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Title: Darkness
Runtime: 12 min
Country: USA
Director: Stephen D’Anna
Placement: Honorable Mention
Competition: December, 2025
Synopsis: DARKNESS is a suspenseful psychological horror film that explores guilt, torment, and the terrifying weight of a life lived in regret. Trapped inside an endless void of smoke, ash, and nightmares, a broken man is forced to confront the suffering he caused — not through punishment alone, but through realization. As faceless forces speak in ancient language and shadows twist into living judgment, he struggles to understand whether redemption is even possible… or if he is forever condemned to remain in the darkness he created.