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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in Los Angeles County. 

Film Category

BOT OR NOT

Meet the Filmmaker

Meghan Carrasquillo

Director
Synopsis
In a world where reality dating TV and AI collide, a brilliant young coder competes on BOT OR NOT! A groundbreaking show where contestants date both a human and a hyper-realistic AI. What starts as an exciting experiment soon becomes a tense game of trust and deception. As reality blurs, she must navigate a dangerous system where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.
Film Category

Devil's Prism

Meet the Filmmaker

Kika Magalhães

Synopsis
Shown entirely from Gabi's perspective, the film follows a thief who joins her friends for a routine heist which finds her in an unsettling encounter with a mysterious object that unleashes a dark entity who possesses her.
Film Category

Masks

Meet the Filmmaker

Andre LeBlanc

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A husband slowly draws his wife from a long-standing catatonic state by having her wear a series of old Halloween masks. Driven by the hope of having her back, he pushes the experiment into dangerous territory, sending him towards a final confrontation he’ll soon regret.
Film Category

Empty Jars

Meet the Filmmaker

Guillermo Ribbeck

Synopsis
A lonely landlord falls in love with a charismatic spirit and helps him find a new body so he can feel again.
Film Category

Worst Thing You've Ever Done

Meet the Filmmaker

PJ Germain

Director / Co-Writer
Synopsis
Highschool really sucks… and no one knows that better than best friends Aaron and Keith. So when they set out to crash a small graduation party, buried emotions and teenage tensions explode, forcing everyone to face the worst parts of themselves.
Film Category

Prends Chair

Meet the Filmmaker

Armin Assadipour

Director
Synopsis
Venance, an overweight teenager, faces remarks and teasing about his overweightness, in his neighborhood and even in his own family. His body reacts to become an outlet for his pain.
Film Category

Flatastic

Meet the Filmmaker

Alice SAEY

Director
Synopsis
Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth; it is the dawning of a new Flat era.
Film Category

Night-Gaunts

Meet the Filmmaker

Monstark -

Director
Synopsis
A traveler is snatched away on a monstrous voyage in this handmade puppet horror film based on the poem by H.P. Lovecraft.
Film Category

DATIVA

Meet the Filmmaker

Daniel Calavera

Director
Synopsis
A woman is prostrated on a dead tree, in the middle of a wasteland, surrounded by branches like spider webs. She can't move and can only hear his thoughts.
A Creature approaches her, wants to ask her for something...
Film Category

The New Girl

Meet the Filmmaker

Savannah Ayoade-Greaves

Writer/Director
Synopsis
On her first day at a new school, Angel gets more than she bargained for when she attracts the attention of "˜it' girl Grace and her group of friends, who invite her to join their mysterious after-school club.
Film Category

Paloquemao: the vampire market

Meet the Filmmaker

Jeferson Cardoza Herrera

Director
Synopsis
Pedro is one of the vampires of underdevelopment who works amidst aisles full of garlic, fruits, herbs and crucifixes in the Paloquemao Market. However, on May 28, 2016, when the largest blood trafficking network in Bogota is dismantled, his dealer Harbey escapes and takes refuge in the market, threatening his relationship with Angie, the girl he is in love with.
Film Category

D I G

Meet the Filmmaker

Lee Boxleitner

Director
Synopsis
A controversial gaming influencer live streams a deadly virtual reality game.