2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
After hearing a rumor among the young novices, Sister Eleanor begins investigating a haunting at the abbey, only to discover that the spirit is deeply connected to her own past…
Screening date & tickets — to be announced
- Director(s): Xihe Huang
- Writer(s): Xihe Huang, Erika Dunn
- Producer(s): Wenhan Zhang
- Key Cast: Geraldine Bielke, Kennedy Taylor Taylor, Simone Link
- Editor(s): Zhengzheng "Lexy" Zhao
- Cinematographer(s): Daniel Qi
- Production Designer(s): Mel Garcia
- Sound Designer(s): Yaning "Scott" Liu
- Composer(s): Zoey Lim & Tiffany McConnell
Language: English
Runtime: 15m
Country: United States
Synopsis: Sister Eleanor notices the haunting in the Abbey, and witnesses Fiona (a young girl in the Abbey) being possessed and saying Sister Eleanor’s name before she became a nun. Sister Eleanor confesses to Father Abernathy, and Father Abernathy mentions he wants to choose Fiona to be a new novice nun. And this moment, the haunting starts again. Sister Eleanor runs away, but meets Fiona again, this time she realizes that the ghost possessing on Fiona is Sister Eleanor’s childhood