Friday Phantasmagoria
The Betrayal ( 5:40 ) Written & Directed by Susan Young , UK , 2015 A woman trusts her psychiatrist , but becomes enmeshed in his prescriptive web . At its dark heart , The Betrayal is a twisted , deadly love affair .
Earworm ( 5:06 ) Written & Directed by Tara Price , US , 2016 A lonely man battles with a tune that he just cannot get out of his head . ( German Premiere )
Normalized Woman ( 4:20 ) Written & Directed by Lo-Yi Lee , Taiwan , 2016 Her eyes are covered by bandages . She is blindfolded , fed and dragged ; her body and mind are assimilated blindly and mindlessly . ( European Premiere )
Yuletide ( 4:50 ) Written & Directed by Marinah Janello , US , 2016 Krampus seeks revenge on children who spy on him by haunting their church services and Christmas festivities .
She is the Dark ( 11:08 ) Written & Directed by Hasssan Vahdani , Iran , 2016 A trip into the imagination of a girl who thinks her father blames her for her mother ' s death , so she decides to kill her father .
Abjection ( 10:40 ) Directed by Jiyeon Choi , China , 2017 A little girl is forced to separate from her doll . When a boy comes to rescue her , she realizes a boy ’ s stick gives her more power . She selects a stick instead of her doll and feels like a master of the world .