| BLACK HARVEST SHORT FILM PROGRAM |
2025–2026, USA, Brazil, 83 min.
In English and Portuguese with English subtitles | Format: Digital
November 11 | AFTER HOURS explores the uneasy space where attraction, desire, obsession, and fear collide. Moving between horror, psychological thrillers, satire, and dark comedy, these films transform romance, intimacy, and identity into sites of suspense, humor, and surprise. Together, they reveal that the night’s most memorable encounters are often the ones that challenge our expectations, blur the line between pleasure and danger, and embrace the strange.
PROGRAM
THE CREATURE OF DARKNESS
2025, dirs. Lisa Marie Malloy, Ray Whitaker, USA, 15 min., In English / Format: Digital
Friends exploring historical limestone caves uncover terrifying local folklore after dark.
I. THOU SHALT NOT WORSHIP FALSE IDOLS
2026, dir. Christian Banda, USA, 16 min., In English / Format: Digital
A closeted Republican influencer’s carefully curated life shatters over an obsession with a childhood trinket.
SOCKS ON CONCRETE
2025, dir. Jasper Noland, USA, 26 min., In English / Format: Digital
Teenagers on Chicago’s South Side face fast-approaching crossroads of ambition, loyalty, and survival.
SWEET ENOUGH TO EAT
2026, dir. Rob Garrott, USA, 6 min., In English / Format: Digital
A sugar-packed cupcake tries to fulfill its destiny of bringing joy before getting eaten.
THE PARABLE OF THE GREEN ROOSTER
2025, dir Ítalo Almeida, Brazil, 20 min., In Portuguese / Format: Digital
A routine night out takes an unexpected turn when friends stumble into a strange late-night party.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu
SHOWTIMES
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 8:15 P.M
