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AHITH FEST 2026: The Shining Forwards and Backwards + 2 Short Films ~ 7 PM

You've seen The Shining. You've never seen it like this.

What happens when Stanley Kubrick's legendary horror masterpiece plays forwards and backwards simultaneously, with both versions superimposed over one another?

The result is a mesmerizing and sometimes deeply unsettling collision of images, strange coincidences, and astonishing visual symmetries.

Faces merge. Hallways intersect. Characters appear to encounter their own past and future. The Overlook Hotel becomes an entirely new labyrinth of visual mysteries.

Are these bizarre connections simply coincidence? Or is there something deeper buried within Kubrick's meticulously constructed masterpiece?

There's only one way to find out.

+ 2 Short Films

Pokey (18 Minutes)

When a clueless teenager posing as a hitman takes money from a child who wants someone dead, what seems like an easy scam pulls him into something far more dangerous than he bargained for.

They Lurk Beneath Eyelids (4 Minutes)

A couple faces various horrific and psychological ordeals while being trapped in a labyrinth of nightmares.

Playing as part of Another Hole in the Head 2026

TuesDAY, DECEMBER 8