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LAST NIGHT TOGETHER (SOUTH KOREA)
SYNOPSIS: After a heated argument with his girlfriend, Yoonjo uncovers devastating betrayals within his inner circle, awakening a dark, seductive force that rips his friends apart.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sensuality, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Jaho Koo
GENRE: Horror, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: USA Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Virtual Block #1 – Horror & Thriller Shorts
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jaho is a South Korean filmmaker. His horror short ENGLISH TUTOR premiered at leading genre festivals and released in Korean theaters as a part of a feature anthology ‘STRANGE 2.’
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LET IT FLOW (UK)
SYNOPSIS: While on a romantic holiday in the remote countryside with Anwar, Kat wakes up to her worst nightmare – her monster period is coming.
RATINGS GUIDE: Sensuality
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 29th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Galina Chakarova studied film at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Her recent works have screened internationally at BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals. She was long-listed for Best British Director at the British Short Film Awards for her film “Gliding”. Galina is drawn to stories that explore human connection and idiosyncrasies.
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LONE MOUNTAIN (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A miner while returning to his homestead finds himself trapped in a mysterious time loop at an abandoned campsite. As each cycle deepens, he uncovers buried truths from his past—and the key to breaking free.
RATINGS GUIDE: Family Friendly / All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Tanner Robert Browning
GENRE: Western, Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23rd @ 9:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: N/A
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LONG PORK (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In a Post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher meets the political predator responsible for the killing of her daughter and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Iris Dukatt
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 29th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: IRIS DUKATT is an emerging queer independent theatre / filmmaker. Currently Iris is directing a new play, HUNGRY WOMEN at Soho Playhouse, and scheming up feature film scripts. Recent directing credits include: Long Pork, Piglet, MYTHICC, Pretty Girls Don’t Light Their Own Cigarettes, and SUCKER. Independently producing from a young age, they co-founded The Unit 14 Theatre Company outside of Chicago. Their work at Unit 14 has been featured in The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and WGN radio. Most recently, Iris worked as an Associate Producer on the short film GAPS (Tribeca FF 2023, NAACP Image Award Nomination).
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LONG’S LONG LOST & MINI MART (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the seedy back halls of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer seeking closure reanimates his dead father for one last conversation.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language, Brief Nudity, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTORS: Julian Doan
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 1st @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Julian Doan is a writer/director/editor inspired by the darkly mundane and morbidly absurd. His previous short Raspberry premiered at Sundance 2021 and his latest short Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart premiered at Tribeca 2025. He’s developing his first feature film Half Sweet, a satirical tragicomedy about the futility of hospice care. He’s a recently converted cat fanatic.
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LOUD (CANADA / USA)
SYNOPSIS: When an aspiring music producer records a violent event, she becomes haunted by its sound.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTORS: Adam Azimov
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 31st @ 6:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Adam Azimov, a Montreal-born director based in Los Angeles, has created over a dozen award -winning short films that have been showcased at international festivals. His horror short GOODNIGHT DARLING premiered on Alter, gaining over half a million views. His latest project, LOUD, explores the unsettling ethical boundaries of art.
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M.U.B. (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A one-night stand takes a surreal turn when a childhood Monster creeps from Under the Bed.
RATINGS GUIDE: Sensuality
DIRECTOR: Serena Dykman
GENRE: Fantasy, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 31st @ 6:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Serena Dykman is a New York–based filmmaker and self-described “culture-clasher” who uses storytelling to connect people through humor, heart, and humanity. A proud third-culture kid, her global upbringing fuels her passion for exploring identity and cross-cultural connections. A graduate of NYU Tisch Film program and a member of the WGA East, Serena has collaborated with renowned talents including Saul Rubinek (Hunters), Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us), and James V. Hart (Hook, Contact). Her films have screened at more than eighty international festivals, including Oscar-qualifiers, and earned over twenty-five awards, including a Webby Award and a Humanitas Prize nomination.
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MAELSTRÖM (UK)
SYNOPSIS: On their fortieth anniversary, a troubled woman recounts a recent nightmare she had to her husband.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Henry Fish
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 23rd @ 6:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Henry Fish is a London-based director and writer, BFI Film Academy alumnus, and a member of Directors UK. He co-founded the award-winning S&H Films in 2021, directing shorts that screened at Cinemagic, Cornwall and BFI Future Film Festival, where he was nominated for Best New Talent by Warner Bros. Discovery. He is currently developing a feature with BAFTA-longlisted producer Jack Pollington after winning a CenterFrame development grant.
