CAAMFest 2024: Carnage

The body keeps the score in more ways than one. From the epidermal surface to our inner depths, these bodies are charged sites where identities, furtive desires, and masked anxieties get negotiated. Variously humorous and haunting, these films use horror genre elements to draw out the ways in which social and cultural relations manifest as embodied intensities.

Content advisory: Some of the short films will contain graphic depictions of monsters and violence.

Expected Guests: Director Benedict Chiu (Boy Band), Director Kristine Gerolaga (Mosquito Lady)

STITCHED
DIRECTED BY LORENA LOURENCO
Can a frankenstein boyfriend soothe the annoyances of diasporic dating?

LULLABY
DIRECTED BY CHI THAI
A Vietnamese refugee grapples with the haunting guilt of what she left behind.

BOY BAND
DIRECTED BY BENEDICT CHIU
After a disfiguring accident, a K-pop band member undergoes surgery to salvage his fracturing image.

MOSQUITO LADY
DIRECTED BY KRISTINE GEROLAGA
Philippine manananggal folklore meets a present-day struggle to access reproductive care.

EVERY MAN A KING
DIRECTED BY NIKHIL GANESH
Repressed feelings come to light during a camping trip, as a Bay Area techie grapples with the changing dynamics of his relationship.