts Block of the festival contains these films (77 mins):<ul><li>The Outsider</li><li>Undertone</li><li>Where the Shadows Feast</li><li>Five Star</li><li>The King in Yellow</li><li>Stargazer</li></ul>

A lonely prisoner longs to escape isolation and experience human connection. Based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft.

The Outsider

A sound recordist captures strange sonic phenomena underneath their house and things... escalate from there.

Undertone

After decades of men, women and children vanishing into the darkness of their rooms, a detective and mother must follow her child’s voice into the shadows, coming face to face with the shadows themselves.

Where the Shadows Feast

Five Star tells the story of Soung Kang (4x Best Actor Canadian Screen Awards Winner, PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE, Kim’s Convenience), a diligent locksmith and first-generation immigrant whose quest for a perfect score from his client Maya leads him into an unexpected adventure. Called on an unusual job – to keep Maya’s closet door shut for good – Soung discovers a dark secret that challenges him to go to extraordinary lengths to secure his five star review.

Five Star

There’s a reason no one has studied the play - the one notorious for driving readers insane. Three students divide a copy into quarantined thirds, allowing them to safely perform research on the text. But the endeavor takes a sinister turn when one of them reads more than just his share. Based on the seminal collection of horror stories by Robert W. Chambers.

The King in Yellow

A fragmented astronomer looks to the stars to find comfort in the darkest of places.

Stargazer

Short Films 1 Q&A

Q&A with Justin Robert Vinall, A. Burnett, Aaron M. Cabrera, Kai Hasson

Short Films Block 1

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Over 60 films inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, his literary forebears and contemporaries like Edgar Allan Poe, and original works of Cosmic Horror and the Weird Tale (with a few funny ones for good measure) from 12 countries.

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