• Higher Ground

The spiritual, the metaphysical and the supernatural collide in this series of shorts exploring the power of faith, belief and ritual.

Short Films

CRISTO NEGRO

History, religion, and colonialism collide with spiritual awakening, miracles and poverty in this portrait of a tight knit Afro-Caribbean community and their rapturous yearly festival held in worship of a Black Jesus Christ.

ECSTASY

Inside a ghostly mausoleum that is an artifact of both the past and future, nuns are being affected by a black hole in this mystical, eerie exploration of pleasure based on Saint Teresa de Avila's writings.

GRACE

Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950's South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her romantic feelings toward her best friend Louise.

SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU.

A young girl's playground reputation is threatened by her mother's wishes for her to be a church praise dancer.

TRANSCENDING HARRY

Harry, an ordinary man, undergoes an unexpected spiritual awakening, which triggers a peculiar physical manifestation, that provides him with a profound insight into the human experience. However, he quickly discovers his journey has only just begun.

WAY OUT

Ellen and Marie are members of a cult, which focuses on leaving your old life behind. After having violent experiences within the cult the two of them decide to escape together.

ShortFest 2024