Short & Sweet
In addition to the 35 features in the lineup of the festival this time around, the selection also features a total of five short film gems, all screening alongside features.
HONEY, I’M HOME
Tomi “Malakias” Malkki amused Night Visions audiences in 2024 with the world premiere of his fruity stop motion animation Grapes of War. He’s back – with a vengeance – with another Night Visions world premiere, a light-hearted animated short paying tribute to the work of Finnish underground artist Kalervo Palsa.
Director will be presenting the short in person at both of its festival screenings.
a.k.a. Kulta, olen kotona. Finland 2026. Dir: Tomi “Malakias” Malkki. 5 min.
Screening alongside the feature Fucktoys on Wednesday, March 25, at 09.45 PM (WHS Teatteri Union) and on Saturday, March 28, at 04.10 PM (Bio Rex Lasipalatsi).
MAGAI-GAMI
J-Horror meets folk horror in this intense tale of college students Kanon and Rena ending up in a forest rumoured to harbour “magai-gami”, or counterfeit gods.
Japan 2025. Dir: Norihiro Niwatsukino. 9 min.
Screening alongside the feature The Curse on Wednesday, March 25, at 09.10 PM (Cinema Orion) and the night between Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, at 01.25 AM (Gilda 1).
STRIVE
This dystopian scifi actioner in the vein of Fast & Furious is the directorial debut of seasoned editor Jussi Rautaniemi, shot by Finland’s number one cinematographer Peter Flinckenberg (Dune: Prophecy, Westworld, Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie).
Filmmaking team will be presenting the short in person at the festival screening.
Finland 2026. Dir: Jussi Rautaniemi. 15 min.
Screening alongside the feature A Better Tomorrow on Saturday, March 28, at 09.00 PM (Bio Rex Lasipalatsi).
TIMO – THE LORD OF POTATO
A funky folk horror treat with overtones of black comedy, this Night Visions world premiere is the directorial debut of Antti Tuominen, the screenwriter who delighted the festival audience with Unknown Redux at the November 2017 edition of Night Visions.
Filmmaking team will be presenting the short in person at the festival screening.
Finland 2026. Dir: Antti Tuominen. 15 min.
Screening alongside the feature They Will Kill You on Wednesday, March 25, at 09.15 PM (Bio Rex Lasipalatsi).
WAX
This delightful body horror about a student driven to extremes by her worsening ear infection just had its world premiere in the highly competitive Midnight Shorts section of Austin’s South by Southwest film festival.
a.k.a. Cire. Canada 2026. Dir: Alexandre Forgues. 15 min.
Screening alongside the feature Affection on Thursday, March 26, at 03.00 PM (Cinema Orion) and on Saturday, March 28, at 12.00 (noon) (Bio Rex Lasipalatsi).