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Udders! (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Naked in a cornfield, a man runs for his life…
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Strong Language, Brief Nudity, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Michael Spencer
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Michael Spencer is a NYC-based producer, director, and sound professional. His projects have screened at Clermont-Ferrand, Fantastic Fest, PÖFF, FrightFest UK, and HollyShorts. Sonically, his work can be heard on HBO’s Neighbors and HGTV’s Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House. He is the founder of Peepaw’s Basement.
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Ultra Juice (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence, Language
DIRECTOR: Carl Conway Maguire
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Carl Conway Maguire is a writer and director in NYC whose work has played at festivals including Dances With Films, SeriesFest, Sidewalk Film Festival, and more. Carl started making films as a founding member of the indie filmmaking collective, Video Mass, through which he helped facilitate screenings in Brooklyn of over 100 short films.
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Vape Glow (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Told entirely from the perspective of a recalled vape pen, Mike puffs around a dark vacation rental, illuminating it during an unusual blackout.
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Nudity, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Steven Schloss
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Steven Schloss is an American horror-filmmaker inspired by 90s video games with messy underground aesthetics and punk attitudes. His work is drawn to surrealistic visual storytelling with heavy-metal energy that blends raw emotional intelligence with fun. Steven’s recent genre-work has screened at Sitges, Fantastic Fest, BeyondFest and FrightFest. He is currently represented by WME & 3 Arts Entertainment as a writer/director for motion pictures.
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Vector (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Set amongst the last remnants of human dominion, an enigmatic exchange between a captor and his captive unfolds at the point where perception, performance, and reality converge. Adapted and told through the words of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Vector explores the impact of technology, consciousness, and the illusions we construct to justify our actions.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Violence
DIRECTOR: Steve Alvarez
GENRE: Sci-Fi
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 23rd @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Steve Alvarez is a New York City–based writer, director, and visual effects artist whose work explores the intersection of technology, philosophy, and the human experience. Drawing on more than 15 years in visual effects, animation, and cinematic design, he combines striking imagery with psychologically driven narratives. Vector marks his latest independent short film.
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Visitors (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A young woman is in the throes of early pregnancy starts to question her own reality when strange things begin to happen to the people closest to her.
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Minnie Schedeen
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Minnie Schedeen is a genre writer/director from Los Angeles. She has written projects for New Line, MGM/Amazon, Netflix and AMC. She is currently adapting Adrian Tchaikovsky’s novella SATURATION POINT for Universal with Cynthia Erivo attached to star.
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War (USA)
SYNOPSIS: In a ruthless underground arena, Red prepares for WAR, but when her estranged sister shows up to challenge her path, the battlefield shifts from the ring to their fractured bond…
RATINGS GUIDE: Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Danny Shepherd
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: None
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Danny Shepherd is a Persian-American director, actor, VFX artist and co-founder of the production company, Ismahawk. viral web content, 2nd unit action work on Netflix originals, festival-selected shorts, and independent features.
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Wax (CANADA)
SYNOPSIS: A university student ignores a growing ear infection, spiralling into psychological distress as finals approach and the pressure mounts.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Alex Forgues
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 11:00 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Alex Forgues is a Franco-Ontarian writer/director based in Ottawa, Ontario. He studied documentary at L’Inis, Montreal, as well as fiction at Canadore College in North Bay. Working in both French and English, Alex has written, directed or co-directed works of fiction or documentary, both independent or television programs such as the award- winning shorts “Dirty Laundry,” “Porcelaine” and episodes of the second season of “Petites bouches du monde” for TFO. His most recent short «Cire» (2026) premiered in competition at South by Southwest as part of their Midnight Short Program.
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We’re Not Them (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A group of hapless survivors huddle in a desert cabin, surrounded by murderous cultists. But a far greater danger lurks in their midst: valid criticism.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Stirling McLaughlin & Wilder Konschak
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 30th @ 11:30 AM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Stirling McLaughlin and Wilder Konschak are an award-winning creative team known collectively as Spaceship Town. Their comedy has been praised as “impossibly balanced between endearing and horrifying,” (Film Threat) and their horror writing has been called “super fun and funny” with “lots of laugh-out-loud moments.” (ScreenCraft) They both find solace and humor in the dark, the surreal, and the absurd, and share an abiding love for the beauty of a good nightmare.
