2025 Festival
11 Nominations 1 Award

Tears of Sorrow

Runtime: 10:14 Genre:

Synopsis

In a dark room, a man dressed in white awakens, injured, with a gaping black hole in his
chest, oozing a viscous liquid. Panicked, he tries to escape, but the arrival of three strange,
masked, and mysterious creatures prevents him. The creatures, relentless, bind him to a
wheelchair and lead him down a sinister corridor littered with macabre remnants. At the end
of this passage, he is brought into a banquet hall where an enigmatic woman, surrounded by
ominous attendants, awaits him.
In front of him, a tray is placed, revealing his own heart, still beating and oozing blood. The
woman begins to devour this heart with a primal violence, while the man, helpless, endures
intense suffering. His body bleeds from every orifice, seized with horrific spasms. Eventually,
he succumbs, drained of life, while the woman collects a tear from his eye, carefully storing it
in a vial labeled “Tears of Sorrow N.48.”
In a final macabre gesture, she transforms the man’s body into a creature of darkness,
condemned to serve, with a black tear running down the mask now sealed to his face.

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Jodie R. Tuccio
Produced by
Maxime Paindestre
Written by
Jodie Tuccio
Cast
Cyril Masson
Perrine Casper

Film Details

Project Type
Short
Runtime
10:14
Genre(s)
Horror

Production Details

Country of Origin
France
Country of Filming
France
Production Budget
7.000 €
Shooting Format
Digital
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Film Color
Color

Creator / Status

First-time Filmmaker
Yes
Student Project
No

Festival & Release

Festival Edition
2025

Awards / Nominations

Winner
Best Short Film
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Supporting Actress
Perrine Casper
2025
Nomination
Best Editing
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Score
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Sound Design
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
best-special-effects-practical-or-cgi
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Hair Makeup
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
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Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
best-film-made-for-%c2%a350000-or-less
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Kill Scene
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Gorefest
Tears of Sorrow
2025
Nomination
Best Villain
Tears of Sorrow
2025

Screening took place

UK (GMT) Time
MAY
18
Session No.
9
Session Started
13:45
Played at
14:03
Session Finished
14:31

Session information

This screening has ended. The films below were shown in the same session.