The Most Disturbing Shorts at Sundance

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 8 a.m.

The Midnight Shorts section of the Sundance Film Festival is known for creative, weird, and visually innovative horror. The 2023 lineup features short films with dark, weird, cringey stories that were created with love and intention.\xa0\n\nIn today\u2019s episode, No Film School\u2019s GG Hawkins speaks with the filmmakers behind these shorts to discuss:\n\nWhat each short film is about and what the stories were inspired by\n\nDigging into our own fears about love, our bodies, the world falling around us\n\nTaking specific topics and situations and making it relatable to the general audience\n\nThe biggest cuts that had to get made\n\nRemoving redundant scenes that embody similar meaning\n\nHow the motion of the camera translates meaning into the final cut\n\nWhat it\u2019s like to work with live animals on set\n\nThe biggest technical challenges\xa0\n\nDivulging set secrets\xa0\n\nFilming in random people\u2019s apartments in NYC\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cWanting to tell a story about fear and desire and the places that those intersect.\u201d [5:14]\n\n\u201cEvery word, every sentence is scrutinized on that level.\u201d [18:50]\n\n\u201cI can\u2019t stand anything redundant at all.\u201d [19:50]\n\n\n\n\nResources\nPipes\nFollow Pipes on IG\n\nAlien0089\nFollow Alien0089 on IG\n\nUnborn Biru\nFollow Per-Josef on IG\n\nClaudio\u2019s Song\nConnect with Andreas online\n\nA Folded Ocean\nFollow Ben on IG\n\nPower Signal\nFollow Oscar on IG\n\nIn the Flesh\nConnect with Daphne online\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nSend us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com!\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices