Short Films

Films from Around the World

Saskatchewan Theatrical Premieres
Various shorts play in front of each feature, The Roxy Theatre
(Admittance restricted to persons over 18)
Films may contain material not suited for people under 18

36 Sous Sol
PH Debiès
Four people are in an elevator. They don’t know each other, how they got there, or why they’re there… And the elevator goes down…

Alice Jacobs is Dead
Alex Horwitz
Dr. Ben Jacobs saved the world. The drug he created allowed mankind to fight back against the Z-virus, which nearly destroyed civilization entirely. Now, in the aftermath of the crisis, he’s trying to cure the last victims of the virus. But what will happen when he brings his mysterious work home?

Dead Bones
Olivier Beguin
The Wild West. A bounty hunter is tracking down a criminal. He catches up with him in a small half-abandoned village where he soon discovers that the few remaining locals have unusual customs.

Deus Irae
Pedro Cristiani
Humming a sweet lullaby, a mother tucks her daughter into bed. It’s a shame that she has been possessed by a hellish demon from beyond our world.

Frank Dancoolo Paranormal Drug Dealer
Andrew Jones
In the annoyingly sparkly future-scape of Neo-Mega-Ultra Tokyo, reporter Holly Malone tracks a murderous urban legend. She discovers a chain of drug related killings leads down a super natural trail. A trail that ends with no average pill pusher. A comedy featuring a brutal blend of computer generated overkill, cartoon physics and stop-motion monsters.

Game Night
Michael Kortlander
3 friends get together to play one of those old VHS board games. As they roll the dice they hav no idea about the terror that lies ahead.

Inferno of the Dead
Jeremy Gillespie & Astron-6
When the dead walk the earth, it won’t just be our lives that are in jeopardy, but also our patience.

Junko’s Shamisen
Sol Friedman
A young Japanese orphan, and her mystical friend, exact poetic justice on a malevolent samurai lord

Necromicon
Joseph Nanni
Have you found your place in the world? If not perhaps the Necronomicon can help.

Off Season
Jonathan Van Tulleken
A lone man and his dog break into houses during the off season at the lake. He steals from his neighbours until he discovers a hidden secret in one of the cabins.

Red Princess Blues
Alex Ferrari
ZOE, a young teenage girl, is lured into an after hours carnival tent by the sleazy rock n roll carnie RIMO, and gets more then she bargained for. It’s up to the mysterious PRINCESS, star of the new knife show, to pull her out of the wolf’s den.

Remote
Marc Roussel
Temporarily connected in time, a man tries to prevent the murder of a young woman, living in his house 30 years in the past.

Surface
Trent Hilborn & Mark Mazur
Earth’s ozone layer has finally disintegrated, flooding the planet with deadly radiation and forcing all of humanity into underground Radial Shelters. Completely self-contained, these safe-havens allow for the continuation of human kind. When the power supply of Radial Shelter #1364 fails, Isaiah and Jacob must save their community by ascending to desolate terrain. They must venture to the Surface.

The Elusive Man
Marc Roussel
What does, an industrial chain manufacturer, a gold digging wife and international art thieves have in common? Absolutely nothing! So how did all these strange people end up in the same factory with guns, knifes and severed body parts?

Thomas Beale Cipher
Andrew S. Allen
Professor White, cryptographer extraordinaire, is on the trail of the notoriously uncrackable Thomas Beale cipher, a century-old riddle hiding the location of a fortune in gold. But White is not alone-shadowy forces are tight on his tail.

Uncle Jack
Jamin Winans
Get ready for a wild ride with Uncle Jack in this nocturnal odyssey of a desperate fugitive. A mad clown, magic pills, a bedtime story and more add up for a fast-paced, riotous adventure. Cheer for a troubled character with a big heart.

No Escape
Till Martinsen
Three employees find themselves in the men’s room during a bank robbery. None of
them fully comprehends what is happening outside in the bank’s teller area and each
of them is overwhelmed by the situation.
Then a surprise visitor appears…

Wilted
Rafael De Leon Jr.
A young man introduces his homecoming date to his mother, a gravely ill woman with sinister intentions

Without Wings
Jo Meuris
A celebration of the human body in motion. The movements of dancers, traceurs, and acrobats are woven together in a symphony of animated figures that rejoices in the ability to defy gravity.

Worm
Richard Powell
A day in the mind of Geoffrey Oswald Dodd, a seemingly kind, gentle and sane high school teacher. As we follow Geoffrey through the course of a typical school day we gain an eerie insight into the darkest corners of his soul and beyond. Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of Geoffrey Dodd lies something wretched, insidious and foul rotting him from the inside out.