MTFF Shorts Block

Shorts Block 3: It’s Gonna Get Weird

MTFF SHORTS BLOCK 3 - IT'S GONNA GET WEIRD

For those who like their films on the bizarre side, here’s an array of 11 shorts embracing horror, surrealism, and everything in-between. 



The Seagull (But Like, Not Chekhov)

Director: Devon Wycoff
Producers: Devon Wycoff, Yoson An
Boulder, CO

An extreme lack of self-awareness prevents a patient from seeing why an obvious pattern is being perpetuated in his life, in this breezy riff on a famous Anton Chekhov play.


Bleach Bone

Director: John D. Nilles
Producer: Josh Wagner
Missoula, MT

Nine years after murdering his friend in cold blood, Dwain returns to dig up the remains. There, in a bleak Montana field, he reflects upon the path that led him to this grim outcome.


they're taking my house

Director: Dan Lopez
Producer: Dan Lopez
Great Falls, MT

A woman finds herself trapped in an abyss, taunted by a malevolent telephone.


The Hole

Director: Sean Foster
Producer: Dhruvraj Singh Bhati
Los Angeles, CA

Johnny's day off is interrupted when his neighbor Cheyenne implores him to investigate a mysterious hole in her yard.


Come Back Haunted

Director: Logan James Freeman
Producers: Logan James Freeman, Nathan Sellers, Sean Temple
Decatur, GA

Rose's reclusive, carefully constructed life shatters when a blood-drenched child runs out of the woods, claiming her mother is trying to kill her. Rose moves to protect the girl, but discovers other things lurking in the dark, trying to get in.


Perfect!

Director: Emma Travagline
Producer: Ella Steinberg
Bozeman, MT

The Girls are all shiny and perfect--until there's a crack in the glass.


Witch Woman

Director: Pixie Cram
Producer: Pixie Cram
Ottawa, Canada

A stop-motion fairytale about a midwife, a new mother, and a witch hunter.


Man Baby

Director: Aaron Murtagh
Producers: Jeri Rafter, Kat Bitnar
Missoula, MT

Directed by and starring Montana-based actor/director Aaron Murtagh, Man Baby follows a man in the weeks following the birth of his child. As he attempts to navigate the changes within the home, the man soon discovers that there are changes happening within himself that defy the laws of nature.


In Dreams 

Director: Josh Shaffner
Los Angeles, CA

In Dreams is an animated science-fiction dark comedy where a burn victim is tended to by a futuristic hospice service.  He given a powerful medication, allowing him to travel through space and time in the final hours of life.


$55 Private Room in a Safe Quiet Neighborhood

Director: Lauren Norby
Producers: Jeri Rafter, Caitlin Hofmeister
Missoula, MT

Jennifer loves to craft and scheme. With the gun show in town, it's a perfect time to rent out the spare room to see if she can trick someone into testing out their new gun . . . on her husband.


The Rainbow Bridge

Director: Dimitri Simakis
Producers: Michael David Scott, Suki-Rose Simakis, Dawn Jefferson
Los Angeles, CA

Tina and her elderly dog visit a mysterious clinic offering human-to-pet communication. However, they soon get more than they bargained for when two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them that transcends time and space. They might just be the key to something greater… but at what cost?


Q&A to follow the 10/5 screening with the following guests:

Josh Shaffner, director of In Dreams
Sean Foster, director of The Hole
Lauren Norby, director of $55 Private Room in a Safe Quiet Neighborhood
Dan Lopez, director of they're taking my house


Sponsored by BASE, Betty's Divine, Biga Pizza, The Good Store, Treasure State Studios, and Western Cider! 






 


 




Duration: 109 min

MTFF Shorts Block

Shorts Block 3: It’s Gonna Get Weird

Shorts Block 3: It’s Gonna Get Weird