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North American Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in North America. 

Film Category

The Rickety Man

Meet the Filmmaker

Cameron Gallagher

Director
Synopsis
Edward, a distant widower discovering his children are grieving their mother's death in their own terrifying way, after having met a mysterious entity in the woods.

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The Retaliators

Meet the Filmmaker

Samuel Gonzalez Jr.

Director

Bridget Smith

Director
Synopsis
In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he
searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original
soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this
horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules. Marc Menchaca (Ozark),
Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) star. Five Finger Death
Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Escape The Fate, and more appear
onscreen and on THE RETALIATORS Original Soundtrack, coming soon via Better Noise Music.
Film Category

Meat

Meet the Filmmaker

Lander Castro

Director
Synopsis
Mother wakes up in the middle of the night due to the noises coming from her daughter Angela's room. When she gets there, she realizes that her daughter is not behaving normally.
Film Category

The Mad Shagger

Meet the Filmmaker

Ciaran Lyons

Director
Synopsis
A woman searches for a missing loved one who, unknown to her, has been afflicted with a terrible curse.

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Film Category

Isolation

Meet the Filmmaker

11 Directors

Director
Synopsis
Woven together are nine tales of terror that follow isolated citizens from around the world as they confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.
Film Category

Imaginary Portrait

Meet the Filmmaker

Felipe Martinez Carbonell

Director and Producer
Synopsis
Through the creation of a family portrait, a mentally imbalanced young artist connects with her dead mother to exact revenge on her ghoulish father and abusive grandfather.
Film Category

The Departure

Meet the Filmmaker

Nico Van den Brink

Director
Synopsis
Nora has had a rough year. The situation is not getting better when she keeps running into the same man...
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The Dead Collectors

Meet the Filmmaker

Brendan Cleaves

Director
Synopsis
During a pandemic in an alternate reality, two men have the job of collecting the deceased.
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The Changed

Meet the Filmmaker

Michael Mongillo

Director
Synopsis
Something has taken possession of the hearts and minds of the populace. Kim (Clare Foley), Mac (Jason Alan Smith), and Jane (Carlee Avers) try to convince themselves it's paranoia, but before long the city is besieged by the changed. By the time they realize an alien intelligence has merged with their neighbor, Bill (Tony Todd), a horde of changed is amassing outside their suburban home.
Film Category

Bring Out The Fear

Meet the Filmmaker

Richard Waters

Director
Synopsis
Rosie and Dan are a couple in a doomed relationship. While taking a final walk in their favourite forest, they find it has trapped them in an unsolvable maze. The paths lead nowhere, the trees never end, the sun never sets, and a sinister presence stalks and torments them, trying to drive them insane... There is no escape. But what exactly are they hiding? This dark folk horror will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery.
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Melchior The Apothecary

Meet the Filmmaker

Elmo Nüganen

Director
Synopsis
In medieval Tallinn, the famous knight of the Order who freed the Baltic Sea from pirates is murdered. The hero's head is chopped off and his mouth is stuffed with coins. The gold chain he bought the same day is missing. The Sheriff orders Melchior the Apothecary, who can talk to the dead, to investigate the crime. The clever young man discovers that the murdered knight was looking for a mysterious "Prisoner of Tallinn" and clues lead to the Dominican monastery. A terrible series of crimes is unleashed -anyone who comes into contact with this secret is in danger. At the same time, the apothecary has doubts about his apprentice, who seems to be hiding something...

The feature film Melchior the Apothecary is based on a popular novel known from the top of book sales charts. Screenwriters Indrek Hargla, Elmo Nüganen and Olle Mirme intertwined the characters and events known from the book "Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church" with completely new and exciting twists and turns created for the film.
Film Category

MAD HEIDI

Meet the Filmmaker

Johannes Hartmann & Sandro Klopfstein

Director & Co-Director
Synopsis
In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of an evil cheese tyrant (Casper Van Dien), Heidi (Alice Lucy) lives the pure and simple life in the Swiss Alps. Grandfather Alpöhi (David Schofield) does his best to protect Heidi, but her yearning for freedom soon gets her into trouble with the dictator’s henchmen. The innocent girl transforms herself into a kick-ass female fighting force who sets out to liberate the country from the insane cheese fascists.

MAD HEIDI is an action-adventure exploitation spoof based on the popular children‘s book character Heidi and the very first Swissploitation film.