A hand-picked selection of mind-bending short films.
Featuring:
BULLET TIME Dir. Eddie Alcazar | USA | 2025 | 9 mins
An unstable bull terrier named Bullet fights through a weird digital gaming realm filled with retro game and cartoon nostalgia.
CHECK PLEASE Dir. Shane Chung | USA | 2024 | 10 mins
Dinner for two turns deadly when a Korean and a Korean-American fight for the restaurant's check - and their honor - in this zany martial arts comedy.
EIRU Dir. Giovanna Ferrari| Ireland | 2025 | 13 mins
When the water mysteriously disappears from the well in a warrior clan's village, an intrepid child descends into the belly of the earth to retrieve it.
FIRST SIGHT Dir. Andrew McGee | Kazakhstan | 2024 | 18 mins
In the near-future age of Artificial Intelligence, Luna is finally ready to re-enter the world of dating, turning to smart contact lenses to overcome her anxiety. But when her search for human connection takes a dark turn and her vision is held for ransom, she must outsmart a mysterious hacker to save her sight... and her date night.
HECKIN’ WEENS! Dir. Vinson Chan | Canada | 2025 | 4 mins
A desperate animator tries to show his wiener to animation legend Don Hertzfeldt.
MORE PAIN, MORE GAIN Dir. Yusgunawan Marto | Indonesia | 2024 | 11 mins
Jati works out day and night to be like his idol, Joni Krakatau, a legend who stands atop the peak of success. When Abe stands in the way of his dream of becoming the best, the whole gym goes into a frenzy in search of a true legend.
Culture Shock
Culture Shock is back for another weekend-long celebration of weird, wild world cinema.
Director Various
Duration
1h 10m