FRI NOV 6, 2026 8:30 PM New Worlds: Block #2 $15.00 (member) ; $20.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Culver Theater Aud. 1 | ‘PROOF Film Festival 2026’ PROOF All-Access Badge holders get free access to this event! Not a badge holder? Check out badges for purchase here!
ABOUT THE EVENT: These films showcase characters as they delve into new worlds: from the magical and surreal to grounded realizations. We hope you enjoy these films as much as we do! ABOUT THE FILMS: Focal Point Director: Raphael Buisson Producers: Kip Thorne, Jack McMann, Rafael Maman, Hsiao Shih-Chun, Raphael Buisson, Jean Dumont and Enlas Productions Writer: Raphael Buisson USA | 22min @raphael9619 In a dystopian future, after losing his son to an opioid overdose, Dr. Hartman becomes consumed by grief and the search for meaning. While studying the human brain, he makes an extraordinary discovery: an entire world resembling Earth exists within a single neuron. As the boundaries between the microscopic and cosmic begin to collapse, Hartman is forced to confront memory, loss and humanity’s fragile place between two infinities. House Cat Director: Kyle Spleiss Producers: Blimp, Winsplice Productions, Ian Morland, Kyle Spleiss, Laura Yurich, Thuy Nguyenn-Spleiss Writer: Kyle Spleiss USA | 14min @kylespleiss Living out of her car and surviving gig to gig, a desperate woman accepts a last-ditch job caring for a cat. But when she arrives, she discovers the assignment is far stranger than promised: she isn’t there to look after the cat—she is the cat. A surreal tale of survival, identity, and desperation. The End Is at Hand Director: Japhet E. Velázquez Producers: Sam Gallen Writer: Sam Gallen USA | 10min @japhet.ev While fixing devices at a mobile repair shop, a clerk opens a strange device filled with black fluid and a living, breathing wormlike organism. When it gets loose in the shop, he searches all over for it. By the time he realizes he’s the one being hunted, it’s too late: kneeling to look at a dead rat covered in blood and slime, he’s bitten on the ankle by the organism, paralyzed, and left at its mercy. Scotty’s Vag Director: Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz Producers: Cailin Lobb-Rabe, Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz, Gia Rigoli, Vero Kompalic Writer: Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz USA | 15min @lovechac The night of a sorority hazing event, Scotty, a college freshman, must make an impression on the older girl she wants as her “big”. As the night goes on, Scotty realizes how far she’s willing to go to prove herself. Power dynamics are not what they seem.