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North American Premieres at Screamfest

The first public screening of the film in North America. 

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Hotline

Meet the Filmmaker

Adam Mason

Director
Synopsis
A young woman (Paris Berelc) is manning the night shift at a mental health crisis call centre, when she starts to get harassed in increasingly terrifying ways by one of her callers. ‘HOTLINE’ is a chilling homage to the classic 70’s horror ‘WHEN A STRANGER CALLS’
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No One Will Hear This

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Tom K. Goldie Lachie Pasfield

Writer/Director
Synopsis
After discovering an incriminating cassette recording of a girl that went missing in the eighties, Alannah decides to use it for her own financial gain by blackmailing the man responsible. Things do not go as planned.
Film Category

Hotline

Meet the Filmmaker

Adam Mason

Director
Synopsis
A young woman (Paris Berelc) is manning the night shift at a mental health crisis call centre, when she starts to get harassed in increasingly terrifying ways by one of her callers. ‘HOTLINE’ is a chilling homage to the classic 70’s horror ‘WHEN A STRANGER CALLS’
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Until It Stops Beating

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Sebastián Cortez

Director/Writer
Synopsis
Dani (14) starts to fall in love with Leo, the ghost of a boy he meets while playing with a Ouija board on his computer. One night, after almost being caught by his mother, he has a rather strange dream in which he is given the opportunity to get to know his friend better, although an evil presence lurks without him being aware.
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Unravelling

Meet the Filmmaker

Aimie Willemse

Director/Writer
Synopsis
FIONA tries to care for her chronically ill grandmother MAEVE as she struggles to retain her autonomy. As her invisible illness begins to physically manifest into a malignant entity, Fiona is forced to confront her worse fears.
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Simon

Meet the Filmmaker

LS David

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A unique video game character, created by a 13-year-old child in a life simulator, narrates the unfortunate story of his life from the moment he was generated. Full of hatred and resentment, he will seek answers about its world and the malevolent “God” that controls it. that controls it.
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Nights

Meet the Filmmaker

Laura Jayne Tunbridge

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When a surprise CQC inspection prevents her from taking her scheduled break, an exhausted A&E doctor finds herself pushed to her absolute limit as she races against the clock to bring patient wait times under four hours.
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IN THE NAME OF...

Meet the Filmmaker

MARCOS MUÑOZ FLORES

Director
Synopsis
After suffering a terrible abuse at the hands of the priest of his church, Abraham finds himself immersed in a world of terror and confusion. Tormented by hallucinations and sinister presences, he struggles to escape the dark labyrinth of faith he once thought he knew. But as he confronts his deepest fears, he discovers that the true nightmare is about to begin.
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A Divine Comedy: What the Hell

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Valerie Lee Barnhart

Director
Synopsis
Dante's classic Hell is falling into oblivion. Charlotte, a sharp-witted Harpy, navigates the chaos and sets out despite the odds for a new life and destiny. On the way, she gets stuck in an elevator with her fuccboi ex, Asterion. Living in the end-times, he won't stop at anything to try and win her back. Will she survive this journey through Hell? Will the weighing of hearts lead to their complete annihilation?
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1978

Meet the Filmmaker

Luciano Onetti & Nicolas Onetti

Writer/Director
Synopsis
During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers kidnap a group of young people. What begins as an inhumane interrogation turns into hell: the wrong group has been kidnapped.
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SWEET RIVER

Meet the Filmmaker

Justin McMillan

Director
Synopsis
Hannah's search for her son's body leads her to sleepy Billins, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose towns dark secrets....secrets that both the living and the dead will fight to protect.
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A Ghost Waits

Meet the Filmmaker

Adam Stovall

Director
Synopsis
Jack's job is to fix up the house. Muriel's job is to haunt it. They should be enemies, but they become fascinated by one another and eventually smitten, leading them to question everything about their work, lives, and decisions. But as the pressure mounts for them to fulfill their duties, something will have to give for them to have the time together they both so desperately want.