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MAN AND MATTRESS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A messy loser must battle his talking Mattress, after his Mattress falls in love with a futon and demands they clean up the apartment once and for all or face the consequences.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Andy Reisfeld
GENRE: Fantasy, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Andy Reisfeld raises three species of poison dart frogs and a half dozen exotic plants, he’s an eccentric filmmaker, editor, and self taught VFX artist. He’s excited to share his film Man and Mattress with all of you!
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MARGARET THE BRAVE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A recently-divorced professor of mythology tries to inspire his teenage daughter with a fairy tale on the night she leaves home to live with her mother, but considering the state of the world- it will take more than fantasy to reach her.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language, All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Danny Chandia
GENRE: Fantasy
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 1st @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Danny Chandia is a Las Vegas writer, director, editor, and VFX artist known for his unique visual style. He started his career working at a local news station and a sports arena, learning the ins-and-outs of live television and events. He then went on to shoot and edit reality-based travel shows in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 2018, he co-founded Desert Cactus Films – which specializes in using classic VFX techniques to create magical worlds with a handmade feel.
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MASKS (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A husband draws his wife from a long-standing catatonic state by having her wear a series of increasingly disturbing masks.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Strong Violence, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 31st @ 12:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Andre LeBlanc is a writer, director, VFX supervisor and artist based in Los Angeles. As a writer and director, his films explore primal identity and human nature through a sci-fi and horror lens. Beyond directing, his work in visual effects includes David Fincher’s LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS and the beloved HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON movie from DreamWorks Animation.
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MAX DISTANCE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Stuck in all day Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Marissa Goldman
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 29th @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Marissa Goldman is an LA/NY based multi-hyphenate artist (filmmaker-comedian-writer-actor) making surreal and darkly comedic films. She has made work for Adult Swim, Vice, Complex, and more. She has written and directed numerous videos and films that have screened at SXSW, Aspen Film, Palm Springs Shortsfest, and more. Her work has been featured in Vulture, Teen Vogue, Fast Company, WNYC, Directors Notes, Film Shortage, Time Out NY, and more. For the NY Comedy festival, she curated a video and new media show. During the pandemic, she directed and created the first live-streamed comedy and video show “”Marissa’s Google Doc Quarantine Party,”” highlighted by Google Arts and Culture.
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MEAT CRAYON (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: Kimberly’s favorite teacher always brings her the best crayons. He just won’t say where he gets them.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Richard Rotter
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 25th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Richard Rotter is an Emmy-nominated director and CSA-winning editor from Toronto whose work spans television, immersive experiences, and genre film. His 2024 short Blood Line won multiple awards and earned a DGC nomination for Best Short. He now unleashes Meat Crayon, a twisted horror short on the festival circuit, with the feature version already ready to go. His films explore masculinity, trauma, repression, and the monsters we create when we refuse to look inward.
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METANOIA (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Drawn through dreamlike rituals and surreal spaces, a man follows a magnetic force that pulls at his fear, longing and shame – until he begins to realize that what he desires may not be dangerous, but deeply true. METANOIA stars David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad, Oppenheimer) and Sedona Legge.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Sensuality, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Mike Pecci
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Driven by a deep love of genre cinema, Mike Pecci pushes horror into unexpected spaces, blending cinematic precision with raw emotional honesty. The impact of his films come as much from their honesty as from their horror.
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MIDNIGHT MOVIE CLUB (UK)
SYNOPSIS: A lone moviegoer at an insomniac cinema is preyed upon by an uncanny, 7-foot tall entity known as “The Ticket-Taker.”
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Alexander Beale
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Alexander Beale is a filmmaker and VFX producer in LA. His VFX credits include the David Fincher films MANK and THE KILLER, and his directorial efforts include the short films DOOR and MIDNIGHT MOVIE CLUB. He sees over 120 movies in theaters per year, and his favorite filmmakers are William Friedkin, John Carpenter, Michael Mann, Sam Raimi, and M. Night Shyamalan. He is an admirer of the process of David Fincher, where films are DESIGNED and then EXECUTED, not found.
