Final Girls Berlin Present: Beauty Horror Movie Night – Part 3: Beauty is Pain.

A creepy, slaying short film night — specially curated by FINAL GIRLS BERLIN, a Berlin-based horror film festival that has been showcasing horror and genre cinema by women and non-binary filmmakers for over 11 years. Final Girls Berlin is dedicated to carving out space for female and queer voices in horror — whether monstrous, heroic, or deliciously messy.

Tired of seeing women reduced to beautified victims or male fantasies, the festival champions stories where women are not objects but creators, subjects, and survivors.

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About BEAUTY HORROR MOVIE NIGHT:This mini-series explores obsession, aging, femininity, and resistance through surreal storytelling, visual intensity, and feminist rage – all from the perspective of women and non-binary filmmakers.
 Distorted beauty ideals and the desire for love, power, or control lead to radical self-modification: the body becomes a battlefield – or a weapon.

Program

Bloody Hell (6:00) – Directed by Lena Albin, Australia, 2024Sam’s period arrives just moments before an important visitor knocks at her door. Her frantic attempt to get ready derails into a blood soaked nightmare.

Popper (14:46) – Directed by Bonnie Sanderson, UK, 20241959 – A young pregnant Audre and her mother visit a clinic to pick up a new untested drug that guarantees beauty for her unborn daughter.

Meran Bawang Putih (Shallots & Garlic) (17:17) – Directed by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto, Indonesia/Canada, 2022When polar opposite sisters Nur and Karina reunite for their grandparents‘ wedding anniversary dinner, Karina starts itching and blames Nur for putting garlic in her food.

Kalley’s Last Review (9:42) – Directed by Julia Bailey Johnson, USA, 2020Kalley longs to be a social media star with her skincare insta videos. With her first sponsorship, she’s excited to test this new product on her face and share the results with her beloved followers. When things begin to take a turn for the worse, we fear how far Kalley will go to remain in the public eye.

3 PM Thursdays (6:23) – Written and directed by Michele Kaye, Canada, 2023In a stylized dive-bar, a femme dancer performs for American soldiers and business men. When the dancer begins menstruating, the soldiers’ initial arousal quickly turns into repulsion, culminating in a bloody, surreal scene of self-harm and violence.

Entropia (14:54) – Directed by Marina Janello, USA, 2018Loneliness and an obsession with vanity has pushed one woman to take unconventional measures to find happiness. Symbols of birth, death and rebirth grace the film and asks the audience to ponder the question: How far would you go to turn back time?

Spell On You (20:00)- Directed by Sarah Lasry, France, 2022Salomé has a wart on her nose. She’s disgusted by her own reflection. At night, she spies on her parents through the keyhole. Strange things are happening, which no one speaks of.