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 SCIENCE-FICTION SHORT - WINNER!


BEST ACTRESS – Feature or Short

Klaudia García-Guerrero ("Cristina") (Nominee)


GOLEM

Cristina is desperate. Her co-star is gone and she has to 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

 

Director Biography - Rafael Macazaga


Rafael graduated from the Mantarraya Film Workshop where he worked under the tutelage of renowned filmmakers such as Carlos Reygadas, Amat Escalante, and Natalia Almada. He coordinated the short film festival “Hazlo en Cortometraje” for the BBVA Mexico Foundation and the Cinépolis Foundation for 9 years. His projects stand out for a constant exploration of the emotions in human faces. He currently works in advertising while developing his first feature film.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Premiere
    North Carolina Premiere
  • Director
    Rafael Macazaga
  • Screenwriter
    Rafael Macazaga
  • Producer
    Susana Bernal
  • Cast
    Klaudia García-Guerrero
  • Cinematographer
    Carlos Enderle Rodríguez
  • Editor
    Francisco X. Rivera
  • Music
    Carlo Ayhllón
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