Little Nightmares: Best International Short Films

Festival
HÕFF 2023
Programme
HÕFF Short Films, Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films

The out-of-competition showcase of the most interesting short form horror and fantasy films. A whirlpool of fantasy, cosmic sci-fi and chilling horror, the programme offers something for all tastes.

Screenings

Rõdusaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening019202 / Väikesed luupainajad: Parimad rahvusvahelised lühifilmid
Intro byHenryk Novod
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Keldrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening039302 / Väikesed luupainajad: Parimad rahvusvahelised lühifilmid
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Films

Voices

Local title
Hääled
Director
Abbie Lucas
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Programme
HÕFF Short Films, Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films

When moving into their new home, Tara and Drew are alarmed when they overhear their neighbours arguing. As the voices get louder and more violent, they must decide if it’s their responsibility to act.

Director
Abbie Lucas
Runtime
Language
English
Trailer

How To Make A Ghost

Local title
Kuidas tehakse kummitust
Director
Jared Hogan
Country
USA
Year
2022
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

On Halloween night in a small town, a boy accepts a dare from his friends to hide in the back seat of an empty car and frighten the driver when they return. But what starts as a seemingly harmless prank turns into a night from hell.

Director
Jared Hogan
Runtime
Language
English
Trailer

Amy & I

Local title
Amy ja mina
Director
Bastiaan Rook
Country
Netherlands
Year
2022
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

When Amy and her boyfriend have a nice dinner in a restaurant where they first met, it turns out there's some pressure on their relationship.

Director
Bastiaan Rook
Runtime
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Kathy & Jeb

Local title
Kathy ja Jeb
Director
Johannes Magnus Aule
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Programme
HÕFF Short Films, Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films

A retired widow, Ellie - awaiting life in a care home - is forced to re-evaluate after being kidnapped by Kathy & Jeb, two crazed serial killers on the run.

Director
Johannes Magnus Aule
Runtime
Language
English

Demon Box

Local title
Deemoni karp
Director
Sean Wainsteim
Country
Canada
Year
2023
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

After festival rejections, a director revises his intensely personal short film about trauma, suicide, and the Holocaust, and transforms it into a painful, blunt and funny dissection of the film and his life.

Ten years in the making.

*Please be advised that this film deals with themes of trauma and suicide.

Director
Sean Wainsteim
Runtime
Language
English
Trailer

Inkar

Local title
Inkar
Director
Raiymbek Alzhanov
Country
Kazakhstan
Year
2022
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

The Great Kazakh Steppe, XVII century. Times when myths often turned out to be true. A girl named Inkar is forced to flee after an unsuccessful magical ritual. Now the evil spirits wants to possess Inkar's body and her hereditary gift. On the way she meets two fugitive brothers, with the help of whom she hopes to cross the Great Sea. But will the heroes survive this road?

Director
Raiymbek Alzhanov
Runtime
Language
Kazakh
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Ferrarrie

Local title
Ferrarrie
Director
Boris Biaou
Country
France
Year
2022
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

Sidi and Hana can’t stop texting each other since they met on the subway, but on their first date, nothing goes as planned.

Director
Boris Biaou
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Suruaika

Local title
Suruaika
Director
Vlad Ilicevici, Radu C Pop
Country
Romania
Year
2022
Programme
Little Nightmares. Best International Short Films, HÕFF Short Films

Kipu is a luxury chauffeur in a dark city, where the streets are full of cars and black cats. After he accidentally runs over the entire family of a little cat called Suruaika, Kipu adopts her and does all he can to keep her safe. As Kipu’s love for Suruaika grows, so does her body, and the streets become more and more crowded with black cats, new victims for countless little tragedies.

Director
Vlad Ilicevici, Radu C Pop
Runtime
Language
Romanian
Subtitles
English
Trailer