After the success of their 2022 festival, the Final Girls Berlin have selected their ‘Best Of’ program and are screening it in our humble cinema
A lineup of horror shorts made by women and non-binary film makers
Link to tickets
and here’s the program:
The Goldfish (17:01)
Directed by Ashley Paige Brim, USA, 2021
An adopted woman is forced to confront her darkest fear about motherhood at her sister’s baby shower.
Updated (16:57)
Directed by Nivi Pedersen, Greenland, 2021
Anna's son, Miilu, is discussing with his fiancé if Anna should attend their wedding or not. Anna suffers from hallucinatory dementia but is already a user at e-Na, a helping equipment for people with dementia and their relatives. An update will enable them to help her better when frightening hallucinations occur and will make it possible to have her at their wedding. So why shouldn't Miilu update Anna's e-Na equipment?
The Cost of Living (13:13)
Directed by Alice Trueman, UK, 2021
The Cost of Living is a surreal comedy-noir about a young woman, in a state of ennui, who begins to wake up to life after a chance encounter with Death.
Monsterdyke (4:26)
Directed by Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Scammel, Canada, 2021
A transgender 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.
Ghoul Log (2:59)
Directed by Christine Pfister, USA, 2019
An occult feast goes awry in this hand-made stop-motion little nightmare.
Such Small Hands (19:10)
Written and directed by Maria Martínez Bayona, UK, 2020
At the girls’ orphanage, the group’s unchecked pack mentality alienates a new arrival. To swing the balance of power, she invents a manipulative night game.