Avem
Directed by Luis Quijano
Struggling with a deep loss and being away from his home country, a young man begins to have a body transforma as he longs for a life of freedom. • 17 minutes • Mexico, United States • English & Spanish
Saturday, May 2
2:30 PM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #4
Massachusetts Premiere
Baby Bird
Directed by Aris Liang
Helen, a Chinese-American nanny, begins to lose sight of reality after her mother’s death and clings to the relationship she has with her young ward in the face of it. • 21 minutes • Canada, United States • English & Mandarin Chinese
Saturday, May 2
10:30 AM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #2
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Directed by Brenden Hubbard
Still reeling from an incredible loss, a father and daughter cling to a bedtime routine keeping them safe in a town where an unfathomable horror visits its inhabitants night after night. • 16 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
2:30 PM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #4
Kandie
Directed by Jasmine Osean Thomas
Getting ready for the launch party of her jewelry collection, an agitated Chloe conjures up her grotesque doppelgänger. As the party progresses, Chloe begins to unravel. But is this a disturbing alternate version of herself or a parasitic nemesis eating away at her mind? • 15 minutes (immediately followed by the feature Jump Scare) • United States • English
Friday, May 1
8:15 PM
Die With Your Boots On
New England Premiere
Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse
Directed by Tiago Pimentel
In the fallout of nuclear war, totalitarian regimes reshape world order. Ernesto is hiding a secret, and when a government inspector shows up at his doorstep, a cat-and-mouse game unfolds — one that can only end in tragedy. • 20 minutes • Portugal • Portuguese
Friday, May 1
12:00 Noon
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #1
Prom Party Massacre
Directed by Jordan Gustafson
In a genre-bending musical full of teenage rebels, poodle skirts, and betrayal, a young gay man tries to woo his crush with a swinging prom party—but when popular kids start turning up dead, the partygoers discover a slasher killer amongst the student body! • 19 minutes • United States • English
Friday, May 1
12:00 Noon
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #1
Massachusetts Premiere
Shift
Directed by Lucca Vieira
A self-conscious teenage girl will do anything to look perfect. When she begins injecting herself with a mysterious cosmetic drug, her body soon takes a monstrous turn. • 16 minutes • United States • English
Sunday, May 3
1:45 PM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #5
New England Premiere
The Man Upstairs
Directed by Wendy Wang
After being kidnapped, Julian wakes up in a stranger’s basement, where another child already lives—and where survival means playing along with the man who calls himself “Dad.” As the boys form a fragile bond, they plot an escape from a twisted domestic nightmare. • 18 minutes • United States • English
Sunday, May 3
1:45 PM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #5
East Coast Premiere
This Is Book Club
Directed by Robyn Okrant
When lonely, socially anxious Jane joins a book club to make friends, she soon discovers that middle-aged women in sweater sets can be savage. At first drawn to the unnervingly perfect leader, Jane begins to suspect that in this cul-de-sac kingdom, fitting in might be the most dangerous thing of all. • 20 minutes (immediately followed by the feature Blood & Guts) • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
3:30 PM
Hawthorne Hotel Library
East Coast Premiere
Very Prosperous Men
Directed by Josiah Walker
When a struggling door-to-door Bible salesman commits murder, he scrambles to dispose of the body while navigating a haunting consequence. • 26 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
12:30 PM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #3
New England Premiere
Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done
Directed by PJ Germain
High school really sucks… and no one knows that better than best friends Aaron and Keith. When they crash the last graduation party of the summer, emotions fly high and the culture clash of teenagers involve playing a simple game with dire consequences. • 18 minutes • United States • English
Saturday, May 2
10:30 AM
Salem Access Television | Shorts Block #2
New England Premiere
