Merry Madness (Shorts)
9 International Short Films | 94min | OmeU
On Christmas, everyone goes a little crazy: Santa Claus as a hitman, rampaging snowmen, athletic mummies, shady handymen, hungry monsters, manipulative Christmas ornaments, careless chatterboxes and lonely souls. Will an exorcism be enough to cast out the spirit of Christmas?
Friday, 19.12. | 19:00 Uhr | Recommended for ages 18+
Mortel Noël / Deadly Christmas
Laurent Ardoint, Stéphane Duprat | Dark Comedy | 16min | France 2024 | OmeU
On Christmas Eve, Stephane is having the worst day of his life. He starts to think he is a loser. He hopes to succeed in his suicide.
Keep your mouth Shut
Dan Roe | Thriller, Dark Comedy | 10min | USA 2017 | OV | German Premiere
As long as you keep your mouth shut, don’t ever tell anyone what happened, ever… I’ll let you live.
Furies
Tony Le Bacq | Thriller | 13min | France 2025 | OmeU | German Premiere
While he receives two locksmiths after a break-in at his apartment, Frédéric speaks virtually with an Internet user.
The Christmas Hitlist
Jonathan Andrew Nettleton | Horror, Comedy | 17min | USA 2025 | OmeU
When Christmas runs over budget, Santa gets orders from the North Pole’s Godfather to cut costs – by cutting down believers. What follows is a twisted holiday bloodbath filled with elves, ornaments, and offbeat murders.
A Nightmare on 34th Street
Kevin McGuiness | Animation | 6min | Canada 2025 | OmeU | German Premiere
A nerdy young man named Wilbur accidentally purchases a cursed Christmas gift for his shallow girlfriend Candy with horrifying consequences.
The Xmascist
Andy Winward | Horror, Comedy | 7min | UK 2024 | OmeU
A priest tries everything he can to cast out the spirit of Christmas.
Curse of the Mummy’s Mitten
Don Cunningham | Comedy | 2min | USA 2025 | OV | European Premiere
Life is tough for the Mummy, especially since he has a mitten for a hand. However, Santa Claus just may have something special that can help.
Snowblood
Marek Berger | Animation | 5min | Czech Republic 2008 | OV
A bloodthirsty snowman is wreaking havoc on a ski slope.
Yule
Griff Jones | Horror | 20min | UK 2023 | OmeU | German Premiere
When Christmas doesn’t go her way at her ancestral home in Yorkshire, upper-class Violet breaks her family’s cardinal rule; she puts the fire out. In doing so she paves the way for something unworldly to enter with its own terrifying intentions.