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Los Angeles County Premieres at Screamfest

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

Film Category

Mud on My Shoes

Meet the Filmmaker

Rosie Geozalian

Director
Synopsis
Narrated by horror legend Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Mud on My Shoes is a stop-motion adaptation of a childhood nightmare based off the poem of the same name from author Count D.'s book, "All My Friends Are Creeps". The short combines the world of practical miniature sets with poetry to submerge viewers in a visceral retelling of a boy navigating his fears in a surreal dreamscape.
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Full Moon

Meet the Filmmaker

Shrayek Kapil

Director
Synopsis
Mikey's girlfriend, Sandra, is throwing him a surprise birthday party. Problem is, it's a full moon night - and he's a werewolf. Mikey's done a good job of keeping his secret so far, but he also loves Sandra and doesn't want to hurt her. Will he risk revealing his dark secret to her before time runs out?
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.