Short Film Program

Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts 2026

Through horror, satire, surrealism, and psychological unease, this mind-bending program of shorts plunges into worlds where bodies mutate, belief systems fracture, and reality itself begins to slip deliciously out of reach.

Fri Aug 28 7:00 PM

The Films

கத்து! (Bleat!)

Ananth Subramaniam | Malaysia, France, Philippines | 15

An elderly Malaysian-Tamil couple discovers their male goat, set for ceremonial slaughter, is pregnant. Torn between faith and the expectations of their community, they struggle to decide whether to slaughter it or face the wrath of the gods.

COME AS YOU ARE // Pepper Wilhelm (1969-1998)

Theodore Collatos | US | 8

Come As You Are reconstructs the legacy of Pepper Wilhelm, a 1990s “bad girl” artist, through institutional testimony and archival debris, revealing how radical work survives just long enough to be misunderstood, reframed, and safely archived.

Imago

Ariel Zengotita | US | 13

When Ana's mom starts transforming into a bug, their codependent relationship reaches its boiling point.

The Last Cinnamon Roll

Michael Langan | US | 9

Danny would give anything to share a cinnamon roll with his daughter. Anything.

Prison Park

Aida Toutounchi | Iran | 15

A group of old friends, including a girl and four boys, face bullying from a man who claims to be a security officer, and are confronted with the agency of the girl in the group in response to the boys' passivity.

Retreat

Andrew Callaway & Andrew Ahn | US | 15

Two boys on a church youth group retreat discover someone stuck inside a cave.

Stairs

Riley Donigan | US | 13

A woman’s life unravels after she becomes addicted to throwing herself down flights of stairs.

Event Details

7:00 PM

Doors Open & Member Pre-Party, sponsored by Fort Hamilton Distillery

8:00 PM

Listening Party Program Begins

8:30 PM

Films Begin

10:00 PM

Q&A with Filmmakers

Listening Party presents a collection of audio shorts. Stories of hallucinations, drug trips, insomnia, and journeys into the surreal.

Grams, Aaron Edwards, US, 3 mins
A psychedelic diary tracks a series of revelatory and mundane magic mushroom trips — from shaky uncertainty in upstate New York to unfettered release at one of the largest stadiums in Texas.

When You’re Sleeping I’m Awake, Suvi Tuuli Kataja, Finland, 3 mins
‘When you‘re sleeping, I’m awake’ (Kun nukut, minä valvon) explores the darkness and temporary insanity of sleepless nights.

Conversations (Excerpt), Ruth Anderson, US, 2 mins
An experimental score comprised of sighs, laughter and other remnants of intimate conversations over the phone made as a gift for her lover Annea Lockwood.

Down Below, Nanna Hauge Kristensen, 6 mins
An otherworldly encounter with the painting Down Below, inspired by the life and spirit of Leonora Carrington.

Infinities (Excerpt), Boen Wang, US, 5 mins
In August 2018, Boen Wang was at a work retreat for a new job. Surrounded by mosquitoes and swampland in a tiny campsite in West Virginia, Boen’s mind underwent a sudden, dramatic transformation that would have profound consequences—for his work, his colleagues, and himself.

Listening Party Is an event series that brings people together to experience innovative audio documentaries and sound art.

TICKETS

Venue

Industry City, Courtyard 5/6

615 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232 (Entrance btwn 34th & 35th Streets)