Here are detailed descriptions of all the TISH 2025 selections.
We hope you enjoy the show! ![]() Screening: Friday - April 4 @ 6:45 PM with Bodies in Boxes, Eden & Doll Written & Directed by: Teddy Grennan Produced by: Burton Gray & Gill Holland Country: USA Run time: 81 Min Description: CATCH A KILLER is a neo-noir thriller featuring Otto and Lex, a pair of star-crossed lovers, who do the right thing but make the wrong decision and it costs them everything. When Otto's derailed on his way to becoming the city’s youngest detective, he stays in the police business as a bioremediation specialist cleaning up after a serial killer. With an uncanny knowledge of horror films and his natural born instincts, Otto and Lex crack the code to where the killer is going to strike next…now they just gotta catch him. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CATCHAKILLERMOVIE ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 6:45 PM with Release the Hounds, Scam & Format Directed by: Christopher Darton & Seb Godin Written by: Christopher Darton Produced by: Christopher Darton Country: Canada Run time: 82 Min Description: Age-old colonial sentiments have unearthed a malignant evil that begins not only destroying the environment but feeding on the blood of locals in Buffalo Mines. Eighteen year old Sarah Blackice and her family are forced into taking action. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg7S2X-K3SE ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 4:00 PM with various Shorts Written & Directed by: Matt Devlen Country: USA Run time: 60 Min Description: Profile on the life, films, and crew surrounding independent Low budget filmmaker Mark Pirro. ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 6:45 PM with Killers, It Lurks in the Lamplight, Tears of Sorrow & Suspirium Directed by: Michael J. Doyle Written by: Michael J. Doyle & Breanna Acchione Produced by: Michael J. Doyle, Scott Doyle & Dave Doyle Country: Canada Run time: 73 Min Description: During an eerie Halloween season, a lonely teenage boy falls in love with a sentient leatherbound journal, who has nefarious intentions. The Film is viewed from the perspective of a deaf person and thus mostly in American Sign Language and English text. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbpZ9A48A6o Website: https://www.doylepictures.ca/leatherbound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doylepicturescanada/ ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 9:30 PM with Bleeding Garden, The Collected & Peekaboo Directed by: Peder Pedersen Written by: Jan Lundager Iversen Produced by: Jan Lundager Iversen, Marcel Zyskind & Peder Pedersen Country: Denmark Run time: 96 Min Description: A chilling supernatural thriller that follows a young artist (Agnes Born) who, amidst the echoing cries of a baby, finds her apartment consumed by an eerie and malevolent presence. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vScvknqa0uA ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 4:00 PM with Hollywood on a Shoestring + Shorts Directed by: Xander Copp Written by: Meg Rodgers & John-Paul Kaczur Produced by: Xander Copp, Bradley Cherry & Adam Schoales Country: Canada Run time: 10 Min Description: In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery. Instagram: https://instagram.com/carter_shortfilm/ ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 4:00 PM with Short Film Showcase Written & Directed by: Stephen J Birtles Country: Canada Run time: 20 Min Description: When an eccentric plumber visits what appears to be an ordinary house, he quickly becomes ensnared in a darkly humorous game of cat and mouse. This leads to a tense and deadly confrontation at a nearby lake, where the mysterious homeowner has far more than a simple plumbing issue to resolve. Website: http://chainlinkmovie.com/ (The Trailer and a bonus film "Hot N Nasty" - The Making of Chain Link can be found on the site.) ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 9:30 PM with Lost Angels, Peekaboo & Bleeding Garden Directed by: Raymond Cara Country: Canada Run time: 10 Min Description: A Neighbourhood folktale about a clown with sinister intentions. ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 4:00 PM with Short Film Showcase Directed by: Bradley Stryker Written by: Dan Sanders-Joyce & Robbie Silverman Country: USA Run time: 20 Min Description: Two unsuspecting men show up at a sweet old lady’s door pretending to offer their services for free, but as strange events occur, and bizarre discoveries are made they quickly learn it might be her who is pulling a fast one on them. In the tone of GET OUT and PARASITE this genre-bending horror-comedy aims to examine just how far people are willing to go to protect those they love most. Their dogs, of course. Instagram: https://instagram.com/dog_people_movie ![]() Screening: Friday - April 4 @ 6:45 PM with Catch a Killer, Eden & Bodies in Boxes Written & Directed by: Danny Lau Produced by: Anthony Voltsinis, Sahil Bhullar & Sandeep Menghi Country: Canada Run time: 22 Min Description: Sally is trapped in a perfect dollhouse, as she spirals into madness & a confrontation with her dark and sinister past. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnTzFDQbOs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doll.film/ ![]() Screening: Friday - April 4 @ 6:45 PM with Catch a Killer, Doll & Bodies in Boxes Directed by: Lester Lubuguin Written by: Lester Lubuguin & Jenna Dalanyi Produced by: Lester Lubuguin & Jenna Dalanyi Country: Canada Run time: 12 Min Description: An older man tries to break off his affair with a much younger woman only to find out she's a succubus. ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 6:45 PM with The Damnation, Scam & Release the Hounds Directed by: Darik Maurice Written by: Darik Maurice & Mike Stechyson Produced by: Darik Maurice, Samuel Scott & Mike Stechyson Country: Canada Run time: 12 Min Description: A private investigator stalks a young adulterous couple, but soon realizes that he is not the only one watching. Format is a science fiction horror film set in the near future, where personal memories can be remotely accessed. The film explores the erosion of privacy in the digital age, delving into humanity’s insatiable hunger for data and the lengths they’ll go to acquire and safeguard it. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/formatthefilm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/formatthefilm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FormatTheFilm ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 4:00 PM with Short Film Showcase Directed by: Lije Morgan Country: USA Run time: 2 Min Description: Two bunnies follow a sign in the woods for "free pancakes". Website: http://www.lije.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/lije.mo ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 4:00 PM with Hollywood on a Shoestring + Shorts Written & Directed by: THUNDERLIPS Produced by: Morgan Leigh Stewart, Alix Whittaker & Ilai Amar Country: New Zealand Run time: 15 Min Description: Mary feels alien pregnant, the doctor thinks it’s probably allergies, only slime will tell. ![]() Screening: Sunday - April 6 @ 4:00 PM with Hollywood on a Shoestring + Shorts Written & Directed by: Annabelle Snelling Produced by: Paris Renalson Country: New Zealand Run time: 17 Min Description: A gripping short home invasion thriller featuring a menacing masked intruder and a courageous female protagonist driven by revenge. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNEqoAmkZVU Website: https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/hush-little-mouse Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hushlittlemouse Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566232966252 ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 6:45 PM With Leatherbound, Tears of Sorrow, Suspirium & Killers Written & Directed by: Carrara Stern Country: Canada Run time: 6 Min Description: As tensions rise between roommates, Lacy begins to question the presence of a much greater threat. ![]() Screening: Saturday - April 5 @ 4:00 PM with Short Film Showcase Written & Directed by: Lauren Eden Produced by: Alex Ef Country: Canada Run time: 11 Min Description: When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires. Website: https://linktr.ee/lavenzafilm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lavenzafilm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553394137201 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lavenzafilm |
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