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TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES: ma (15:07) Written and directed by Vera Miao, US, 2017, European Premiere When Mona falls for Erica, the new neighbor next door, she learns how far Ma will go to keep her “perfect” Chinese daughter home. the pig child (16:48) Written and Directed by Lucy Campbell, UK, 2014 An ambitious scientist takes the perilous decision to inseminate herself with an embryo combining both human and animal cells. Discovering that she is carrying a "pig child" she is torn between scientific drive and maternalistic urges. 9 steps (7:16) Written and directed by Marisa Crespo & Moises Romera, Spain, 2018, Berlin Premiere The night can be dark and full of horror for small children, especially for Saul who has to cross a long dark corridor to get to the toilet at night. But his father is trying his best to persuade him to cross. Nose nose nose eyes! (13:50) Directed by Jiwon Moon, Korea, 2018, German Premiere A ten year old girl witnesses her mother tending to her ill father, but she soon realizes that caretaking isn’t supposed to look like this. 23h feature film: hounds of love (108:00) Produced by Melissa Kelly, Directed by Ben Foster, Australia, 2016 Starring Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry In mid 1980s Australia, seventeen year old Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors, she quickly realizes she must drive a wedge between them in order to survive.