The Boy and the Bard

The ErlKing

January 2003 •English

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert. The moving images, resembling woodcuts, capture the haunting, nightmarish quality of the tale of the ErlKing who steals and kills a little boy.

Halloween Party

October 1987 •English

Eight-minute promotional reel for Night of the Demons (1988), which was shown to potential distributors in 1987. This short version of the film was later re-released by Shout! Factory in 2023 to coincide with their new 4K restoration.

Ride

October 2019 •English

Spin classes can be a bit intimidating. But for Brit, the fear is real when her first class turns into a ride for her life.

Dedicado a nadie

October 2008 •Spanish

Fabiana is a shy and lonely girl. A man from darkness comes to visit her. She finds friendship in him, but are those his real intentions?

HABITAT

November 2021 •English

In a dead-end room lives a slave of the system, addicted to the computer mouse and a reality show that never ends. Obsessed with an illusion, his dream is to go to the paradise that he has seen in a TV commercial...with just a flick of a finger.

Open House

January 2020 •English

A woman looking to start a new job in real estate must confront the horrors of her childhood.

Frankenstein

March 1910 •English

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

Smog

July 2022 •English

Thick, deadly smog blankets the globe, reducing visibility to less than a few metres. In a secluded farmhouse, a woman and her overbearing husband attempt to find resources and survive using a series of walking trails crafted from ropes and stakes. One night, the woman is alerted to the presence of someone or something else deep in the smog. Desperate to escape the farmhouse, the woman attempts to meet the unknown and risk everything to leave her loveless and abusive relationship behind.

Juncture

March 2017 •English

In the wake of a significant traumatic event, an emotional rift develops between a father and son as both struggle to come to terms with their grief. At night, the boy is haunted by a mysterious entity who is determined for vengeance.

Corporate Monster

September 2019 •English

After being phased out of his job, a dangerously unstable man’s life spirals out of control when the prescription pills he takes start to have a side effect: they allow him to see the parasitic beings that have long been puppeteering our world from the shadows.

Awful Mistake

October 2024 •Hebrew

An awkward script-reading meeting between two childhood friends takes a sinister turn as reality blurs with fiction.

Under the Parasol

August 2019 •English

Marie relaxes at the beach under a parasol. The only problem is that it is night time.

Allergic Overreaction

October 2019 •English

When Scott brings cookies to his friend's annual weekend long Freddy vs Jason fest, he unwittingly gives Dave an allergic reaction. And what was supposed to be a fun time, turns into a night of uncanny horror!

Refused

October 1980 •Greek

Frieda Liappa in this short film casts an alternative gaze on the notion of historicity. Loukia is a teenager currently staying at her cousin’s house in Athens. Unlike her cousin she is timid and quite stressed for the school exam. She studies history. Between the lines of her book the historical events sprung up in a multidimensional way. Liappa transverses the dimensions of the real the imaginary and the symbolic. She invites the viewer to consider the construction of the filmic as well as the historical text. She succeeds in making a film with an open end and to leave room for our own contingent constructions.

M - Fantasia Dramática

June 2020 •Portuguese

Good Samaritan

July 2014 •English

A young man who videotaped a fatal assault and didn't intervene finds himself haunted by his own guilt and something far more insidious.

Woods

October 2015 •English

A struggling writer believes a secret from his past has come back to haunt him. Paranoia and guilt take over as he tries to figure out who or what has been plaguing him with increasingly violent attacks.

The Changeling

October 2019 •English

A mother returns home to find her babysitter murdered and baby daughter missing. As she struggles to find her baby, she fights a battle with supernatural forces.

Level

August 2017 •English

Trapped inside a never-ending nightmare, a cat and mouse game plays out between a man and a hellish beast lurking in the shadows.

The Little Monster

September 2018 •French

A young delivery man falls in love with a mysterious young woman living cloistered in her apartment. When he finally obtains a rendez-vous at her place, she tells him her secret ...