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Tasty Bones (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Out at a campfire late at night, a man drunkenly stumbles to the edge of the woods to relieve himself. As he does, he starts to absentmindedly whistle. Something in the woods whistles back.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Ronald Short
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ronald Short is a Midwesterner turned Texan who’s been rasslin’ broncos and munchin’ tacos in Austin since 2009, taking his stories to fests across the globe. He has written and directed several award winning sketches, shorts, and feature length films and has starred in two commercial brand campaigns, one where his co-star was a donkey and another where he was a mutant ant man. In his time off, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Ami, and his three black cats, Brisket, Pickle, and Onion.
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That Damn Cat (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A cat becomes envious of his owner’s romantic interests.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: David Hefner
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: David Hefner is a filmmaker known for his character driven storytelling and striking visual style. His debut feature, Forgotten Pills (2010), established his talent for exploring the complexities of jealousy. His latest project, That Damn Cat, again embraces dark, twisted themes of jealousy and loneliness, layered with humor to disarm the audience. The film’s inventive use of a hand and rod puppet, created and puppeted by Russ Walko, presented an exciting new creative challenge—one Hefner is eager to explore again in future work.
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The Afters (IRELAND)
SYNOPSIS: Over the course of one hazy, nightmarish evening, Kevin’s anxiety reaches fever pitch as he tries to navigate the surreal afters of an elitist wedding. A film about creeping, working-class anxiety.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Jamie O’Rourke
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: North American Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Monday, Oct. 26th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jamie O’Rourke is a Dublin based filmmaker. He tells dark, Irish stories with universal themes. Films grounded in realism but always endeavouring to be cinematic. EDA, RTS and twice IFTA nominated, his Oscar long-listed short Calf won the IFTA for Best Live Action Short in 2024. His films have screened around the world with highlights including the Oscar qualifying festivals in Palm Springs, Melbourne, Clermont-Ferrand, Busan, Brussels, Berlin, Calgary and Izmir. He is currently in development with his first feature film.
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The Anchoress (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the wilderness of medieval England, a devout recluse fights to survive a horrifying trespasser that emerges from the woods.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Matt Fisher & Kevin Ray
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Matt Fisher and Kevin Ray grew up in Cleveland, TN, and have been making films together since high school. They’ve collaborated on a number of award-winning short films and two features. Their work has screened at festivals all over the world.
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The Bones Exist (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the unforgiving wilderness of 1850s Alta California, a dwindling group of gold prospectors encounters a feral boy who forces the men to confront the horrors lurking in the woods and the sins of their past.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Kelsey Bollig
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 3:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Kelsey Bollig is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker known for crafting bold genre stories with a violent personal edge. Her work has screened at Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, Beyond Fest, Hollyshorts, and she’s a proud alumna of FILM QUEST. Matthew DuVall is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and VFX extraordinaire who’s worked on films such as ‘Deadpool’, ‘Life of Pi’, and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ among many others. DuVall brings advanced computational photography techniques to indie filmmaking, achieving a scale that has previously been inaccessible for indie and short films.
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The Candle (USA)
SYNOPSIS: An unsuspecting young couple bring a cursed candle to a friend’s 30th birthday party and unleash an unlikely evil that comes to collect its just desserts.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence
DIRECTOR: Ren Ariel Sano
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ren Ariel Sano is an Asian American first time filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her debut short has screened at Fantasia International Film Festival, Dances With Films and Frightfest among many others. She hopes to continue to make films in the horror space and eat lots and lots of cake.
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The Catcher (BELGIUM)
SYNOPSIS: Robin, a lonely young man, works for the government as a catcher of invisible birds. One day he defies his orders and makes one dangerous choice.
RATINGS GUIDE: Brief Nudity, All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Luka
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Between 2007 and 2011, Luka (°1992) studied audiovisual arts (film & analog photo studies) in high school at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges. He started his own production company LUKASCOPE and since 2020, Luka has directed and shot more than 25 music videos and worked as a freelance DP, editor, and director on several commercial shoots for other production companies. The Catcher is his debut fiction film which he financed independently with his co-producer and DP Gilles Mosar.
