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West Coast Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film on the West Coast. 

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Theater is Dead

Meet the Filmmaker

Katherine Dudas

Director
Synopsis
Sheltered Willow auditions for mysterious director Matthew's play, a Greek tragedy adaptation. Enthralled, she ignores dangers and undergoes self-discovery as the lead under his tutelage.
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Balls

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Phillip Davis

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Aperol, awkwardness, murder, and mambo.
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You Have Her Eyes

Meet the Filmmaker

Jordan Sommerlad

Co-Director

Cory Stonebrook

Co-Director
Synopsis
A woman’s fears about having children begin to manifest as visions of her dead grandmother.
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Don’t Leave the Kids Alone / No Dejes a los Niños Solos

Meet the Filmmaker

Emilio Portes

Director
Synopsis
A claustrophobic and psychological horror film about two competitive siblings alone in their new house. Newly widowed Cata attends a party, leaving her two young sons, Mati and Emi, alone at their new house. As the brothers attempt to find their games console their rivalry raises its head.
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Redux Redux

Meet the Filmmaker

Kevin McManus & Matthew McManus

Directors/Producers/Writers
Synopsis
Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, repeatedly killing her daughter's murderer. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity hangs in the balance.
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Telaraña

Meet the Filmmaker

Nicola Ríos

Synopsis
In a mountain estate in Puerto Rico lives a family with hidden secrets. On a night of rebellion, Naomi, the young teenage daughter, confronts the eight-legged parasite looming in her home and must make a choice: conform to her family’s identity or forge her own path.
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You Can't Talk To The Dude

Meet the Filmmaker

Lucas Murphy

Writer / Director / Co-Editor
Synopsis
After moving into a newly renovated apartment, Rory's life falls apart when a mysterious old
man appears in his home.
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Before the Fall (Tres Dias)

Meet the Filmmaker

F. JAVIER GUTIERREZ

Director/ Writer
Synopsis
A giant meteorite is about to collide with Earth. The planet is gripped by despair and chaos. The inhabitants of Laguna listen to the news in terror. Ale, a frustrated young man who lives with his mother, decides to spend his last days shut away, getting drunk and listening to his favourite music. But his plans change when he is forced to help his mother to protect his brother's four children when Lucio, an ambiguous, disturbing stranger appears.
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DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON

Meet the Filmmaker

Jason Lei Howden

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In this sequel to the 2015 cult splatter-metal classic, Brodie is washed-up, broke, and stuck in small-town purgatory. But when he learns that 'NoizeQuest', a battle-of-the-bands competition is coming to his town, he sees a shot at redemption - and maybe even a second chance with Medina. One problem: his drummer is missing an arm, and the rest of his band is, well... dead. Luckily, Brodie still has the pages of The Black Hymn, so raising his bandmates from the great beyond is just a riff away. But with every chord comes blood, guts, and the kind of apocalyptic chaos only DEATHGASM can unleash.
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AVEM

Meet the Filmmaker

Luis Quijano

Director
Synopsis
Struggling with a deep loss and feeling disconnected from his home country while abroad, a young man begins to have a body transformation as he longs for a life of freedom.
Film Category

Drink Up

Meet the Filmmaker

Wenzler Powers

Writer / Director
Synopsis
When Carter, a man celebrating three years of sobriety, loses his job, he’s lured into a mysterious bar offering free drinks in exchange for his recovery chip. But what begins as one drink turns into a nightmarish spiral through time, addiction, and guilt—until he realizes the true cost of trying to drown his demons.
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Influencers

Meet the Filmmaker

Kurtis David Harder

Writer, Director, Producer
Synopsis
In Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.