Newfest Shorts: Mad as Hell
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Run Time: 74 min. Format: DCP
Life is tough right about now. There’s angst. There’s rage. We are all mad as hell and NOT going to take it anymore.
Find solidarity and solace in this furious collection of shorts that confront our torment and attempt to powerfully will a different world into existence — in this life or beyond it.

BLOOD HANA
Dir. M.G. Evangelista, USA, 15 min
A teen begins questioning God and her sexuality.

CHAPERONE
Dir. Sam Max, USA, 16 min
An unnamed figure picks up a young man in his car.

MOM, IF I WERE A VAMPIRE
Dir. Deborah Devyn Chuang, Taiwan, 17 min
Wen, an insecure teenage girl who dislikes her disapproving mother, vows to be nothing like her.

SCARING WOMEN AT NIGHT
Dir. Karimah Zakia Issa, Canada, 11 min
Two strangers are scared on a late walk home.

SOUR MILK
Dir. Mark Keane, Ireland, 5 min
A teen boy does something extreme in order to prove himself to his friend.

LOLLYGAG
Dir. Tij D’oyen, USA, 10 min
A woman recounts a sensual yet macabre story about the boy next door.
UPCOMING SPECIAL SCREENINGS
SEE ALLReelabilities Film Festival: Heavy Healing
Music helps fans navigate disability and mental health
Puddysticks
A burned out young woman discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play
Spoons Toons & Booze After Dark
It’s the even more R-rated version of our brunch show!




