Zerch

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in Portland, OR has been the vanguard of Weird independent filmmaking for more than 20 years. Now you can attend in spirit, with this selection of short films from the 21st Annual festival in 2016! Including "Speaking in Tongues" by Thomas Nicol, "Vardøger" by Ludovic de Gaillande, "Poetry & The Gods" by Louis Rossignol, "Tale of Wingate's Journal" by Jeremy Peterson, "Zerch" by Xavier Velasco, "The Call of Charlie" by Nick Spooner, "The Bone Garden" by Monsieur Soeur, "Hypnos" by Juho Aittanen, "The Package" by Eric Morgret, "An Eldritch Place" by Julien Jauniaux + Bonus Music Video.

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

G. remembers how he came up with an idea, and devoted his life to make it happen. Now he is making progress and achieves an extraordinary act, only with the power of his mind.

Follows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.

After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl grapples with seeing her father in a new light.

A group of undocumented Mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Brooklyn.

Fragments of a meteor crash in Mexico and United States. Thirteen stories in different spaces and times happen in places of collisions .

After 16 years in Brooklyn, working three low-paying jobs and sending the bulk of his earnings to his wife and children, undocumented immigrant Felipe decides to return home to his family in Mexico. But when he informs them of his plans, he discovers that they've squandered the money, are deeply in debt and don’t want him to return. They need him to stay in the U.S. and continue to earn.

A vigilante gang of female rape victims is trying to crack down on crime in the city. This doesn't suit the police and their dirty business, so Lieutenant Ortega and Officer Paola Rodríguez are tasked with putting an end to the wave of crime that has been unleashed. Intrigues and secrets intertwine. A secret cult, sex, and drug trafficking are just some of the obstacles Paola must overcome to achieve her revenge, leading to a violent end.

Mario and Karla are a beautiful young couple with a seemingly normal relationship. Without warning, madness and jealousy consume Miguel, transforming him into a serial killer.

In a near future in New York City, a Mexican-American girl visits her dear friend Atl, an energy entity from outer-space trapped inside a street lamp.

A young photojournalist in the city of Veracruz, Mexico, will risk his life to dig up a shocking truth after picking up the investigation that his journalist friend and mentor left unfinished when getting killed by the organized crime.