NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2023

Virtual Program 6 short2

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9 films in package
Lost in the Sky
In a strange galaxy, a small rescue robot is searching for survivors when he makes a dark discovery, leaving him with a devastating choice. A live-action space adventure made entirely with practical effects using a water tank, a real robot and miniature models. Six years in the making, this is Simon Öster’s directorial debut. Winner of Méliès d'argent for Best European Fantastic Short Film 2023.
A Cotton Moon
A feckless loner uncovers cryptic TV broadcasts of a mysterious deity (Academy Award-nominee Eric Roberts) whose teachings inspire a strange and radical holy awakening.
Queen of the Night
A timid young woman meets a stranger with a dark secret.
Khoby Forever
A Gen Z cautionary tale.....When Khoby gets dumped on her birthday, her friend Erica stages a relationship intervention. Little do they know a real CREEP is about to crash their “party”.
Three Baths
A spiritualist instructs a woman to give her distraught, younger sister three baths to get rid of a malevolent spirit that appears to be moving closer and closer to her.
Closed captions available
At the Window
A young girl wakes at night and looks out over the snow-covered garden where everything lies eerily still. Behind her, her mother lies sick in bed. Suddenly the mother’s dark dream starts to take form in the garden. A hybrid of animation and live action brings to life Helen Adam’s mysterious horror poem.
Closed captions available
Sleep Tight
A young boy struggles to navigate everyday life as his parents battle through their divorce and he faces the trauma caused by his sleep paralysis demon.
No 8 Reporting
Citizens from the well-fed, fenced off city can only venture beyond the walls on a train that distributes humanitarian aid. One reporter is determined to find out what really happens outside the city.
Annihilator
A nihilistic young man develops an obsession with snuff films on the internet. With few prospects in his increasingly bleak life, his obsession begins to take on a new dimension: a desire to star in his own.
A spiritualist instructs a woman to give her distraught, younger sister three baths to get rid of a malevolent spirit that appears to be moving closer and closer to her.
  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    6:48
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    New York Premiere
  • Note
    Rafael De Leon is an award-winning writer, director and editor born and raised in New York City. At the age of four, he broke his father's Beta cassette player due to watching Masters of the Universe repeatedly. Since graduating from Fordham University, his short films have screened around the world at festivals such as SXSW, Fantasia, Panic Fest and the Nightmares Film Festival. His latest short horror film Three Baths is currently on the festival circuit.
  • Director
    Rafael De Leon Jr.
  • Screenwriter
    Rafael De Leon Jr.
  • Cast
    Graciela Elena, Esin Varan, Bryce Craver