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FACES (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious entity’s search for identity turns deadly when a group of college students unknowingly get too close.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Brief Nudity, Sensuality, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Blake Simon
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 27th @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Blake Simon is a writer and director known for creating genre films such as Faces (2024), Red Velvet (2023), and Goldilocks (2016). In 2024 his most recent film, Faces, won the prestigious Gold Audience Award for Best International Short at the acclaimed Fantasia International Film Festival. In 2023, his horror short Red Velvet earned a special Director’s Prize at FilmQuest, Audience Choice at Screamfest, and Best Cinematography at Nightmares Film Festival. Blake also served as a Producer on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
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FACTORY DROP (GERMANY)
SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian future in the year 2118 the Factory reigns, numbing all emotions – until one day, music breaks the silence and two enslaved workers risk it all for the freedom to dance.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
GENRE: Sci-Fi, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Monday, Oct. 28th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Petja Pulkrabek is a director, screenwriter, co-CEO, and producer at ManusArts. He studied Film and Television in Hamburg and has created a variety of short films, commercials, and cultural projects. His notable works include the award-winning short film Occasus (2016) and the science fiction dance film Factory Drop (2024). He is currently developing several films and series.
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FIGMENT (NEW ZEALAND)
SYNOPSIS: Crippled by loneliness, a woman is prescribed a drug that gives her an imaginary friend. But this new relationship becomes more complicated than she could ever have imagined.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language
DIRECTOR: Ian Sweeney
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ian is a writer and director based in Aotearoa New Zealand. His commercial work and music videos have won awards at festivals all over the world. His short film Time Tourist was the first short in Aotearoa New Zealand to be shot entirely using virtual production.
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FINGER FOOD (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Jason desperately wants to be liked by his girlfriend’s parents. Things prove more difficult upon discovering that they’re aliens…
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Jacob Dudman
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: North America Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Exclusive Block #4 – Watch via EO FLIX
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jacob Dudman is an Actor, Writer and Director from the North of England. Studying at University of the Arts London, Jacob has been producing his own content online and for the likes of BBC, Lionsgate and Netflix since he was 18 years old.
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FIRST SIGHT (UK)
SYNOPSIS: In the near-future age of Artificial Intelligence, Luna is finally ready to re-enter the world of dating, turning to smart contact lenses to overcome her anxiety. But when her search for human connection takes a dark turn and her vision is held for ransom, she must outsmart a mysterious hacker to save her sight… and her date night.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Andrew McGee
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Andrew McGee is an award-winning British writer, director, and producer. He has a particular fondness for science-fiction, aspiring to tell powerful and timely character-driven stories on an epic scale. With a keen interest in filmmaking technology, Andrew aspires to push the boundaries of what is achievable within the genre on an independent level, both narratively and visually.
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FISITOR (WALES)
SYNOPSIS: Stalked by grief for his husband and a nightmarish creature from Welsh folklore, Ioan must do his best to survive Christmas Eve.
RATINGS GUIDE: Sensuality, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Llŷr Titus
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: International Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Nov. 1st @ 6:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Llŷr Titus (he/him) is an award-winning queer author and writer/director based in North Wales. His recent novel ‘Pridd’ won Welsh Book of the Year 2023 and his play ‘Drych’ won Best Welsh Language Playwright award (Theatre Wales Awards). He has experience directing theatre projects with cwmni Tebot Theatre Company on shows such as ‘Pawb Isio Byw’. Writing credits include ‘Cynefin’, ‘Pobl y Cwm’, ‘Rownd a Rownd’ and ‘Deian a Loli’ for S4C/BBC. Fisitor is Llŷr’s debut short, and he currently has several Welsh language scripts in development.
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FRAMED (USA)
SYNOPSIS: John, a man with nothing left to live for, considers whether or not to end it all. But he can’t make up his mind, thanks to the enormous collection of increasingly persuasive (and conveniently placed) photographs in his office.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Adult Content, All Audiences Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Sam Schlenker
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Sam Schlenker is a writer, director, and editor from Pasadena, California. He attended Chapman University, where he received a BFA in film production.
