World Premieres at Screamfest
The first public screening of the film in the world.
Film Category
La Piedad
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Synopsis
Eight year old Federico lives with his father in a meagre apartment in Mexico City. His father devotes his days to sleep and work, keeping young Federico away from a carefully-guarded, locked door, behind which lies his mother.
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King of Miseries
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Synopsis
A fortune teller in the demon world, called an interpreter of signs, reads the fortune of a paranoid demon named Christopher, and discovers he's not telling her the full story. After forcing him to reveal he's found a device, a chronolet, that allows its user to travel back in time, the interpreter pleads with Christopher not to use the device. Not only is it impossible for her to read the fortune of a past which hasn't happened yet, the device poses too great a danger. Will he take her advice or will he risk our future and his own for a demon's chance at an untold fortune?
Film Category
Evaded
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Synopsis
A mother and her son are struggling through the frozen countryside. The birds no longer rule the sky and whatever is to be found on the ground is as dead as winter itself. A spark of hope lights up when they find an abandoned car. But after the mother discovers two of the previous owner dead, she realize that something is missing, or rather someone.
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Capstone's Oak
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Synopsis
A short film following Mike Capstone, a bankrupt rancher, as he tries to resist the temptations of greed after stumbling across a dark family secret... an oak tree that grows money when the dead are buried at its roots.
Film Category
Black Sugar
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Synopsis
Suburban reality unravels when a group of teens experiment with a new drug that takes its users to a terrifying new world. Charlie (Aaron Refvem, Sons of Anarchy) dreams of escaping his boring life, and in the darkest reaches of the internet he’s found his answer: Black Sugar. Promising a trip they’ll never forget, Charlie and his rebellious friends swallow the candy-colored hallucinogen, much to the dismay of Charlie’s tag-along neighbor, Adam (Jake Kellar). When Black Sugar takes hold, the teens find themselves thrust into a living nightmare, infested with terrifying creatures that serve a horrific purpose. With Adam stuck in the real world, it becomes a race against time to save his friend from Black Sugar.
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Beneath
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Synopsis
A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another. Inspired by true events. A Revolver Picture Company/Elevative Production.
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The Barista
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Synopsis
Through extensive research, a scientist discovers that a slacker coffee barista holds a deep, dark secret.
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The Quota
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Synopsis
Lucy and Viv clean up messes for the county, and they're having a bad day. Viv's husband has just left her, and supervisor Lucy struggles to figure out how the two will make their numbers or lose their jobs. On a routine stop, the ladies are led into a very remote area by a psycho killer. Yeah, their day just got worse.
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Cyprian's Prayer
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Synopsis
An excommunicated Eastern Orthodox priest is the only one who can save a possessed young woman.