Death Mask
2024 / 9 min / USA / Documentary
Directed by David J. Aberle
Friday, September 19th at 5:30PM
The Screening Room – 127 E. Congress St.
Sponsored by Southern Arizona Film Society
Death Mask follows a Medicine Man, known as the “Native Exorcist,” as he leads a paranormal investigation into a land of restless spirits, using Indigenous knowledge to communicate with the unseen. When he encounters ancient beings and tormented souls, he is called to perform a once-extinct ceremony to restore balance.
Mortal Coil
2025 / 10 min / USA / Drama
Directed by Bjarni Thor Haraldsson
Cast: Mark Wax, Ricky Montes
Synopsis coming soon!
Heirlooms
2025 / 23 min / USA / Drama, Thriller
Directed by Emma Ana Husar
Cast: Denise Smolarek, Jules Reid, Judi Schindler
Jackie clings to the past, her daughter prepares for the future, and her mother digs up old roots—three generations under one roof struggle with what to hold onto and what to let go.
To Touch Them
2025 / 5 min / USA / Drama
Directed by Giulia Pasolini
Cast: Patrick Allen Moore, Logan Thomason
A surface level hookup leads to real connection.
Eyes on Me
2025 / 3 min / USA / Experimental
Directed by Chloe Stella
Cast: Mia Henny
A young woman, haunted by an ever-present, invisible gaze, spirals into paranoia as she tries to escape its relentless surveillance. No matter where she hides, eyes follows, amplifying her fear and unraveling her sense of self.
A Telephone for God
2025 / 11 min / USA / Documentary
Directed by Nicky Tavares
Cast: Merik Goma, Shams-Tabraiz Muzaffar
Breathe in to receive. Exhale in a sharp burst through the nostrils to send. Quartz is the medium—amplifier, transducer, archive. Inspired by the teachings of Marcel Vogel—IBM research chemist turned spiritual scientist—A Telephone for God oscillates between past and present, tuning into frequencies of human-plant communication and energetic healing. The film follows Drew Tousley, one of the few crystal cutters trained by Marcel Vogel before his passing in 1991, as he creates a four-sided Vogel crystal, modeled after the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Alongside him, Carly Tousley reflects on the use of crystals in healing.
The Itch
2025 / 14 min / USA, Mexico / Thriller, Horror
Directed by Gordon Phillips
Cast: Nathan Nagvajara, John Potvin
A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance… and decaying rapidly. He relies on an enigmatic set of vaccines he discovers in the bathroom to slow his decline, but quickly plots revenge on his unseen watcher as his condition continues to deteriorate.
Halloween: Safety or Sacrifice
2025 / 11 min / USA / Comedy, Horror
Directed by Lucas Ostrowski
This safety film parody asks, will you do your part to stay safe this Halloween? Or, will the the ghosts and goblins bring plenty of mischief to dampen your good time?
