Short Nightmares

"Shock-Block revised": In our "Short Nightmares", the horror is not evident at first glance, but it is all the more persistently disturbing. Horror films and thrillers can be found here as well as genre benders who find their own ways to capture horror in unforgettable images.
(Schillerhof – blue room)

Topor

The Axe

film still Topor
Fiction Russia
direction: Lanna Rybakova

The peddler Sergei chases a schoolgirl from the Moscow subway – but after a heavy amnesia seizure, he can't remember anything.

The Act of Devouring

film still The Act of Devouring
Fiction Czech Republic
direction: Emir Ziyalar

An elderly Czech translates executions for the German occupiers. He tries to keep the madness away with an illegal radio and grotesque sculptures.

La photographe

The Photographer

film still La photographe
Fiction France
direction: Bertrand Normand

A photographer is looking for motifs in the park of Versailles. The view through the camera reveals a living, male sculpture that is getting closer and closer to her.

La sombra de un dios

A God's Shadow

film still La sombra de un dios
Documentary Mexico
direction: Bernhard Hetzenauer

In an indigenous community in Mexico, a man declared himself a god in the 1980s and established a murderous regime of terror. One survivor remembers.

Die Sünderinnen vom Höllfall

The Sinful Women of Höllfall

film still Die Sünderinnen vom Höllfall
Fiction Austria, New Zealand
direction: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

An Austrian village in the 18th century: Kati falls in love with Valerie, but her mother warns her about the demon Trud. Will evil or love win?