Our Saturday shorts are from points around the world, and chosen to compliment our two features by women directors!

This entry to our annual bumper contest asks, what's really in a communion wafer?

The Body (bumper contest)

Joey Pratt woke up dead today, but that won't stop his family from loving him. This sweetly elegiac short about death, grief, and enduring is made of paper cut-outs and cardboard dioramas and
is the directorial debut of longtime genre screenwriter Sean Keller.

The Boy Who Woke Up Dead

Darren, James and Andrew love telling scary stories, and they have the perfect place to do it: their backyard clubhouse. It's all fun and games until the legend of Spaghetti Face turns out to be more than just a simple story.

Spaghetti Face

A cured zombie lives in seclusion, haunted by the crimes of her past.

I'll Never Be Alive Again

When a girl playfully responds to a mysterious post-it note, she finds herself unable to escape the conversation she began.

A Conversation with E

Sarah tries to resist temptation but those adorable Chipmunks are everywhere constantly hawking their cookies. As the day disappears and the surreal nightmares emerge, will she ever be able to escape?

The Cookie Crumbles

Randall, broke and in debt, finds ancient treasure in an old strong box. The
treasure can be his...if he grants one simple request.

The Strong Box

A mischievous 8-year-old girl unleashes a twisted Christmas nightmare, when her plans to capture Santa Claus go horribly wrong.

The Last Christmas

Filmmaker Q&A - Shorts Block 4

United States of America

Short Horror films block 4

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Portland Horror Film Festival is one of the most diverse horror festivals on Earth. Over 60 shorts & features from 16 countries, and all horror genres, showcase filmmakers from every walk of life, including Queer, BIPOC, Trans, and nearly half that are helmed by women!

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