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M.R.I. (or, Michael Returns Indefinitely) (USA)
SYNOPSIS: When Michael’s frustrations with the health care industry cause him to openly question his doctor’s motives, he awakens shadowy forces that threaten to fight back.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: John F. Beach
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 12:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: John F. Beach is an award-winning filmmaker and actor currently based in Los Angeles, CA. His last film “They Grow Up So Fast” screened in competition at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, and won over a dozen awards, including the Grand Prize at the 2022 Louisiana Film Prize, Jury & Audience awards at Indy Shorts and the Cleveland International Film Festival, and an honorable mention for Best Director at Just For Laughs in Montreal.
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Madam (USA)
SYNOPSIS: An unlucky man becomes a pawn in a mischievous ghoul’s deadly game.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Jason
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 3:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: After graduating with a BFA in Film and Television from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Jason’s debut feature film, PATIENT, was acquired by Shoreline Entertainment and aired on Showtime Network. As a cofounder of Heebie-Jeebies Pictures, he has written, directed, and edited several award-winning short films, including CHECKPOINT, THE RECLAIMERS, TO HELL WITH YOU, and TAPESTRY, which have garnered acclaim online and at top festivals around the world.
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Madre Mía (MEXICO)
SYNOPSIS: Desperate for money, an emotionally dependent son exploits his dying mother’s body to stage a viral alien sighting in Tampico, unleashing a mass hysteria that quickly spirals out of control.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Language, Brief Nudity
DIRECTOR: Mónica G. Carter
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Mónica G. Carter is a Mexican director whose international upbringing has shaped her multicultural narrative and commercial work. Her work has been recognized by the Cannes Lions Young Director Award, Raindance, Berlin Commercial, and TIME magazine, which named her one of 80 women shaping contemporary Mexican culture.
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Magpie (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In the quiet of the woods and the shadow of her best friends pregnancy, a woman’s yearning for a child takes on a life of its own.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Sylvia Hoeks
GENRE: The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Dutch actress Sylvia Hoeks gained international acclaim for her role as Luv in Blade Runner 2049, with critics naming her performance one of the top 10 cinematic villains of all time.Magpie marks her directorial debut — a deeply personal short film that explores themes of grief, longing, and female friendship with poetic restraint and emotional rawness.
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Man Eating Pussy (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: A dying man seeks the ultimate release: a birth in reverse.
RATINGS GUIDE: Brief Nudity, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: Emily Lawson
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31st @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Emily Lawson is a neurodiverse Toronto-based filmmaker whose work explores embodied storytelling. Her practice spans directing, writing, and performance to examine how emotion manifests through the body. She is in pre-production for Polycepolis, a movement-based exploration of neurodivergence and coupledom and in development for Unicorn, her debut feature, an autobiographical metaphysical comedy about surviving childhood cancer.
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Mantis Stream! Like and Subscribe (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Craig gets engaged and chokes to death on a egg, live on the internet.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Lincoln Robisch & Sarah Maerten
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 9:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Lincoln Robisch and Sarah Maerten are award-winning collaborators based in Baltimore, Maryland who focus on telling bizarre and overstimulating stories about the absurdity of our modern digital age and its effect on the human condition.
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Marge (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After learning she’s pregnant, Sadie reflects back on the night she learned her mother was a serial killer. But now becoming a mother herself, Sadie suddenly finds herself understanding Marge in a way she never has before.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Michael Prieto & Julia Kern
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Monday, Oct. 26th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Michael Prieto & Julia Kern are an emerging writer/director duo with educations from USC Film Production & UCONN Creative Writing. Their last short, Goats, premiered at Beyond Fest and won Best Short at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival. The pair are currently in development on a few features, including Marge.
