We offer uncomfortable situations, performance anxieties, social faux pas, peer group pressures, the tentative, treacherous nature of romance, and the slippery, competitive nature of friendship, in a series of tales in which things get a little, well… awkward.
A would-be swinger quickly realises she’s out of her depth in Sam Fox’s louche, loungecore “Jazz Horror”, OPEN WIDE.
A man in search of a parking space quickly comes to regret picking up a hitchhiker, in Brian Lederman’s claustrophobic black comedy CROWDED OUT.
A woman under pressure takes refuge in a self-actualisation tape, in Emily Bennett’s mischievous monologue movie AFFIRMATION.
A young gay woman starts to fear that her girlfriend’s self-described “femme” friends are not at all what they appear in Allie Perison’s sharply satiric SHE DEVIL.
A young woman starts to feel distinctly uncomfortable during a second date, in Joe Savage’s pitch-black comedy of modern romantic mores, ITCH.
A young woman’s desire to make new friends places her in danger from a sinister party game in Jordan Pfeifer’s chilling CALL EARL.
A young girl’s obsession with obtaining a much-coveted collectable figurine is thwarted by her pet gerbil in Renaud Parra’s riotous black comedy, DAMSEL IN GEEKSTRESS.
An over-sharing young man seems way too determined to tell us all about his wonderful girlfriend in Alexandra Warrick’s darkly satiric and deeply disturbing Y.M.G.
And James P. Gleason offers the ultimate Nightmare Dentist story, in the outrageously mean-spirited comedy, BABY BLUES – GOING DARK.