Short Program 5 - Mindbenders

Running time: 112 mins

Cinequest is proud to present a collection of the darkest, strangest, most messed-up short films ever put upon the screen! These nine films incorporate themes of loss, murder, revenge, fear, and extreme experimentation. From puppets that walk the seedy side of town, to children's characters who exact their vengeance on their creator, to the twists and turns of outrageous fortune, Mindbenders never fail to puzzle and completely absorb the audience. Films from around the world take us to new places and leave us no map to get back home.

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When a couple discovers a strange phenomenon in their backyard that duplicates organic life, their relationship takes unexpected turns after one of them makes a copy of themselves.
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A childrens book author is told that her new manuscript needs to be darker, but when her revisions piss off the characters in the book, they come back to make some changes of their own.
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In a town where people and puppets walk the streets, a puppet detective is on the case of his missing uncle. Though he has competition from every man, woman and dummy wanting to be named Noir Towns…
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A mans car breaks down next to a bus stop in the middle of nowhere. While trying to decide his next move he is helped along by a mystifying phone conversation and a girl named Dog.
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A night watchman is sent to guard the cellar of a museum by its mysterious curator. But once alone in these vaults he starts to hear something...IN EXTREMIS is a short in the mould of classic British…
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Sully is a middle-aged French Manhattanite who has it all: the money, the smarts, the looks. But he also has one quirk: he is a serial rapist. He meets Stephanie, an elusive bartender who doesnt fall…
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A fastidious office clerk battles chaos as he desperately hunts for the source of a loose end in his perfectly ordered world.
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An off-the-wall crime comedy about two oddballs whose unusual friendship is torn apart by a winning lottery ticket scratched off in a desolate petrol station on the border between Flanders and France.
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