Uncanny with Kenzie

80 minutes

Scares and laughs aplenty! Let's venture into the beauty of the uncanny together during this special midnight screening, curated by Mackenzie Fincham.

Uncanny with Kenzie

Are you yourself strange, unusual and a bit peculiar? (Then again, who isn't?) Grab a seat ... but don't get too comfortable, this is not a snooze fest. Strap in for a wild and colourful journey where we'll waltz through the twisted and the dark before zipping off towards some clever levity. These films aren't just scares; they are a testament to the artistry of fear. Even in its most grotesque and confronting form, we can clearly feel its beauty. So whether that form is being haunted by the past, by digital curses, or being terrified by hospitals or the thought of losing love; prepare to be astounded by the limitless stretch of the horror genre during this special midnight screening. And fear not, fellow worriers, there'll be ample time to have some laughs afterwards. So, bring a beer, snag a friend, and let's venture into the uncanny together!

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2024

Showing in this program

Alone For Usstudents

Alone For Us

  • Noa Bromley
  • Belgium, 2023
  • 9 min.

This surreal stop-motion film draws you into a dream where you will meet two otherworldly creatures haunting a void filled with empty spaces.

Bedroom Peoplestudents

Bedroom People

  • Vivien Forsans
  • Canada, 2022
  • 5 min.

A man searches through the documents of an unknown USB key and discovers a strange series of recordings connecting to his own feelings of despair and hopelessness.

Bye Bear

Bye Bear

  • Jan Bitzer
  • Germany, 2023
  • 10 min.

In a run-down motel in the eighties a secret club of robots dreaming about being animals gather for a party to send of one of them leaving reality permanently to live the dream. 

Dearly Departedstudents

Dearly Departed

  • Gabriella Lichtneker
  • The Netherlands, 2023
  • 2 min.

A queer comedy horror about accidental death, interfering ghost hunters and how joy can be found despite the hand the (after)life might deal you.

Monsoon Blue

Monsoon Blue

  • Jay Hiukit Wong / Ellis Kayin Chan
  • China, 2023
  • 14 min.

A goldfish’ dream about returning to nature confronts a young female working in a goldfish store with her long-forgotten memories, leading to a monsoon of self-consciousness.  

Next Pleasestudents

Next Please

  • Eva Bonnevits
  • The Netherlands, 2023
  • 6 min.

I have always been afraid of the doctor and now so will you.

Sewing Lovestudents

Sewing Love

  • Yuan Xu
  • Japan, 2022
  • 8 min.

The expression of emotional desire called love. A crazy, dazzling film about filling the hole inside you, that shifts from sweet to creepy fast. 

Terrifying Deleted Scene from Skinamarink

Terrifying Deleted Scene from Skinamarink

  • Dominik Johann
  • Germany, 2023

An evil entity plays a terrible trick on a young child in this, one hundred percent guaranteed, real deleted scene from cult horror film Skinamarink from 2022.

The TOBOS

The TOBOS

  • Tobias Rud
  • Denmark, 2023
  • 13 min.

Set within a cute-silly world, this short film takes on themes that aren’t silly at all, like vulnerability, feelings of unworthiness and the connection that we truly crave with each other.

To the Brinkstudents

To the Brink

  • Hugo Docking
  • United Kingdom, 2023
  • 4 min.

A violent stop-motion cabaret for the cynical and depraved. Guilt, alcoholic apathy and the inevitable, looming apocalypse threaten to push a young man To the Brink.