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Shorts 5: Chills
From scary to strange to supernatural, these films will send a chill down your spine.

Short films may contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages.

Goodnight My Demons

Director: Lukas Medin

MN Made. United States. 2025. 7 min.

An anxious and insomniac woman faces her fears and sleep demons as she struggles to get a good night's sleep.

Follower

Director: Ryan Park

United States, Republic of Korea. 2025. 14 min.

A livestream and random chat take a disturbing turn when a prank goes too far. As the line between audience and participant blurs, playful interaction slips into something unsettling in a world where everyone is both follower and followed.

Mad Island

Director: Nick Peet

United States. 2025. 17 min.

A musician returns to a frozen Lake Superior island to capture haunting sounds, but as they listen a buried presence threatens their grip on reality.

Baroque

Director: Shelby Dillon

MN Made. United States. 2025. 11 min.

While modeling for an unsupportive but successful artist, Celine has a dream in which she goes back in time to the 1600s and witnesses herself murdering the man that’s painting her in her present life.

Strive

Director: Jussi Rautaniemi

Finland. 2026. 14 min.

17-year-old Toni joins a deadly street race, challenging fearless driver Max, unaware of the bond they share. To survive, he must steal a car and outrun death in a gritty coming-of-age thrill ride.

The Boom

Director: Ajuawak Kapashesit

MN Made. United States. 2026. 13 min.

An Indigenous man investigates a mysterious sound echoing through the city that reverberates through space and time.

Superconscious

Christianne Hedtke

MN Made. United States. 2025. 22 min.

In 1973, a study in clairvoyance began to unravel as the participants tested the limits of what can be discovered with “psi” energy.