#MacabroXXI: Short Film Selection

Macabro presents its official short film selection made up of 54 short films in its three traditional categories: Mexican horror short film, international horror short film, and animated horror short film. This selection can be seen both in theaters and via free streaming on the FilminLatino platform.

Among the Mexican selection, the multi-award-winning short film Tekenchu by Carlos Matienzo stands out; the return of Carlos Meléndez to Macabro with Hambre; the surprising Unheimlich by Fabio Colonna and Daughters of the Witches, starring Yalitzia Aparicio.

In the international selection are the world premiere of No good deed! by the American Jay Kay, the return of the Spaniard Issac Berrokal with La ceremonia and Alien Dick by Ryan Kruger, director of the feature film that won Macabro 2019, Fried Barry at Macabro 2019.

#MacabroXXI will take place from August 17 to 28, 2022, at Teatro de la Ciudad “Esperanza Iris,” Cineteca Nacional, Biblioteca de México, Museo Panteón de San Fernando, Cinematógrafo del Chopo, Casa del cine, Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Circuito de FAROS, Centro Cultural Xavier Villaurrutia, Centro Cultural José Martí, Centro Cultural El Rule, Centro Cultural La pirámide, Circo Volador, Audiovideorama, Facultad de Cine, Universidad Latinoamericana Campus Del Valle, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán – UNAM, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Estado de México, Cinemateca "Luis Buñuel", FilminLatino, Plataforma Cine, and Canal 22.

MEXICAN HORROR SHORT FILM SELECTION

Ofusco | Dir. Karina Guzmán & Alejandro Rivera| Mexico | 2020 | 9 min.

El inquilino | Dir. Francisco Ohem | Mexico | 2021 | 14 min.

Los dinosaurios ya no existen | Dir. Jaz Martínez | Mexico | 2021 | 13 min.

Carmelita de la Rosa | Dir. Ixchel de la Rosa | Mexico | 2021 | 7 min.

Hambre | Dir. Carlos Meléndez | Mexico | 2021 | 15 min.

Tekenchu | Dir. Carlos Matienzo Serment | Mexico | 2020 | 9 min.

Unheimlich | Dir. Fabio Colonna | Mexico | 2021 | 15 min.

Sonríe | Dir. Vicente Garibay Lijanova | Mexico | 2021 | 9 min.

Exhumados | Dir. Rodrigo Moreno Esquivel | Mexico | 2022| 8 min.

La alquimista | Dir. Felipe Castañeda | Mexico | 2021 | 20 min.

El abismo | Dir. Eduardo Moreno Fernández | Mexico | 2022 | 11 min.

Nada Personal |Dir. Edgar Olvera | Mexico | 2022 | 10 min.

Un Uróboro | Dir. Jaime Escobar | Mexico | 2021 | 10 min.

Polaroids de ansiedad | Dir. Raúl Salgado & Luis Arturo Rodríguez | Mexico | 2020 | 19 min.

Fragor | Dir. Jorge Alejandro González Ley | Mexico | 2021 13 min.

Explosiones | Dir. Gael Jesús Urquiza García | Mexico | 2021 | 5 min.

Golem | Dir. Rafael Macazaga | Mexico | 2021 | 15 min.

Invasión | Dir. Alejandro Cervantes Orozco | Mexico | 2021 | 9 min.

Tlahuelpuchi | Dir. Alejandro Cervantes Orozco | Mexico | 2021 | 1 min.

Daughters of the Witches | Dir. Faride Schroeder | Mexico/United States | 2022 | 11 min.

INTERNATIONAL HORROR SHORT FILM SELECTION

How to Dissapear | Dir. Jack Carrivick | England | 2021 | 16 min.

Cruise | Dir. Sam Rudykoff | Canada | 2021 | 6 min.

Sink | Dir. Curtis Matzke | United States | 2021 | 16 min.

Rhyme or Die | Dir. Max Lincoln | England | 2021 | 10 min.

The Night Courier | Dir. Mason McDonald | United States | 2021 | 16 min.

Under the Ice | Dir. Álvaro Rodríguez Areny | Spain/Andorra | 2021 | 15 min.

Smile | Dir. Joanna Tsanis | Canada | 2021 | 6 min.

Squish | Dir. Xavier Seron | Belgium | 2020 | 20 min.

I, Adonis | Dir. Angelo Raajimakers | Netherlands | 2021 | 14 min.

La Luz | Dir. Iago de Soto | Spain | 2021 | 12 min.

Hysteric | Dir. Rod Blackhurst | United States | 2022 | 10 min.

La piel no es un límite | Dir. Luca Castello | Argentina | 2020 | 16 min.

La Ceremonia | Dir. Isaac Berrocal | Spain | 2022 | 6 min.

The Beast Will Kill Us All | Dir. Poul Erik Madsen | Denmark | 2022 | 26 min.

Insomniac | Dir. Michał Radziejewski | Poland | 2021 | 12 min.

Alien Dick | Dir. Ryan Kruger | South Africa | 2021 | 6 min.

Dana | Dir. Lucía Forner Segarra | Spain | 2020 | 18 min.

Hamelin | Dir. Silvia Conesa | Spain | 2021 | 9 min.

Part Forever | Dir. Alan Chung-An, Ou | Taiwan | 2021 | 12 min.

Family Night | Dir. Alan Dunne | Ireland | 2022 | 17 min.

El sueño de los perros | Dir. Didac Gimeno | Spain | 2021 | 12 min.

El método | Dir. Néstor Ruiz Medina | Spain | 2020 | 29 min.

Dead North | Dir. Fabrizio Livigni | Italy | 2021 | 10 min.

Sleep | Dir. Alexandra Pechman | United States | 2021 | 3 min.

Syndrome of Death | Dir. Edem Ortegal | Brazil| 2021 | 28 min.

La familia infernal | Dir. Toni O. Prats & Callahan Ruíz | Spain | 2022 | 14 min.

No good deed! | Jay Kay | United States | 2022 | 9 min.

ANIMATED HORROR SHORT FILM SELECTION

Acolchonado | Dir. Enrique Aguirre Nuñez | Mexico | 2021 | 3 min.

The Black reCat | Dir. Paolo Gaudio | Italy | 2022 | 5 min.

Buzzkill | Dir. Peter Ahem | United States | 2022 | 5 min.

Heart of Gold | Dir. Simon Filliot | France | 2020 | 15 min.

Tío | Dir. Juan José Medina | Mexico | 2021 | 12 min.

Los días que (nunca) fueron | Kevin Iglesias Rodríguez & Pedro Rivero | Spain | 2021 | 11 min.

El sonido del mar | Dir. Arturo López Rodas | El Salvador | 2021 | 3 min.