Portland Film Festival 2023

Women In Horror Shorts Block

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How To Meal Prep During A Famine
When a global famine strikes, a young woman must rely on others to survive.
Tenuto
A musician and her husband, away for the weekend, collide with pioneering plans of another.
Super Deep Down
Three friends take a weekend getaway to commemorate a divorce and “move on,” but accidentally awaken spirits who take their wish to heart.
Dysmorphia
After Isabella, a destitute beauty-addict, fakes cancer to pay for her next cosmetic surgery, she is haunted by a shadow figure demanding a penance of flesh.
It's Not Real
A woman experiences strange occurrences in the cavernous old apartment she's recently moved into. Are they real, or has she been watching too many scary movies?
Carly
In a dystopian world where the only thing that matters is your "likeability", how far would you go to protect the future of the ones you love?
Baby Yoga
Lovable goofball Sean mistakenly stumbles into the wrong yoga class and finds himself surrounded by pregnant women. The women generously invite him to join their prenatal yoga class, and everything seems to be going well until Sean's overcome by intense stomach pains. Is it something he ate? Or could it be something more sinister? The women look on in horror as Sean gives birth... to a baby from HELL! Sean's quickly incapacitated by his unholy demon spawn, and it's up to the strong, flexible (and very pregnant!) yogis to send this creature back to hell in this campy and provocative horror comedy.
Ride Baby Ride
This 1978 Camaro was her dream car. Now it's her nightmare.
The Tooth
A woman grapples with the traumatic childhood memory of losing one of her baby teeth.
Blink
Two brothers seeking acceptance from one another struggle to understand each other. Shawn wrestles with his dreams and reality, trying to break away from the societal chains weighing him down. While Rashad has succumb to the weight of world, and has forgotten what it means to dream. After Rashad saves Shawn from getting jumped at park, Shawn attempts to connect with his brother. Yet Rashad, a man of action rather than words is still cold towards his baby brother. It takes their parents and Shawn's imagination that help them realize they are both feel like caged birds ready to be set free.
Sorry, Dumpling
On the eve of their wedding anniversary, Don is attacked by a mysterious k-idol wannabe and desperately tries to escape before Kayleigh unknowingly returns.
How To
A young woman gets a case of the first date jitters when she discovers the man she has dinner plans with may have more planned than she realized.
Tampoo
A young woman on a hot date is having the worst period of her life.
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In a dystopian world, a TV show unfolds its dark tale. Carly, the charismatic host of "The Cupcake Factory" presides over a society where “likeability” is the only currency. Winning guarantees a promising future at a haunting cost. What would you do to ensure the wellbeing of those you love?

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    11:00 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    PG-13
  • Genre
    Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Awards
    World Premiere
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  • Director
    Emily Lerer
  • Screenwriter
    Shelly Ro
  • Producer
    Shelly Ro
  • Executive Producer
    Humberto "Tito" Castillo, Araceli Alvarado
  • Cast
    Shelly Ro- Carly, Randy Davison- Ted, Mandahla Rose- ELLE, Aurora Chavez- Brianna 1, Regina Chavez- Brianna 2
  • Cinematographer
    Jeffrey Carolan
  • Editor
    Lam T. Nguyen
  • Production Design
    Alessandra Manias
  • Composer
    Jina Hyojin An
  • Sound Design
    Ryan Felberbaum
  • Music
    Jina Hyojin An