Category: Best Thriller & Horror 2022 WSXA Paris

Original Film Title: Part Forever

Director’s Name: Alan Chung-An, Ou

Writer’s Name: Alan Chung-An, Ou

Producer: Meng-Lung, Yang, Andy, Wu, Mira Huang

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Country of Filming: Taiwan

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 12 minutes 33 seconds

Film Description:

In the dark hall, candles flickered faintly. A body lay in the middle of the hall. Huei and her husband Wen Hsiung came to say goodbye to Huei’s dearest sister. The seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony seemed to hide an astonishing and dark secret……

Original Film Title: Volatility

Director’s Name: Jason Winn

Producer’s Name: Ekaterina Behor

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 19 minutes

Film Description:

A seemingly perfect relationship transmutes into something more sinister as love, passion, and violence combine into an explosive downfall and push a tortured woman to the edge.

The Volatility team wants to thank you for considering our film for acceptance into your festival. As of today, we have been accepted into The American Horrors Film Festival, Cleveland Horror Fest, Halicarnassus Film Festival, LA Independent Women Film Awards, Himachal Short Film Festival, Divine Feminine Arts & Film Fest, and the IndieFEST Film Awards. Our lead actress won Best Actress at Halicarnassus Film Festival.

We made this film with the purpose of highlighting what the reality of domestic violence is really like – evoking emotions ranging from heartbreak to rage to complete and utter terror. The film can be described as a rollercoaster, an exemplification of volatility, the kind of volatility that is far too often hidden behind the scenes of seemingly happy relationships.

Original Film Title: The Eve

Director’s Name: Luca Machnich

Language: English

Runtime: 20 minutes

Film Description:

Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination. His greatest wish is to leave the materialistic world behind since he isn’t fond of it. That’s why the only present he wants for Christmas is for Santa Claus to take him away to live in his fairyland toy factory. At the same time, a secret that his family has been keeping for a long time suddenly comes to the surface and it is feared that the worst might happen soon. The expectation for the stroke of midnight on the night before Christmas is transformed into reality for everyone on the eve of something truly different. Something terrible that might happen.

Original Film Title: The Witch’s Bargain

Director’s Name: Corey J. Trahan

Writer’s Name: Corey J. Trahan, Kayla Stojek, Sarah Webb

Producer: HorrorWeb Productions, N19 Entertainment, LLC

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 29 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

The story of a witch and her quest for a spell that will grant her eternal life.