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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

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

Film Category

What You Wish For

Meet the Filmmaker

Nicholas Tomnay

Writer/Director/Editor
Synopsis
A chef with gambling problems flees to the Latin American villa of an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something more unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers
the truth.
Film Category

The Wait

Meet the Filmmaker

F. JAVIER GUTIERREZ

Director/ Writer
Synopsis
Eladio (Victor Clavijo), a hunting estate keeper, takes a bribe from a veteran hunter. Weeks later, his whole life falls apart. Death, guilt and revenge will take over. What looked like the opportunity of a lifetime turns into a macabre descent to hell, where Eladio will test his boundaries.
Film Category

Wake

Meet the Filmmaker

Conner De Mita

Director / Writer
Synopsis
After his mother's wake, Cooper runs away to live alone in the forest, but discovers that every night members of his community inexplicably sleepwalk to him. As more people arrive each night, he's forced to confront his grief and fear of connection.
Film Category

Waipo

Meet the Filmmaker

Stephen Law

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Out of touch with her Chinese roots, American-born Chinese girl visits her religious mother-in-law living alone in the countryside, but a series of unexpected events cause Kelly to suspect ill-intentions from her fiance's family.
Film Category

Voyager

Meet the Filmmaker

Pablo Pagan

Director
Synopsis
Camila (24) works as a party truck driver. Locked in a draining routine, she has developed a strange obsession with the clientele of the business, looking at them as a reflection of her inability to integrate into society.
One night, cleaning one of the trucks, she discovers a bottle containing some mysterious pills, which after taking them, allow her abandon her body, and explore the world outside the boundaries of her physical self, in a sort of astral journey. With the help of this newly acquired power, Camila will begin to explore the world beyond the cab of her truck.
Film Category

Voices

Meet the Filmmaker

Abbie Lucas

Director
Synopsis
When moving into their new home, Tara and Drew are alarmed when they overhear their neighbours arguing. As the voices get louder and more violent, they must decide if it's their responsibility to act.
Film Category

Trial 22

Meet the Filmmaker

John Ferrer

Director
Synopsis
Trapped in a mysterious underground experiment, a group of people must survive against monsters, traps and each other.
Film Category

Terror

Meet the Filmmaker

Giles Buchanan

Writier & Director
Synopsis
When the facts surrounding a mountain climbing incident are called into question, sole survivor Ruben is forced to recall the events that unfolded. But there is more than just his memory of the climb; something he has hidden from the world. With rising dread, Ruben must confront the truth about what happened, and in doing so will bear witness to an unfathomable terror.
Film Category

Seraphim

Meet the Filmmaker

Oscar Ramos

Director
Synopsis
After her sister is chosen as a modern day prophet, we follow our protagonist, Jude, as the threads of her faith begin to fray. As her sister Gloria grows more deeply entrenched with the angel, Jude grapples with the ramifications of what it really means to be an agent of God. While her family prepares dozens of pipe bombs, and Jude works to save her sister from herself, she must ask: is she the one who needs saving?
Film Category

Robbie Ain't Right No More

Meet the Filmmaker

Kyle Perritt

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Sarah (Madeleine McGraw - THE BLACK PHONE, OUTCAST) was close with her older brother Robbie (Jadon Cal - LAST OF THE GRADS) before he went off to war. But now he's cold and distant. He doesn't seem quite right anymore. When Sarah refuses to let him slip away, she finds out he brought something horrific home with him.
Film Category

REZAR

Meet the Filmmaker

Walter Garcia

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A group of four friends embark on a weekend getaway to a remote cabin. As they settle in, they soon realize that their trip is anything but ordinary. 

The friends stumble upon a hidden cellar door that unleashes a sinister force upon them.

They face an onslaught of terrifying challenges that turns their trip into nightmarish battle for survival; testing the bond of friendship and the strength of faith. 

As non-believers find solace in prayer during their darkest hour, they must confront the haunting question of whether faith can protect them against the forces of evil.

“REZAR” is a blend of horror, suspense, and supernatural mystery, where the struggle for survival becomes a test of faith and the will to overcome unimaginable terrors. 
Film Category

Trapped

Meet the Filmmaker

Semyon Voinov

Director
Synopsis
Days turn into a desperate struggle for survival for a scientist trapped inside a laboratory during a zombie outbreak. With limited resources and no escape in sight, he faces his biggest challenge yet when he discovers a rogue lab rat raiding his dwindling food supplies.