HOBGOBLINS

PG-13 Dark Fantasy, Animation, and Horror Shorts

(Various Countries, 90 min)

APOCALYPSE IMMORTAL

(France, 2024, 9 min)

Paul is a war reporter, embarking on a quest to find the Immortal, a legendary hero praised by soldiers, while also searching for his brother, who has gone missing on the front. Through this journey of self-discovery, Paul overcomes his fears and realizes that the Immortal is not a superhuman, but a symbol of hope, an idea.

In French with English subtitles

Director: Fabrice Hourlier

BEVERLY HILLS EXORCIST

(US, 2024, 12 min)

The cost of real estate has skyrocketed to such astronomical levels that even spirits cannot afford to linger. Enter the morally ambiguous world of freelance exorcism in Los Angeles, where Sonya Keller, the city’s top supernatural fixer, leads her team in a battle against the most powerful demon god on the west side.

Director: Rem Scobell

CADABRA

(Canada, 2024, 6 min)

An amateur magician receives more than he anticipated when he purchases a cursed hat from the estate of his deceased hero.

Director: Tiffany Wice

CONSUMER

(US, 2023, 13 min)

What if John Carpenter directed an episode of Goosebumps? You'd have CONSUMER. In this episode, a bullied teen uses a sentient computer game to get revenge on his tormentors.

Director: Matthew Fisher

LET’S PLAY

(US, 2024, 2 min)

Nobody home and nobody to play with...or is there? 

Director: Nick Karner

LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC CORN CAKE

(Canada, 2024, 5 min)

Lupe doesn’t care about her abuela’s cooking lessons, she just wants to rock with her badass punk band. But when Lupe finds herself battling an alien monster with her band, her abuela's lessons will remind her that punk rock is more than just loud music and connecting with her Latin roots may just save their lives.

Director: Javier Badillo

MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN DARK OF LATE

(United Kingdom, 2023, 4 min)

A knight finds himself at the mercy of his armor.

Director: Joshua Warren

NOSTRIL

(US, 2024, 5 min)

Nostril is a stop-motion animated short film about Lala, a sleep-deprived woman kept awake by her husband’s obnoxious snoring. When the sound becomes so powerful that it quite literally sucks her into his nose, Lala finds herself in a terrifying battle against the boogery germ creatures that dwell within. Blending comedy and horror, Nostril looks at the things we put up with for love, highlighting relationship struggles with a light-hearted tone.

Director: Michael Dondero

TAG

(US, 2024, 4 min)

A man is relentlessly pursued by an evil entity who wants to play a game of tag.

Director: Anil Dhokai

TO HELL WITH YOU

(US, 2024, 15 min)

A stubborn demon and a tenacious angel quarrel about the fate of a young man's soul after a botched exorcism.

Director: Jason Sheedy

VHX

(US, 2024, 5 min)

A collection of home movies languishes on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there's a fate far worse than being forgotten. VHX is a stop motion animated short made with real vintage VHS tapes.

Director: Alisa Stern & Scott Ampleford

YOU CAN DO IT ALONE (“Puedes tu Solito”)

(Spain, 2024, 10 min)

Pablo faces his first time peeing in a public men's restroom while being harassed by monsters he will have to confront if he wants to return to his family.

In Spanish with English subtitles

Director: Silvia Pradas