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AHITH FEST 2026: Life at Sandy's + 4 Short Films ~ 7:45 PM

After the death of her mother, Evelyn, an aimless Norwegian-American woman, is stranded and alone in a small Norwegian town. After years as her mother’s sole caretaker during a lengthy illness, she has fallen out of touch with her old life. Her overbearing Aunt Marit forces her way into Evelyn’s life and insists she get out of the house and get a job. As she sinks deeper into depression, Evelyn becomes obsessed with a cozy American sitcom called “Life at Sandy’s.” She starts to recede from real life as she becomes friends with the show’s characters, and she is soon invited to spend time in their world. The worse things get for Evelyn in the real world, the longer her stays in the sitcom become. Sandy, the coffee shop owner, offers her a chance to stay with them forever, for a price.

+ 4 Short Films

Medieval Wound Man (4 Minutes)

Freshly-spawned, an artificial human flees an anatomical theater—with medical students in hot pursuit.

That Damn Cat (14 Minutes)

A cat becomes envious of his owner’s romantic interests.

The Chosen (9 Minutes)

Reed is troubled by a vision forcing him to do bad things, but nobody believes him. Maybe this new therapist will understand?

Violet Light - Dahlia's New Friend (3 Minutes)

The familiar shifts out of sight when you're in Violet Light.

Dahlia reaches beyond the visible world in search of a gift for herself, drawing on forces she does not fully understand. In doing so, she opens a quiet passage—one that allows something else to enter.

Playing as part of Another Hole in the Head 2026

sunDAY, DECEMBER 6