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GOING (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Val (Genevieve O’Reilly) and Mike (Nicholas Pinnock) tour the English countryside in their camper van. But this is not a holiday and the world outside is not OK.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Strong Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Rupert Ratcliffe
GENRE: Sci-Fi, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Rupert is an Anglo-Iranian writer, director, producer and actor from London. His lifelong passion for film led him to establish Manticore Films in 2021, as a vehicle for his own projects and to collaborate with like-minded professionals on films that both challenge and entertain audiences. Rupert completed his debut short film CAN I HELP? in 2021, which screened at numerous festivals internationally and won several nominations and awards including Best UK short at North East International Film Festival, Best First Time Filmmaker at Ignite Film Festival, Best Actor at British Urban Film Festival and Runner Up at the Hollywood Foreign Press Scholarship Award.
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GOLDEN HOUR (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A mother’s reunion with her young daughter comes at a price she cannot afford.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Maureen McEly
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 27th @ 1:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Maureen McEly is a writer, director and producer who is preoccupied with emerging technology and its human fallout. She is a two time semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting competition and an alum of the RespectAbility Lab for disabled creatives. She has a degree in Film and Television Production from the University of Southern California. GOLDEN HOUR is her first short film.
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GOOD GIRLS GET FED (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When three captive women are forced into twisted challenges to earn food, they work together to find an escape, not realizing that a new darkness has awakened in their midst.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Strong Language, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: Kelly Lou Dennis
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Monday, Oct. 28th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Kelly Lou Dennis is an award-winning director, writer and actor based in Los Angeles. Kind of Asian, kind of white and bisexual to boot, she embraces breaking the mold and questioning socially accepted norms that marginalize. Kelly tells character-driven genre stories that make brutal social commentary. GOOD GIRLS GET FED is her solo-directorial debut.
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GOODBYE JEREMY (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Four friends gather to say goodbye to a loved one… and to prevent the apocalypse.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Josh Covitt is an LA based writer/director with an extensive background in comedy. His last short, “40 Minutes Over Maui”, premiered at Tribeca and played at over 50 festivals. He’s written projects for Disney, SONY, FOX, and his work has placed in the Nicholl Fellowship and Austin Film Festival. He performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade LA and has also appeared in over 60 commercials.
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HANGMAN (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Dr. Joyce Hendricks (ANNABETH GISH) is a professor of psychiatry at the Harvard school of medicine. She specializes in the study of violent individuals, specifically serial killers. She and her colleague have been documenting their work. This is their first day in Huntsville, Texas where they meet… Bobby (PETER STORMARE).
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Sam Upton
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: A true triple threat, Sam Upton is a throwback filmmaker, best known for his directorial debut — 12 ROUND GUN — of which he also wrote and stars. 12 ROUND GUN became a festival hit, attending 23 festivals and taking home 14 awards. The gritty boxing drama (which also stars Mark Boone Junior and Jared Abrahamson) had an incredible 2 year stint on NETFLIX, and is now streaming everywhere. As an actor, Upton can be seen in films like THE LINCOLN LAWYER, RUNNER RUNNER, GONE, STAND UP GUYS, and THE VATICAN TAPES just to name a few. He has shared scenes with: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Bobby Cannavale, Justin Timberlake, Anthony Mackie, Amy Brenneman and many more. Also as an actor, Mr. Upton has guest starred in hit shows including Hawaii Five-0, CSI, and The Glades.
