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2025 Season

The First Night

Best Short Film Honorable Mention

Brazil, Canada 0:07:31

Director: Gabriel Milessis Braga

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Filmmaker

Gabriel Milessis Braga

Submitted by Gabriel Milessis Braga

Synopsis

After collapsing at the altar, Elise awakens inside an old church, and something inside her has changed. Guided by a mysterious man who seems to understand her condition, she begins to confront a new, terrifying hunger. The First Night is a gothic meditation on becoming, resistance, and the quiet seduction of darkness in our lifes.