Phantasmic

Growing Dimmer

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The light's in a student's room begin to shut off around him. He must escape the room before he is swallowed by darkness.

Switch On

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Switch On is a short horror film that juggles questions about the pressures the modern-day education system places on young students and the effects this has on them. The heart of the story is Alexander, a young student plagued by insomnia and anxiety, who tries to retain his sanity under the pressure of a looming exam.

Cordura Island

August 2023 •Galician

The Cordura Island lighthouse keeper is left alone when his companion leaves for the mainland. On a stormy night he finds a letter. The story it tells and his fear of the loneliness at night will take him to the limits of madness.

Behind Closed Doors

April 2025 •English

An anxiety-ridden teenager searches for connection at a high school party, until an unexpected connection finds him instead.

La stanza buia

July 2019 •Italian

House of Ashes

November 2024 •Portuguese

The film chronicles a day in the life of a man during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but something inside his house isn't quite right.

Melia

June 2023 •French

A little girl sees her anxieties manifesting themselves during her sleep.

Stomach It

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While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.

Caio

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A young digital influencer, struggling with his own traumas and social pressures, faces a crisis of identity and loneliness as he tries to reconnect with life and discover a path to redemption.

Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded

June 2024 •English

On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?

The Incurable Illness of Anxiety and Depression

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A 2023 Perth Anthology Feature Film. Four directors come together to create and dissect an exploration of mental health through four short, but horrifying stories and genres; Sci-Fi, Gothic, Fantasy, and Psychological.

Mare

October 2016 •English

Sean, an anxious and isolated man, goes about his mundane daily routine with a pleasant twist: an unexpected trip to sunny Brighton Beach. His desire to enjoy the gentle breeze, lapping waves, and sunny skies is put to the test as the beach itself seems to turn against him.

Abstractions

September 2018 •English

A man, boarded up in his room during the apocalypse, is haunted by his anxieties and the nightmares of the ones he watched suffer. Until a voice on the radio begins speaking to him.

A Drowning Man

October 2001 •Japanese

Tokio finds his wife Kumiko drowned in the bathtub one night. He lifts the telephone handset to call an ambulance but hesitates. Instead, he takes a cup of coffee before empting the bathtub and carrying Kumiko to the couch. When he wakes up after a nigh of heavy drinking, he finds himself in bed. Kumiko enters the room and asks how he is.

Stage Fright

May 2022 •English

"Stage Fright" tells the story of Natalia Swan, who on the night of her first big concert develops an overwhelming feeling of stage fright.

Ganzfeld Dreams

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Orion and Cassius; two seemingly unrelated agoraphobes, are stalked by a deathly entity whose invasive attacks on their homes compel them to break out of their empty existences.

Arcadian

April 2024 •English

In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their father taught them to keep him alive.

Harry Newman Made A Film, Did You Know?

October 2024 •English

The Protagonist is in a bit of distress and thinks he should leave for a while.

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Angst

January 2022 •Arabic

A surreal depiction of anxiety.