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HEARTS OF STONE (BELGIUM / CROATIA)
SYNOPSIS: In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love for Agatha, a stone sculpture next to which she can be found every day.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Tom Van Avermaet
GENRE: Fantasy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 2nd @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, Dreamtime and Death of a Shadow (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. Death of a Shadow won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Action Short. Tom’s highly anticipated new short film, Hearts of Stone, featuring Noomi Rapace and Jessica Barden, had it’s national premiere at the Oostend Film Festival and it’s international debut this summer at the LA Shorts International Film Festival and the Rhode Island International Film Festival, where it won respectively ‘Best International’ and the ‘Grand Prize for Best Live Action Short’, both Oscar Qualifying Prizes, meaning the film is now qualified for the long list for the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars). Hearts of Stone marks a return for Tom to FilmQuest, where ‘Death of a Shadow’ won the best Fantasy award at the inaugural edition of the festival. In addition to his filmmaking, Tom is active as a commercial director, art curator, and all-round professional dreamer.
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HEIRLOOMS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A dying patriarch must confront his troubled legacy… or be damned forever.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Lorraine Caffery
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Lorraine Caffery is an award-winning writer/director born, raised, and based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work rests at the intersection of race, politics, myth-making and Southern identity. Her films have screened worldwide at festivals such as Fantasia Film Festival, Filmquest, Overlook, Final Girls Berlin, Celluloid Screams, Shriekfest, and more. Her short film, The Rougarou, can be found on Alter, a horror destination with over 30,000,000 engaged subscribers across all platforms.
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HELP! (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A resilient nanny is trapped with a combative little boy and his abused mother in 1960s rural Texas.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Alex Chew
GENRE: Horror,
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Nov. 1st @ 3:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Alex Chew is an independent filmmaker who loves writing about misfits and antiheroes who find themselves in subversive genre stories full of twists. She co-founded the writers first production company SEQUENCE 8 in 2023 with her creative partner and co-founder Iris Davis-Quick. You can learn more about our work at sequence8films.com.
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HER HOUSE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman and her estranged mother are forced to reconcile their differences when they discover an evil presence lurking in the home of their recently deceased matriarch.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Will Lee
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Will Lee is a Los-Angeles based filmmaker and blu-ray hoarder. His short film, HER HOUSE, is a personal film that explores the secrets families keep, following characters who plunge into hidden occult nightmares and find connection in spite of it. Will’s favorite horror films are THE THING (1982), THE SHINING (1980), and MANDY (2018).
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HERE’S THE PLAN (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister plan a dangerous heist with conflicting view of how the plan should unfold.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Brian Ulrich
GENRE: Sci-Fi, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Director of 40 commercials, 15 short films, 6 TV specials, and 2 feature films, the second as the Action Director. Ulrich’s directing work has over 25 million views on YouTube. He is the co-owner of Brotherhood Studios Inc. where he is in development on an IP film as the writer /director.
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HESTIA 19 (FRANCE)
SYNOPSIS: The members of the International Space Station (ISS) have just made an exceptional discovery. One of the astronauts, Paul, brings this discovery back to earth.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Stephen Bigot
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 25th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born in Paris, Stephen Bigot is a director, screenwriter, and editor/SFX artist. Creative since a very young age and passionate about the fantastical world, particularly inspired by the works of Stephen King and Graham Masterton, Stephen Bigot chose the path of film production 15 years ago. He writes and produces numerous fiction films and TV and internet advertisements. His mastery of special effects allows him to meet the growing demand for projects involving visual effects and adapt to new technologies. His universe is filled with mysteries, suspense, and powerful imagery.
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HI! YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING WATCHED (USA / UK / CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: On a trip to Los Angeles to visit a new flame, Anna finds herself lost, stoned and alone… or is she?
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Thriller, Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 24th @ 3:15 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: ANNA MAGUIRE is a British/Canadian writer, director and actor. KYLE GREENBERG is an American film distributor, filmmaker and illustrator. Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded is the first collaboration between Maguire & Greenberg, with two more films slated for 2025 under their new label, Stupid Co.
