24th Nevermore Film Festival

SHIPWRECK OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS International Horror & Sci-Fi Shorts

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Here is a 94-minute collection of terrifying short films from outside the US and Canada.


DENALI - Marina hires the services of Soul Data -- a company that creates digital consciousness through data generated in life -- to contact her deceased father for the hidden location of his safe and its valuables. In Spanish with English subtitles

GOLEM - Cristina is desperate. Her co-star is gone, and she must perform for a very important agent in a matter of hours. Using her skills as an acting coach, Cristina resorts to the only available tool: her assistant, a clumsy and unimaginative robot named Golem. In Spanish with English subtitles

THE NEWCOMER (La Nueva) - Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious kids who are part of a detention class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell. In Spanish with English subtitles

RESPIRATIONS - In a burning world, wrecked by pollution, a survivor is heading toward his destination. In French with English subtitles

SHINY NEW WORLD - Fifty-year-old Barry is a special kind of cleaner: he cleans crime scenes where demons have wreaked havoc. While making a corporate film about his work, a normal working day for Barry gets out of hand in a bloody way. In Dutch with English subtitles

SUCKER - In a twisted story of co-dependence and body horror, two sisters are pitted against each other by a giant, abhorrent leech creature that uses its mind-controlling influence to puppeteer them from the inside out. 

TABLE 8 - An anxiety-ridden man meets his friend for dinner in a shadowy restaurant to share a dark suspicion. At first, his friend doesn't believe him, tries to convince the man there's nothing going on. But the further they get into their midnight conversation, the more they both begin to fear something about this evening isn't quite right. In Dutch with English subtitles

TISTLEBU - As a young urban couple on a working holiday hope to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever. In Norwegian with English subtitles


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Feature or Short

Oda SchjøllKey ("Anne”)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Short

Torfinn Rønning Sanderud


TISTLEBU

As a young urban couple on a working holiday hope to connect with nature at Tistlebu farm, a primordial power comes into play, changing them both forever.

In Norwegian with English subtitles


Director Biography - Simon Matthew Valentine


Simon is a British/Norwegian filmmaker who focuses on personal stories through magical realism and sci-fi. Self-taught from a young age, Simon searches for an individual cinematic expression while creating tactile environments and emotional characters that invite the audience into his world.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    18 minutes
  • Language
    Norwegian
  • Country
    Norway
  • Premiere
    North Carolina Premiere
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  • Director
    Simon M. Valentine
  • Screenwriter
    Simon M. Valentine, Alexander Delver
  • Producer
    Adam Losurdo, Aladdin Alisic, Andreas Rusti Johansen
  • Cast
    Sjur Vatne Brean, Sacha Slengesol Balgobin, Oda Schjøll
  • Editor
    Naomi Oseki
  • Production Design
    Anja Malene Elders
  • Sound Design
    Ole Richard Korsan Stuwe
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