KURZFILMPROGRAMM: Queer Monstrous Indulgences (Final Girl Horror Shorts)
Das „Final Girls Berlin Film Festival“ zeigt Horrorfilme von Filmemacher*innen, darunter nicht-binäre Filmschaffende. Dieses Programm versammelt queere Horror-Kurzfilme von unserer ersten Ausgabe 2017 bis zur jüngsten. Macht euch bereit für monströse Verwandlungen und chaotische, magische Begierden, die sich jeglicher Grenzen entziehen. Von alltäglichen Konflikten und Dysfunktionen innerhalb einer Gemeinschaft bis hin zu farbenfrohen Neuinterpretationen des Jenseits, vom Unheimlichen und Subtilen bis zum übertriebenen, campigen
Spektakel – dieses Programm ist eine lauernde queere Kreatur, bereit, uns zu befallen, zu irritieren und Grenzen zu überschreiten.
Die Kurzfilme haben englische Untertitel.
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.
Present: Sara Neidorf (Curator)
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival shows horror films made by women and nonbinary
filmmakers. This programme features an array of queer horror shorts ranging from our earliest edition in 2017 to our most recent. Be prepared for monstrous metamorphoses and messy and magical desires unbound. From the mundane strifes and dysfunctions within community to colourful reimaginings of the afterlife, from the sinister and subtle to the over-the-top, camp spectacle, this programme is a lurking queer creature ready to attack us, to confuse and to 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.
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