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MAELSTROM OF THE FOREIGN INVADERS

Nevermore Film Festival Presents

Maelstrom of the Foreign Invaders

  • Fri, Feb 27
    • 9:20pm - Fletcher Hall
  • Sat, Feb 28
    • 12:40pm - Cinema Two
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Enjoy this shorts program in-person or online. Tickets and access passes for the virtual and physical festival are on sale now.

This program is available for streaming in NC, SC, VA, OH, and PA starting February 27, 2026.

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International Shorts

(VARIOUS COUNTRIES, 89 min)

DON’T BURY IT (United Kingdom, 2025, 10 min, Director Kristian Fitsall)
Dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job as a gravedigger, Doug’s mental health spirals downward as he begins burying his problems—quite literally—in his garden. Unpaid bills, the washing-up, everything goes in, until what starts as simple avoidance escalates into a murder spree.

EDEN (Italy, 2025, 15 min, Director Gabriele Lenzi)
Anna lives in solitude, tending the plants in the garden of her country house. Her slow, monotonous existence is disrupted when she discovers a strange seed from which the most beautiful plant of all will be born. In Italian with English subtitles.

EMI (Spain, 2025, 11 min)
Blanca, Sergio, and Carlos, all sixteen, gather at their late friend’s house. There, Carlos performs a ritual to communicate with Emi’s spirit and ask for forgiveness for the accident they all caused. As the ritual progresses and they succeed in speaking with her, they realize Emi is not acting as they expected. In Spanish with English subtitles.

FATUM (The Netherlands, 2025, 14 min, Director Pim Vogels)
During a visit to the home of the arrogant Don, Joris feels increasingly oppressed by the strange people who go to extreme lengths to make Don’s life easy. In Dutch with English subtitles.

HER LOVE (United Kingdom, 2025, 13 min, Director Rich Rose)
Cathy will stop at nothing to get an apology from the man who broke her daughter’s heart.

INEBRIATED (United Kingdom, 2025, 12 min, Director Max R. Lincoln)
To rescue her possessed boyfriend, Van must confront her demons, beginning with her parents.

VOID (Spain, 2025, 13 min, Director Javier Cano Larumbe)
All children are afraid of the dark. But for eight-year-old Max, this darkness is different: dense, corporeal, and hiding something sinister. A terrifying presence has taken up residence in his home, threatening to destroy what he loves most. In Spanish with English subtitles.