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A collection of monsters and monstrous people (often one and the same) bound together by love, or some form of desire, contend with the unexpected costs of fulfillment.

Films include:

"Changeling" (UK, 10 min. Dir. Faye Jackson) A new mother becomes increasingly mesmerised and appalled by the strange transformations happening around her baby.

"Malacostraca" (USA, 15 min. Dir. Charles Pieper) A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their child...

"Peopling" (USA, 9 min. Dir. Lucas Amann) When George accidentally births a doppelgänger, he finds competition for his mother’s affection.

"Mommy's Pickles" (Belarus, 13 min. Dir. Vadim Dozmorov) The contemporary political milieu of Belarus are slyly commented upon as this short slides from comedy into horror, escalating a familiar domestic scenario wherein a boyfriend meets his in-law to an alarming end.

"Hopes" (Spain, 10 min. Dir. Raúl Monge) An invisible submission reflects the power of the strongest.

"A Chest of Drawers" (USA, 13 min. Dir. Maxwell Nalevansky) Set in a time resembling the sixteenth century, an unimaginably scarred beekeeper is forced to make a Faustian bargain with a chest of drawers in the name of love.

"Pepper" (Canada, 8 min. Dir. Kate Felix) Weylon is looking for a hired hand and Fidelma needs the job desperately, but her duties in the dark barn might prove beyond her tolerance. Like Cujo with a feminist twist, this independent, low-budget short film was shot on location in Caledon, Ontario and is the second film from emerging director Kate Felix.

"Lili" (Netherlands, 9 min. Dir. Yfke van Berckelaer) A young actress’ (Lisa Smit) audition for an older man (Derek de Lint) grows increasingly uncomfortable with every line read in this single-take horror for the #metoo era.