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The Color (GERMANY)
SYNOPSIS: After an asteroid impact, the last surviving scientist of a secret mission awakens in a research station with no memory. To survive, she must attempt a harrowing escape while battling amnesia, betrayal and a force beyond human comprehension.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence
DIRECTOR: Lukas Kunzmann
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31st @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Lukas Kunzmann is a self-taught filmmaker from Germany with a passion for bringing stories to life through visual effects and directing. As a Visual Effects Artist, he has worked on feature films for Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. “The Color” is his first longer narrative project – a self-financed, low-budget short developed over four years with a small crew.
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The Cranberry Effect (ITALY)
SYNOPSIS: A sharp detective investigates a grisly diner massacre, but her mind is consumed by a roasted chicken recipe that’s driving her mad.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Erika Zorzi & Matteo Sangalli
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 12:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli form Mathery, a Milan and Brooklyn-based Italian directing duo with backgrounds in design and photography. The acclaimed pair creates abstract universes across film, photography, and design by turning everyday life into humorous and breathtaking art. Working globally across Australia, Asia, and Europe, they balance independent projects with commercial advertisements to transform the familiar world into one filled with mystery and irony.
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The Devil’s Lettuce (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In this 90s marijuana PSA, a rebellious teen shrugs off his father’s anti-drug sermon and learns the hard way that the devil’s lettuce might just be “the gateway drug to hell.”
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 11:30 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Have you heard of analog horror? Well I make “analog comedy” — darkly absurd parodies of 80s/90s media on an actual VHS tape. “The Devil’s Lettuce” marks the culmination of my 7-year analog career (or fetish) under the alias “SkyCorp Home Video.”
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The Dysphoria (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: A trans woman performs a satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Kylie Aoibheann
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31st @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Kylie Aoibheann is a trans Australian writer, director and editor based in Melbourne. Her short films include the psychological horror See for Yourself, streaming on national broadcaster ABC iView, and upcoming body horror What’s Between Your Legs, shortlisted for an AWG Emerging Writers’ Award. Kylie’s work has won awards at Fantastic Fest, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and been nominated for an AWGIE Award. She is a participant in the 2026 TIFF Directors’ Lab.
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The Expiration of Darius Campbell (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In a retro-futuristic “Revitalization Suite,” widow Bethany Campbell pays for her dead husband Darius to be temporarily resurrected so she can confront him about his final misdeeds and get the closure she needs.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: Charlie Roth
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 23rd @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Charlie Roth is an LA-based director and screenwriter from Western Pennsylvania who loves telling poignant, thought-provoking stories in an off-beat, absurd comedic style. His work includes multiple award winning short films, commercials, and the feature film QUINN’S PLACE, which was distributed by Gravitas Ventures in 2022.
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The Great Fish of the Lake (FRANCE / SWITZERLAND)
SYNOPSIS: On the shore of a Swiss lake, in a strange time, the fish have vanished. A young fisherman brings up a gigantic creature from the depths, whose sale plunges the town into greed, fear and madness.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Victor Jaquier
GENRE: Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: International Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 28th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Victor Jaquier is a filmmaker working between animation and live action. He directed 6 short films and one animated TV series. His work explores the porous boundaries between the real and the imaginary, often drawing on myth and folklore.
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The Haunting of Play House (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A backyard playhouse hides a deadly secret, forcing a dad and his paranormal obsessed neighbor to battle an evil that’s much deadlier, and much smaller, than they ever imagined.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence
DIRECTOR: Chris
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 6:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Chris makes horror-comedy. He likes werewolves and dipping chips in dips.
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The Humbug (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Overlooked and powerless in a care home that stopped seeing her, Vera finds one small pleasure worth – a magical mint humbug. Its guardian has one rule: share, or be consumed. Vera’s done sharing.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language, Sensuality, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Cole Paviour
GENRE: Horror, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 11:30 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Cole Paviour is a British writer-director based in London whose work — blending dark comedy, horror and magical realism — is drawn to the uncanny hiding inside the everyday. He built his craft on high-profile commercial work, including a short for Warner Bros.’ Godzilla and the viral in-camera film Water Made Active, before turning to narrative filmmaking through a run of self-produced shorts. His latest, The Humbug, premiered at Sacramento Horror Film Festival and has since screened at more than two dozen festivals worldwide, including BIFFF, Cleveland International and Popcorn Frights, with upcoming selections at Aesthetica and MOTELX. The film has won Best Cinematography at Unrestricted View Film Festival and placed Runner-Up for Best Comedy Horror at Brighton Rocks.
