Shadows Beneath (2023)
IMPR
18-ATD
08:32 | MEXICO| SPANISH| ACTION
WINNER
Best Film (Under 40min), Best Cinematography
SYNOPSIS
When Clara Beaumont returns to her ancestral home to settle her late father’s affairs, she plans for a brief stay before returning to her isolated life as a painter. But the discovery of an old, sealed-off room in the estate’s cellar reveals a series of cryptic journal entries and an unfinished portrait of a woman who looks eerily familiar.
Drawn into the mystery, Clara begins to piece together a tale of forbidden love and murder that her family had buried for generations. With the help of a skeptical local historian, she uncovers ties to a string of unsolved disappearances in the nearby village.
As Clara delves deeper, the lines between her art, her family’s past, and her own identity blur. Haunted by vivid dreams and strange occurrences, she must confront the shadows of her lineage to solve a mystery that threatens to consume her.
But as she gets closer to the truth, someone— or something—will stop at nothing to keep the family’s secrets buried.
CREW
Directors
Kaylee Hatfield
Writers
Jin Yao, Crystal J. Huang, Daniel Benton
Producers
Gilles Marini, Crystal J. Huang, Michael Madsen, Karina Smirnoff, Scott Lea
Key Cast
Abhishek Babul, Shakeera Mohammed, Carmelina Novielli