FOUR MINUTES TIL MIDNIGHTLong-Form Narrative Shorts(Various Countries, 80 min)&nbsp;FOREVER, LIAM(Canada/Venezuela, 22 min, 2025)Alejandro and Paula’s young relationship takes a dark turn when her parents reveal a family secret: they live with the preserved corpse of Paula’s grandfather, caring for it as if he were still alive.In Spanish with English subtitlesDirector: Guillermo de la Rosa&nbsp;M.A.T. (Extra High Voltage)(Spain, 20 min, 2025)Magda returns to the family farmhouse where her father claims to receive signals from his deceased wife. Surrounded by new Extra High Voltage Towers, they will try to decipher the unsettling paranormal phenomena.In Spanish with English subtitlesDirector: Joan Alamar NIGHTFALL(US, 18 min, 2025)On a stormy night a guilt-ridden teen visits a grieving mother, looking for some kind of connection. As buried grief resurfaces he's drawn into a psychological reckoning that blurs reality - a final act of shocking vengeance completes the cycle.Director: Zac Villanueva&nbsp;THE QUACKENING(UK, 20 min, 2025)A grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.Director: James Button

FOREVER, LIAM(Canada/Venezuela, 22 min, 2025)Alejandro and Paula’s young relationship takes a dark turn when her parents reveal a family secret: they live with the preserved corpse of Paula’s grandfather, caring for it as if he were still alive.In Spanish with English subtitlesDirector: Guillermo de la Rosa Director Biography -&nbsp;Guillermo de la Rosa<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/308/959/original/70837bd96e-headshot.jpg?1750847318" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/308/959/thumb/70837bd96e-headshot.jpg?1750847318" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;" width="128"></a> Guillermo de la Rosa is a Venezuelan writer-director based in Toronto. His award-winning films blend folklore, naturalism, and magical realism. Supported by Canada’s arts councils, he co-wrote Venezuela’s 2024 Oscar entry and is developing a feature about spectres and death in South America

FOREVER, LIAM

M.A.T. (Extra High Voltage)(Spain, 20 min, 2025)Magda returns to the family farmhouse where her father claims to receive signals from his deceased wife. Surrounded by new Extra High Voltage Towers, they will try to decipher the unsettling paranormal phenomena.In Spanish with English subtitlesDirector: Joan Alamar Director Biography -&nbsp;Joan Alamar<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/385/470/original/0e81829934-headshot.jpg?1751527369" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/385/470/thumb/0e81829934-headshot.jpg?1751527369" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;" width="124"></a> Screenwriter and director. Creator of the web series Cabanyal Z (Best Director in Websurfest, Special Jury Award at Cinema Jove by Marseille WebFest and LAwebfest, Turia Award, and others). He currently combines work making commercials, music videos and documentaries with the development of several fiction projects.

M.A.T. (EXTRA HIGH VOLTAGE)

NIGHTFALL(US, 17 min, 2025)On a stormy night a guilt-ridden teen visits a grieving mother, looking for some kind of connection. As buried grief resurfaces he's drawn into a psychological reckoning that blurs reality - a final act of shocking vengeance completes the cycle.Director: Zac Villanueva Director Biography -&nbsp;Zac Villanueva<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/224/525/original/c462500ae1-headshot.jpg?1748525193" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/003/224/525/thumb/c462500ae1-headshot.jpg?1748525193" width="134" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a> Zac Villanueva is a USC-trained director known for genre-bending psychological horror. A close collaborator of *Barbarian* filmmaker Zach Cregger, his latest film, Nightfall, stars Teri Hatcher and blends emotional intensity with visual precision. He’s currently developing independent and studio projects.

NIGHTFALL

THE QUACKENING(UK, 20 min, 2025)A grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.Director: James Button Director Biography -&nbsp;James Button<a href="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/964/777/original/e6a637ff07-headshot.jpg?1736270288" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com/press_kits/headshots/002/964/777/thumb/e6a637ff07-headshot.jpg?1736270288" width="169" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; position: relative; float: left;"></a>James Button is a BAFTA Cymru Nominated Writer and BBC Comedy Collective director who’s had a LOT of fun making fun films for fun. An excitable indie filmmaker always seeking to spread silliness (as we’ll all be dead soon anyway). The latest 3 (of his 20) short films The Foul (dog poo), RoButler (naughty AI) and Road Rage! (inconvenient time-travel) have amassed awards and 80+ official selections, including at AcademyBAFTA/BIFA-recognised festivals. In 2024 he made 3 new comedy shorts: The Quackening (a duck curse), 1 In 5 Sheep (why do sheep baa?) and Time’s Up, I’m Afraid (multiverse-hopping therapist). James is also developing his debut feature script and a comedy series based in a fantastical Welsh town of crazy characters (Screbs).

THE QUACKENING

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