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The Hunt (FRANCE)
SYNOPSIS: In a forest, two hunters find themselves confronted with a strange event that surpasses their understanding and turns their hunt into an extraordinary experience.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Stephen Bigot
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: North American Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Monday, Oct. 26th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born in Paris, Stephen Bigot is a director, screenwriter, and editor/VFX artist. Creative since a very young age and passionate about the fantastical world — particularly inspired by the works of Stephen King and Graham Masterton — he has been dedicated to film production for 15 years. He writes and produces numerous fiction films as well as commercials for television and the web. His mastery of special effects allows him to meet the growing demand for projects involving visual effects and to adapt to new technologies. His universe is steeped in mystery, suspense, and powerful imagery.
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The Immaculates (BELGIUM)
SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian world ravaged by zombies, a small community has endured for generations, hidden away within the walls of an ancient convent. They call themselves the Immaculates.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense IMagery
DIRECTOR: Baptiste Pelletier
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Exclusive Screening
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Baptiste Pelletier is a french filmmaker who studied at IAD (Louvain La neuve, Belgium) where he teamed up with Emile Devetter. They collaborated on several self-produced projects before connecting with Raining Cats Films, which provided the majority of the funding for their film The Immaculates.
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The King of the Full Moon Night (USA)
SYNOPSIS: The king has fallen ill. A young doctor is summoned to his aid in the dead of night. But his only hope of treating this volatile patient, is to believe a story that’s getting quite long in the tooth.
RATINGS GUIDE: Lanuage, Brief Nudity
DIRECTOR: Christian Silva
GENRE: Horror, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 11:30 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Christian Silva is a first-generation Brazilian American filmmaker, producer, and creative executive whose work has spanned HBO, Lionsgate, MACRO, WWE, Mattel, and other corners of the entertainment machine. Across film, television, branded content, game shows, podcasts, and pro wrestling, he has built a career bringing big, strange, wildly specific ideas to life. Under his Casa Linda banner, Christian focuses on stories that live at the intersection of the ridiculously serious and the seriously ridiculous.
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The Lone Piper (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the midst of the French and Indian War, a company of hardened soldiers force their young bagpipe player into battle, only to discover that their enemy is not what they expected. Set in 1759, The Lone Piper follows a Scottish bagpipe player and an Algonquian girl as they struggle to cope with the horrors of war. Using folklore as a medium, this period project discusses the ever-present themes of colonialism and xenophobia.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Matthew Kravchuk
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31st @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Matthew Kravchuk is a writer, director, and producer specializing in period horror films, weaving folklore and myth into haunting explorations of American trauma. His debut short film “The Lone Piper” (2025) premiered at HollyShorts, and was named an Official Selection of Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest, Indy Shorts, SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival, and ALTER, the horror YouTube channel. The screenplay for his follow-up short film “The Surface Calls” won the 2026 Tony Cox Screenplay Competition at the Nantucket Film Festival. Based in Brooklyn, his career began in production in 2018, where he honed his craft through osmosis before stepping behind the camera.
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The Manor: First Encounter (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Following the tragic death of a close relative, a recently relocated New York family is pitted against an extraterrestrial presence after it resurfaces near their fixer-upper ancestral home in a remote town upstate.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Woulfe Bova
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Woulfe Bova is a Writer/Director based in Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA in Film and TV Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Woulfe was part of The Black List official entry in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting and was an official selection in SXSW 2026’s Independent TV Pilot Program.
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The Me in the TV (INDONESIA / USA)
SYNOPSIS: After moving into a new apartment, a young woman discovers an old television broadcasting a live feed of her from an impossible angle. As the image begins to behave strangely, she suspects it may be more than just a broadcast—and far more than just her.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language
DIRECTOR: Gordon Phillips
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Gordon Phillips is an emerging filmmaker, with The Me in the TV being his second directorial effort. Born and raised in rural south Georgia, Gordon developed a passion for storytelling at a young age, writing horror stories and experimenting with photography and video. After a 20-year career as a trailer/promo editor in Los Angeles working on everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dark Knight Rises, he decided to pursue a lifelong dream of directing. Drawing on his years-long understanding of pacing and visual composition, Gordon’s films showcase his desire to craft suspenseful, character-driven stories.
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