DEPARTING SENIORS

WORLD PREMIERE

After an act of bullying sends kind but awkward high school senior Javier to the hospital, he begins having psychic visions that reveal the horrifying truth behind a rash of supposed suicides at his school. It is now up to him and his sarcastic best friend Bianca to unmask a serial killer targeting his classmates before it’s too late. As fiercely anarchic as it is genuinely heartfelt, director Clare Cooney’s TRAGEDY GIRLS meets DETENTION wonder is SCREAM for the next generation, deftly melding true terror with coming-of-age pathos inside the horrors of high school.

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DEATH SNOT
Director: Charlie Schwan.
With: Noe De La Garza, USA, 9 mins.

In DEATH SNOT Roberto grapples with severe allergies and a bizarre condition causing excessive mucus. Neglecting his son due to his predicament, he tries in vain to remove the mysterious entity lodged in his sinus. Ultimately, he resorts to using a vacuum to extract the creature, resulting in excruciating pain. After a surreal fever dream, he finds relief as the creature, a snot fetus, is expelled from his body. Despite its grotesque appearance, Roberto smiles, feeling a sense of peace.