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MILK (UK)
SYNOPSIS: Christmas Eve 1989, a recently divorced father finds himself the target of a deranged Santa Claus after putting out cookies — but no milk. What follows is a twisted, surreal descent into holiday horror involving Christmas lights, an industrial milking machine, and a glass that must be filled.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Dominic López
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Dominic López is a Los Angeles–based filmmaker and cinematographer whose work spans film, television, and commercials. He made his directorial debut with the award-winning feature Little Jar, released worldwide by Good Deed Entertainment in 2023. Since then, he has written and directed more than 20 short films under his banner, Grey Rabbit Films, further establishing his character-driven storytelling voice.
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MIMIC (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A woman awakens to find an exact copy of herself in her home…watching, studying, and waiting.
RATINGS GUIDE: Intense & Scary Imagery
DIRECTOR: Matthew Woods
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Internation Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 28th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Matthew Woods is a first-time writer/director whose work explores themes of identity, grief, and mental health struggles through a bold, genre-driven lens. He has been working on set as a video playback operator for major streamers, studios, and network television. Now stepping into the director’s chair, he is focused on crafting stories that are both emotionally resonant and visually compelling.
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MIRACLE WOOD (USA)
SYNOPSIS:A lonely, depressed old man finds hope in a holy piece of wood.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTORS: Johnny Rey Diaz
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Johnny Rey Diaz was a series regular on Amazon’s single-cam comedy Primo, produced by Mike Schur (The Office, Parks & Recreation) and Shea Serrano. As a filmmaker, he co-directed Puncher’s Chance, which won the Caz Matthews Award at SeriesFest and now streams on Amazon and Tubi. His latest film, Miracle Wood, premiered at SeriesFest 2024, earning both “Best Late Night” and the “Audience Award.” He is currently pursuing his MFA in producing at USC’s Peter Stark Program, furthering his work as a director, producer, and writer in film and television.
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MONSTER MEDICINE (USA)
SYNOPSIS: An emergency doctor on a heavenly mission works to save a dying patient from hell in an East L.A. Urgent Care transforming each of them forever in the most unexpected ways.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Adult Content, Intense & Scary Imagery
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Nov. 1st @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born and raised in New York City, Veronica Felicity Johnson is a graduate of the American Film Institute where she received her MFA. Veronica is the founder of Felicity Films, a Los Angeles based independent film production company. Veronica has had development experience at StudioCanal, BonaFide Pictures, CBS Television and Ghost House Pictures where she served as a development assistant for the legendary Sam Raimi. She’s also served as a writer’s room intern for a StudioCanal/ Apple+ show. The love of horror is in her blood. However, the blood is more often than not combined with a little sparkle. She likes to mix genres in unpredictable ways and often combines struggling characters against sinister backdrops. Some of her characters are human. Some are inhuman. Most are a little of each. All are flawed, bold and unforgettable.
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MOTI (INDIA)
SYNOPSIS: One day a dog named Moti turns into a boy.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language, Strong Language, All Audiences
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy, The Beyond/Fantastic
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Yash Saraf is an MFA grad from the American Film Institute. ‘Moti’ is his debut, and has played at Fantastic Fest, Fantaspoa, Shorts Shorts, Mar Del Plata etc. He likes weird beautiful movies.
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MUTED (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A disconnected couple is thrust into a strange new world when the magical force of their TV remote interrupts their lives.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language
DIRECTOR: Jenna Reilly
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: This is Jenna Reilly’s directorial debut in narrative film. She has previously directed comedy sketches and a fictional sci-fi podcast series. She’s also a writer and an actor, and has performed improv and sketch comedy all around her home city of LA. In her free time, Jenna loves traveling and spending time with her family, but her favorite thing in the world is breakfast.
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MY DEAD DAD’S FUNERAL (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Riley needs to spread her estranged father’s ashes at his childhood home, but her somber day takes a bizarre turn.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: Jamie Manelis
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 24th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jamie is a comedy writer, director, and actress. She’s worked as a screenwriter for Sony, NBC Universal, Topple Productions, and more recently for Illumination. This is Jamie’s debut short film and she’s currently taking out her next projects.
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MY LEFT HAND IS A PART OF ME (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A woman struggles with the troubling identity of being left handed and the overwhelming desire to cut it off.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Natasha Halevi
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 30th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Natasha Halevi is producer, director and actress recognized for bringing female voices to film. Halevi is the creator of the all-female directed anthology Give Me An A made in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade released by XYZ Films in 2023. She can be seen in Superman, where her character Amanda Marie McCoy is introduced into the DC Universe and she can also be seen in Indie horrors from Troma to elevated horror.
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