‘Reality Benders’ Shorts

A young man who is about to get married, wakes up every day because of panic attacks. Health issues were ruled out. He then turns towards hypnotherapy sessions that will lead him back into the past.

The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse meet to review the state of humanity and discuss strategies for the future. A weak and dying Death receives his companions with the intention of convincing them to torment humans less, but Famine, Pestilence and War dream of a humanity trapped in a world without escape.

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE*
A working artist begins to lose her mind while stuck at home with an illness.

Haunted by the loss of her partner, a former astronaut struggles to connect with her unborn child.

A woman with an unusual malady–cobweb buildup in the throat–receives an even more unusual treatment in this adaptation of a surreal poem by North Carolina writer Virgil Renfroe.

*PRODUCER IN ATTENDANCE*
*Content Warning: Self-Harm
After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of one painful night, Eli Eisenstein will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

He’s bald. Well, no, he’s *going* bald. He still has hair. On like, the sides. Does that count? It counts, right? Maybe? Either way, he’s pathetic. And he’s getting old.

*Content Warning: Self-Harm
On National Day, a woman neglected for too long by those around her decides to desperately draw attention to herself.