❗ Trigger/content warning: explicit content, drug use, death
Additional screenings: September 17 / 18:00 / Kinoman
Masturbating your way to true happiness. A darkly comic comeback at Marvel/Disney. A telemarketer with a severe anger problem. A human-to-pet communication. A beautiful friendship with a talking catfish in a dystopian world. Short Attack is a selection of weirdest, boldest, bravest and funniest short films that challenge traditions, forms, storytelling and simply common sense.
CALLER NUMBER NINE!
Director: Sandy Honig
Country: USA
Duration: 8
A telemarketer with a severe anger problem accidentally calls into a radio show. He wins a radio contest and enters a standoff with the unhinged host.
HITO
Director: Stephen Niels Lopez
Country: Philippines
Duration: 22
Between nuclear reactors and military curfews, 14-year-old Jani lives in a dystopian world oppressively devoid of empathy. Together, she and her slippery new friend Kiefer, the talking catfish, gear up to strike a surreal blow for freedom.
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE
Director: Dimitri Simakis
Country: USA
Duration: 13
Tina and her elderly dog MeeMoo discover a clinic promising human-to-pet communication. However, two sinister doctors uncover a bond between them so strong, it transcends time and space. They might be the key to something greater, but at what cost?
BOLD EAGLE
Director: Whammy Alcazaren
Country: Philippines, Singapore
Duration: 16
Trapped at home with hallucinogenic drugs and his talking cat, an “alter” anonymously performs lascivious acts on the Internet, seeking refuge in the strong arms of strange men, hoping to masturbate his way to true happiness.
IS NOW A GOOD TIME?
Director: Jim Cummings
Country: USA
Duration: 12
For Marty.