Beyond WA Finalists Block

 

Self-Portrait
Directed by Samuel DeFrank
An aspiring young model visits a famous photographer’s cabin and discovers she is part of a ritual that transforms her into a human camera, sucking the soul out of her body and restoring the youth of the photographer.

Terror by Night
Directed by Dean Butler
An astral traveller and a detective risk everything to save a child from the clutches of a rogue demon.

Omega-Pharm
Directed by Ryan Michael Hughes
When the character in a series of 1960’s style ads becomes self aware, he glitches himself out of his false reality, and is hunted by Omega-Pharm itself.

Silent Generation
Directed by Francisco Solorzano
An octogenarian finds horror in the mundane when a load of laundry… turns bloody.

The Hand of Darkness
Directed by Rowan Kelley
An Oregon house. A Girl. A soul-eating entity from another world.
“In 1978, Astoria, Oregon, newcomer Alice Mitchell becomes the target of an otherworldly entity hell-bent on consuming her soul to regain its former power.”

Deadbeat Beer Runners
Directed by Riley Doyle
After running out of beer, Bud and Viv embark on a strange adventure to find more.

Trunk
Directed by Nicholas Chissus

Catalepsy
Directed by Nicolás Ordóñez
After a long night, a couple returns to their apartment in the middle of a fight. Amid lightning and shouting, she slowly transforms into a horrible, monstrous spider.

SHIFT
Directed by Bridgette Cannell
Alone in the wilderness, a resilient forest ranger faces a sinister presence stalking her through the night, testing her resolve and sanity in a chilling battle for survival.

Borrowed Light
Directed by Christian Markus Stahlhofen
A night watchman is startled by a detected motion on his security screen. His investigation leads to an eerie encounter.

Everything in place
Directed by Bertalan Soós

REFLECTIONS
Directed by Luke Blackburn, Steven Ramos
Reflections explores the terrifying consequences of narcissism, using the character’s obsession with his own image to drive the horror. As a teenager consumed by his self-obsession, the protagonist fills his home with mirrors, unknowingly creating the perfect environment for his own reflection to turn against him. The film dives into psychological horror, gradually escalating the terror as the reflection becomes more aggressive, ultimately leading to an inescapable confrontation.

The Safety Games
Directed by Jeremiah Kipp