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Marisol (UK / USA)
SYNOPSIS: After the death of her sister, a Filipino-American teenager breaks a traditional mourning taboo by uncovering a mirror to speak with the dead — only to realize something else answered first.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Jill Marie Sachs
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Jill Marie Sachs is a mixed Filipina-American writer-director whose genre work explores cultural memory, identity, and the lingering effects of colonialism. Her folk-horror short Taga, shot in the Philippines, was funded by the CAPE Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge and was an Official Selection at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight Shorts program. The film received the Wes Craven Award for Best Horror Short at the Catalina Film Festival, Best Short Film at FilAm Creative, and Jill was honored with the Minerva Award for Female Writer-Director-Producers at FilmQuest. She recently directed Marisol for Tubi’s upcoming Bite Size Terror anthology and is currently developing several feature-length horror projects, including a feature expansion of Taga.
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Marv (AUSTRALIA)
SYNOPSIS: A deranged kids’ party clown who punishes absent fathers, realizes his latest victim might actually have a good excuse for neglecting his family.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Andrew Gardner
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 8:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Andrew Gardner is a Sydney-based screenwriter and director working across television and film. He has been a regular writer on ‘Home and Away’ since 2017 and was nominated for an Australian Writers’ Guild Award for Best Serial in 2021. Andrew is currently developing original feature film projects with an emphasis on genre-driven storytelling.
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Matches (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After matching with a famous actor on a dating app, Ryan is invited to a party at his mansion where he is unexpectedly thrown into a cut throat competition for the actor’s heart.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Language, Sensuality
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 9:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: ake is an LA based actor, writer, director, and comedian. Matches marks his directorial debut. He performs a lot in the LA indie theater scene and performs sketch comedy regularly at Upright Citizens Brigade with house sketch team, The Family Business. Go check out Local Morning Show Archives on Instagram and YouTube which he co-created with Monica Loomba which can only be described as the 4th hour of the Today Show on acid.
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Me First (SPAIN)
SYNOPSIS: Rosa, a shy immigrant cook, participates in a rigorous selection process to work at a renowned restaurant. But the violent atmosphere created by chef David will push Rosa to do things she never imagined.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Originally from Brazil and now a Spanish citizen, he holds a degree in screenwriting and directing from the Bande à Part School (Barcelona). ‘Me first’ is his first short film as a director after completing his studies.
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Meat (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A doting wife, a controlling husband, and an appetite for revenge.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Language
DIRECTOR: Michael
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Michael is an award-winning creative marketing sr. producer at HBO and indie horror director. At HBO, he interviews talent, shoots BTS, and cuts trailers for high-end marketing campaigns including Peacemaker, Welcome to Derry, The White Lotus, and The Pitt. When he’s off the clock, Michael’s creative ambitions don’t sleep given the horror he conjures up in his films.
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Meeting Your Maker (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Meeting Your Maker follows Otis, a beloved puppet on a long-running children’s show, as he faces an existential crisis just before the series’ milestone 300th episode.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Gregory JM Kasunich
GENRE: Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 9:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Gregory JM Kasunich is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and photographer whose work spans narrative film, animation, commercials, music videos, and branded entertainment. Alongside his independent filmmaking career, he has created award-winning work for some of the world’s most recognized studios, platforms, and brands, including DreamWorks Animation, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Taylor Swift, and Ruggable, bringing cinematic storytelling to audiences across film, television, and advertising.
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Method (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A fiercely ambitious acting student becomes obsessed with unlocking the secret to her classmate’s devastating performance. METHOD is a darkly funny satire about jealousy, grief, and how far artists will go for authenticity.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Mild Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Mackenzie Breeden
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 9:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Colorado Springs native Mackenzie Breeden is an LA-based filmmaker and photographer. She co-wrote and produced Horsegirls, a Black List-featured feature that premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival before its theatrical release. Her directorial debut, Praying Mantis, premiered internationally at FrightFest UK, won multiple festival awards, and was acquired by AMC’s Shudder. Her short Dad’s Dead Dammit was a Sundance Ignite Finalist. Beyond film, Mackenzie is an accomplished photographer whose work has appeared in eleven international editions of Vogue and other leading publications.
