Beyond Shorts: Occupational Hazards

ABOUT THE EVENT:

From the office to the kitchen to the lab to the late-night streets of Dhaka, things go downhill fast in this collection of workplace nightmares. Doppelgängers, system crashes, sinister deliveries, and monsters real or imagined: consider this a resignation letter to reality.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

“The Coder,” Dir. Will Crouse, 15 Min, USA

In the midst of a catastrophic system crash, Mary, the Chief Technology Officer of a crypto startup, must race against time to save her company – and her sanity.

FORMAT: DCP

“Kandie,” Dir. Jasmine Osean Thomas, 15 Min, USA

Getting ready for the launch party of her jewelry collection, an agitated Chloe conjures up her grotesque doppelgänger. As the party progresses, Chloe begins to unravel. But is this a disturbing alternate version of herself or a parasitic nemesis eating away at her mind?

FORMAT: DCP

“Shadow You,” Dir. Mike Bernstein, 20 Min, USA

A former child prodigy artist stuck designing thumbnails for a streaming service begins experiencing cryptic visions that could reignite her creative spark—or unravel her completely.

FORMAT: DCP

“SCP: Containment Breach,” Dir. Zach Lona, 12 Min, USA

A routine day inside a top-secret research facility turns catastrophic when multiple anomalies escape their arcane captivity. (Adapted from the video game & the SCP Foundation wiki)

FORMAT: DCP

“Foreign Body,” Dir. Mathieu Mortelmans, 16 Min, Belgium/Italy

In the middle of the night, a police detective is called to a crime scene in a monastery on a remote island. Left alone to examine the body, she realizes that it may not be human…

FORMAT: DCP

“And They Shall Handle Serpents,” Dir. Stuart Valberg, 6 Min, USA

A peculiar takeout delivery driver, hoping to lead the wayward home to the Father, makes a sinister adjustment to their orders.

FORMAT: DCP

“Dhet!,” Dir. Ummid Ashraf, 9 Min, Bangladesh

The night takes a strange turn in Dhaka as a ride-sharing motorcyclist tries to reach his next passenger in time.

FORMAT: DCP

“No Trouble,” Jonathan Chan, 17 Min, USA

After a group of racist punks threaten a Chinese restaurant, a cook on parole grapples with whether to take matters into his own hands to defend the community.

FORMAT: DCP