SHORT FILM PROGRAM: Queer Monstrous Indulgences (Final Girl Horror Shorts)

Description

The "Final Girls Berlin Film Festival" showcases horror films by filmmakers, including non-binary creators. This program gathers queer horror shorts from our first edition in 2017 to the most recent. Get ready for monstrous transformations and chaotic, magical desires that defy boundaries. From everyday conflicts and dysfunctions within a community to colorful reinterpretations of the afterlife, from the eerie and subtle to the exaggerated, camp spectacle – this program is a lurking queer creature, ready to infect, irritate, and transgress. The short films have English subtitles. MONSTERDYKE
Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Sharp, Canada 2021, 5’,
Original English version with English subtitles
A trans* sculptress who is unhappy with her experiences dating men, has a lesbian awakening when a monster sculpture she is making comes to life and rocks her world. YOU ARE A LESBIAN VAMPIRE
Thirza Cuthand, Canada 2011, 4’, Original English version
In the dark night of a prairie city, a vampire considers her future with a fetching mortal. But requiring blood for sustenance brings a host of problems to the relationship. LONE WOLF
January Jones, Australia 2019, 7’, Original English version
Determined to fit in at a sleepover, 15-year-old Sam ignores cruel taunts from Blair and her growing feelings for Willow, but she can’t ignore the strange things happening to her body. NEW FLESH FOR THE OLD CEREMONY
Adamska Elizaveta Rakhilkina, USA 2021, 13’,
Original English version with English subtitles
A lesbian reverie set amidst the backwoods of New England, New Flesh for the Old Ceremony explores the physicality of grief through a macabre fable about a woman whose wife is devoured by and then possesses their beloved pack of dogs. VIOLET BUTTERFIELD: MAKEUP ARTIST FOR THE DEAD
Brooke H. Cellars, USA 2022, 13’,
Original English version with English subtitles
Violet Butterfield, a mortician beautician, receives a visit from a new client and discovers that sometimes a person feels they cannot authentically live their best life until after they’re dead. THE COST OF LIVING
Alice Trueman, UK 2021, 14’, Original English version
In this surreal comedy-noir, a young woman, in a state of ennui, begins to wake up to life after a chance encounter with Death. POSSUM
Daisy Rosato, USA 2023, 15’,
Original English version with English subtitles
When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus. THE DYSPHORIA
Kylie Aoibheann, Australia 2025, 13’,
Original English version with English subtitles
A trans* woman performs a Satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.

Highlights

• Queer horror shorts from various years
• English subtitles for all films
• Unique perspectives from non-binary filmmakers

General Information

The "Final Girls Berlin Film Festival" presents a program of queer horror shorts from 2017 to the current edition. The films explore monstrous transformations and challenges within communities.

Location

Steindamm 45, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

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