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Xolo (USA)
SYNOPSIS: After he finds her body, a little dog named Skippy must convince Xolotl, the Aztec god of death, that his owner deserves a good afterlife.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
DIRECTOR: Matthew Gabriel Serrano
GENRE: Fantasy, Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Utah Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Saturday, Oct. 24th @ 2:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Matthew Gabriel Serrano is a first-generation Salvadoran American filmmaker, content creator, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Matthew made a name for himself by making documentaries about theme parks and frequently collaborating with the Peabody-nominated YouTube channel Defunctland. From 2024 to 2025, Matthew was selected for three film programs: The Mitú x Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship program, LFI x Netflix Inclusion Fellowship, and the Find Your People Program. Matthew is also a proud filmmaking mentor at Youth Cinema Project, where he teaches filmmaking to children of all grade levels across Los Angeles.
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Yaoguai (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Against a 1970s backdrop, Dana, a guarded aspiring actress, navigates the complexities of a community in which she is a rare presence. A disturbing encounter sets off a chain of unsettling events, awakening a terrifying entity: the YAOGUAI. Caught in a dance with her own uncertainties, Dana must navigate the darkest corners of her soul if she hopes to confront the malevolent entity determined to unravel her sanity and everything she treasures.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Mild Language, Adult Content, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Mimi Lee
GENRE: Horror
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Friday, Oct. 23rd @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Mimi Lee is a Taiwanese American filmmaker and photographer based in Los Angeles. She works fluidly across horror, thriller, and sci-fi, using genre as a lens for the thought-provoking, deeply human stories she wishes existed. Her training as a music artist and competitive dancer informs a directing approach rooted in performance, rhythm, and movement. Her sci-fi thriller Moonchild won Best Thriller at USC SCA’s First Look, was spotlighted by the American Cinematheque, and is distributed by DUST, while her music video SOIF won Best Music Video at the Oscar-qualifying Urbanworld Film Festival. Her latest short, YAOGUAI, was selected for IF Foundation’s Short Film Incubator and premiered at HollyShorts, with its screenplay placing among the top 1% of short screenplays on Coverfly’s Red List. Lee is a 2022–2023 MTV First Time Directors Fellow with MTV Entertainment Studios and holds an MFA in Directing from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She is currently developing YAOGUAI as a feature.
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You’re Not Safe (USA)
SYNOPSIS: Madalyn wakes up to find a wedding ring on her finger and a stranger’s belongings in her home. Something is very wrong, and as her world spirals around her on the Fourth of July, Madalyn discovers that no one is safe.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: Sam Balcomb
GENRE: Horor, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: Regional Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 27th @ 5:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: Sam Balcomb is a writer/director and co-founder of Rainfall Films, where he has shot a wide-ranging array of award-winning shorts, trailers and commercials. In the post world he oversees visual effects, motion graphics, and design for feature films and television, ranging from independent productions to studio tentpoles. Sam’s work, which includes Evenveil and Metroid: The Sky Calls, has been selected and awarded by Short of the Week, Filmquest, Hollyshorts, The Burbank Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Film Awards, among many others.
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Zits (USA)
SYNOPSIS: A hard boiled narcissist gets cursed to a death by fatal acne when she incurs the wrath of a mysterious woman’s evil eye
RATINGS GUIDE: Strong Violence, Strong Language, Intense Imagery
DIRECTOR: David Bornstein
GENRE: Comedy, The Beyond
PREMIERE STATUS: World Premiere
SCREENING DATE: Thursday, Oct. 29th @ 11:00 PM
DIRECTOR’S BIO: David Bornstein is a writer, director, and an elusive SoCal native. Born and raised in Laguna Hills, California, he currently hails from Burbank and is an alumnus of Saddleback College and the University of Arizona’s film programs. David’s previous short film “Unholy ‘Mole”, featuring the voiceover talents of Ray Wise, screened at over 50 film festivals including the Seattle International Film Festival, and can now be found on Vimeo, YouTube, and Screambox. He hopes you enjoy Zits very much 🙂
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