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Million Dollar Man (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A timid man does something by himself for once.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Riley Scott
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Sunday, Oct. 25th @ 12:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Riley Scott is not a robot. He is a Los Angeles-based writer and director who likes to disrupt and disturb, but always with heart.
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MILO (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A teenager tracks his older brother to an RV park, only to discover something sinister.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: TBD
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 3:30 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: My love of filmmaking began at the age of five, when I’d sneak out of bed to watch late-night horror movies. Since then, I’ve built a career as an editor, working on acclaimed television series including Modern Family and FBI, as well as feature-length comedies and horror films. I’m now beginning my journey as a writer-director with MILO, a short horror film that I wrote and directed. I’m currently developing MILO into a feature film, continuing the story of the two brothers at the heart of the project.
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Missing Socks (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious laundromat owner (Nancy McLoughlin, Friday the 13th Part VI) tells her last customer of the night the truth about where all the missing socks go.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Nadine & Joe
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 23rd @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: While attending film school in San Diego, Nadine and Joe became fast friends after discovering that the dark, humorous stories they wanted to tell were peculiarly aligned. They’ve since directed numerous short films together, been mentored by industry professionals (Nadine with Women in Film), and even written a script for Lionsgate. Missing Socks is their latest foray into horror — an urban legend that explores where everybody’s missing socks go.
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Money’s Tight (USA)
SYNOPSIS: On the verge of losing her cheerleading scholarship, Carly takes matters into her own hands and kills her competition. She enlists the help of her financially desperate older sister, and they hatch a plan to turn Carly’s heinous mistake into the answer to both their problems.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language
DIRECTOR: Scarlet Moreno
GENRE: Horror, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Scarlet Moreno is a Los Angeles-based director, writer, and actor whose work centers the feminine experience in unexpected and exciting ways. A bilingual artist raised in Laredo, Texas, she is an NYU Tisch graduate and was one of five first-time feature filmmakers selected by Robert Rodriguez for Rebel Without a Crew: The Series. Her award-winning films include her debut feature Phaedra and short film Velma, which garnered recognition at festivals including FilmQuest, Nightmares Film Festival, and Underworlds Austin. Drawn to horror and genre filmmaking, Moreno creates heightened, visually distinct worlds that explore the juxtaposition between the beautiful and the harrowing.
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My Private Yellowstone (SOUTH AFRICA)
SYNOPSIS: A young man wakes up tied to a chair, confronted by a wildly incompetent spirit guide who looks suspiciously like a bargain-bin John Dutton from Yellowstone. As the cowboy fumbles toward revealing his unexpected message their bizarre encounter spirals into a hilariously frustrating conversation that ends with a bang.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language
DIRECTOR: Liam Bosman
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: US Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 11:30 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Liam Bosman has worked professionally as an actor since the age of 11, spending much of his adolescence on film and television sets while developing a fascination with the craft behind the camera. At 21, he wrote, produced and directed his first serious short film. Liam was raised by the movies and has a deep love for storytelling. From being deported and temporarily banned from the US, to accidentally signing up to play a but-double in a Gore Verbinski film, Liam has seen it all and wants to share his unique stories with the world.
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My Severed Arm (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After a brutal encounter with a masked killer leaves her trapped and alone, a woman turns to unconventional methods to survive the night: YouTube tutorials
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Casey de Fremery
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 23rd @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Casey de Fremery is an award-winning writer/director based in Los Angeles, drawn to stories about people on the fringes and the dangers of technology. Raised on James Cameron, the Coen Brothers, and *Jurassic Park*, he began directing music videos, commercials, and short films in the Bay Area, with action films remaining his passion. His shorts *Chorus Notes*, *The Needle*, and *Avocado* have earned numerous festival awards, and his micro-budget feature debut *War Path* was released in 2021.
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