SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK Short Film Competition

MY WONDERFUL LIFE
2024 Singapore 10 MIN
DIRECTOR Calleen Koh
Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital where she finds newfound freedom as a patient.

LAST CALL
2025 USA 7 MIN
DIRECTOR Winnie Cheung
Claudia, a fast-riding motorcycle rebel, indulges in her worst vices to avoid confrontation with a mysterious serpent woman who taps into her most grotesque fantasies.

THE FISHERMAN
2025 USA 17 MIN
DIRECTOR Calvin Brown
A devout fisherman has his faith tested as a series of supernatural phenomena plague him and his family.

WATER SPORTS
2024 Philippines 19 MIN
DIRECTOR Whammy Alcazaren
Jelson and Ipe, students deeply in love, undergo trials of the mind and body as they prepare to survive a world devastated by climate change.

MR. OGRE’S CASTLE
2025 USA 5 MIN
DIRECTOR Maxime Chudeau
A group of teenagers enjoys an illicit stay at a luxurious villa while the mysterious owner is away. Their party gets spoiled when a CCTV camera operator calls to inform the police.

DEMONS TO DIAMONDS
2025 France 29 MIN
DIRECTOR Valentin Noujaïm
In the cold business district of La Défense, where steel towers pierce a restless sky and CCTV watches every shadow, a wave of suicides exposes the fractures of a crumbling society.