31ST ANNUAL CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL
presents
Helmeted Guinea Fowl Shorts
THU · NOVEMBER 20 · 2025 · 7:00 PM · THALIAN BLACK
Helmeted Guinea Fowl Shorts
Thursday / 7:00 PM / Thalian Black
Sunday / 10:15 AM / Thalian Main
73 minutes
Wild, weird, and wonderfully unhinged, these stories involve cursed sweaters, mystical forests, haunted snacks, and babies who write back. From girl-power chaos to self-discovery, each film dives headfirst into obsession, desire, and the strange beauty of losing control. Expect the unexpected—and maybe a cinnamon roll or two.
Girls Night Out
Director: Ashley Sengstaken / 3:28
OMGGG it's a girls night out! C u @ the club, biotch! Xoxo
Sighting
Director: Kyle Smith / 17:39
Producer: Mac Russell
An encounter between a feared forest creature and an ambitious and curious nature enthusiast takes an unexpected turn.
Last Call
Director: Winnie Cheung / 7:00
Producers: Winnie Cheung, Weston Auburn
A fantasy short about Claudia Chow, a fast riding motorcycle rebel who crashes into a mystical Chinese snake woman inside a magical bamboo forest. Claudia is simultaneously terrified and turned on by this collision as her encounters with the snake woman weaves in and out of her consciousness. The more Claudia tries to ignore the snake woman’s calling, the more she is tormented by her destructive behavior.
The Last Cinnamon Roll
Director: Michael Langan / 9:00
Danny tries to get the last of his beloved childhood snack, but his child needs a bathroom. With the last shred of his youth on the line, which will he choose: his daughter or The Last Cinnamon Roll?
The Chastity Sweater
Director: Emery Matson / 9:20
Producer: Emery Matson
After finding a cursed sweater, a woman spirals from sexual frustration.
Don’t Come Here Before Midnight
Director: Allison Torem / 13:14
Producers: Allison Torem, Alex Thompson
An actor goes method while investigating a corrupt tennis camp owner equal parts ruthless and lazy, but the deeper “Inspector” delves into the narrative, the blurrier the lines become between the case on the court and the mysteries that consume him in his own home.
Potato, Potato
Director: Joshua Locy / 14:00
Producers: Kristin Slaysman, Joshua Locy, Adam Wyatt Tate, Annie Monroe, Pablo Zamorano
When Cynthia writes a letter to her unborn baby about her hopes for the future, the baby writes back.