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HIVE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In this horror-thriller short film, a strict teenager loses the young girl she’s babysitting at a playground, forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Felipe Vargas
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Colombian-American filmmaker Felipe Vargas is a DGA and Imagen award winner, selected as a Latino Content Creator to Watch by Variety. His films focus on the supernatural and macabre. Felipe directed the upcoming horror-thriller feature “Rosario” for Mucho Mas Media and Jaguar Bite (starring Emeraude Toubia, Paul Ben Victor, and David Dastmalchian).
Felipe is currently developing a biopic based on the life of Colombian rockstar icon “Juanes” for Exile Content, as well as developing other genre projects for Paramount Pictures and Broken Road. His latest horror short film “Hive” stars Xochitl Gomez. As a writer, Felipe is penning “Bob the Builder” for Mattel Films and MGM, produced by Jennifer Lopez and starring Anthony Ramos. He was previously the Pilot writer on a fantasy-adventure series based on Mexico’s beloved “Loteria” card game for Sony Television, Amazon FreeVee, and the late Norman Lear.
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HOLD UP (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When a young teen is dared to rob a liquor store, he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that force him to grow in ways he could never imagine.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Strong Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Ori Guendelman
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31st @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Ori Guendelman grew up in Southern California and is an avid lover of all things genre. He aspires to create stuff that makes you laugh, cry and squirm, ideally all at the same time.
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HOLLOW (USA / CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: Two women on opposite sides of grief face real demons in an inpatient eating disorder clinic.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Allison Miller
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Miller is an award winning actor, writer, and director living in New York. Her first short film, “Growth” won the Filmmaker Pick Award at the Palm Springs International Short Festival and is available to view on the Discover Film App. Miller made her TV directing debut on ABC’s A Million Little Things and is a current member of the DGA Director Development Initiative.
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HOT SPRING RANGERS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Two rangers discover a naked body in a hot spring.
RATINGS GUIDE: Brief Nudity, Language, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Phillip Clark Davis
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 30th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: A filmmaker with a strong background in awkwardness, Phillip Clark Davis graduated AFI Conservatory’s directing program in 2014, where his thesis film A Teenage Drama garnered him student-Emmy and BAFTA attention. More recently he has directed feature films Saturday at the Starlight and Burying Yasmeen. Wherever there is a tendency toward the dark and ridiculous, Phillip will be there with a spoonful of cyanide to help the sugar go down.
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HUNDREDS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 2021, best friends Sasha and Meg are ready for their usual post-breakup gossip sesh at their favorite Brooklyn Pilates class, until their routine is shattered by the arrival of a masked stranger who seems eerily familiar. As Sasha becomes increasingly obsessed with uncovering the stranger’s identity, their once peaceful sanctuary turns into a claustrophobic hellscape of anxiety and intrigue.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language
GENRE: The Beyond, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 30th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Sabina Friedman-Seitz is an actor and filmmaker who holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the Actor’s Studio Drama School. Film and TV credits include Edge of Everything (Lightyear Entertainment), Fingers (Shudder), Lorelei (Vertical), The Florida Project (A24), The Boy Downstairs (Filmrise), The Blacklist (series, NBC), and Turnt (series, Facebook). She’s been on the producing team for various projects including feature films Good One (Sundance and Cannes 2024), Fear of Flying, Lorelei (Tribeca 2020) and Atrabilious, and short films Kama’āina (Nowness, Vimeo Staff Picks), Zach Woods’ “David” and “Bud,” and upcoming feature “Oh, Hi!”.
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HUNGER (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Sofia can’t stop “sabotaging” her relationships; at least that’s what her therapist, Dr. Russo says. Sofia wants nothing more than to have a healthy and loving relationship; but her relationships always leave her a little hungry for more.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Sensuality, Adult Content, Mild Language
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 26th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Monaye Moyes is a hard of hearing Latina actress, writer, and director based in Los Angeles, California. You can catch her starring in Lifetime thrillers or browsing any snack aisle. “HUNGER” is her writing and directorial debut; a homage to her love for synth-pop and horror’s female baddies.
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