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The Smother

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Ben Kaide

Director
Synopsis
Jack tries to outrace a mysterious supernatural entity known as The Smother, but unexpectedly runs into an old friend.
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Darkroom

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Matt Black

Writer / Director
Synopsis
In his home darkroom, a crime scene photographer develops pictures of a gruesome murder. He discovers a disturbing blur on the images, distorting the victim's face. Each new print he makes comes out more unsettling than the last. Bizarre events start happening around his house, frightening his young daughter, and leaving him to wonder if something supernatural was captured on his film.
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This Is Book Club

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Robyn Okrant

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When lonely, socially anxious Jane joins a book club to make friends, she discovers that middle-aged women in sweater sets can be savage.
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Infestation

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David Calbert

Writer-Director
Synopsis
Jason, a man burdened with the care of his abusive, dementia ridden mother, takes a job as an exterminator. He steals something from his client, who turns out to be a witch, and suffers the consequences.
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The Double

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Aljosha Klimov

Director

Misha Sprits

Director

Mitya Kokorin

Director
Synopsis
On New Year’s Eve, 1986 Oleg Proshkin, a low-level Soviet investigator, gets called out to a disturbance — in his own apartment building.
Something’s off the moment he steps into the courtyard, and when he unlocks his door, he finds strangers inside. They’ve made themselves at home. Waiting for him: a Santa Claus he’s never seen before — and a disturbingly intelligent dog named Shapka. Santa says he’s been looking for Proshkin for years. When Proshkin was a boy, he mailed a postcard asking to be sent into space — the same space where, according to his mother, his father flew and never came back. Proshkin tries to fight. Tries to shout. It doesn’t matter. Santa drops the jolly act. He overpowers him, yanks a gift sack over his head, and hauls him off — past the rooflines, out into the black.
A surreal ride into the unstable architecture of human memory, and the hairline crack between reality and madness we all balance on — right up until it gives way.
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POUMPO

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Anthony Tueni

Director
Synopsis
When his mother finally gives in, and gives him augmented reality glasses, Max meets “Poumpo”, his new virtual best friend.
Thanks to him, his life gets back on track.
But their relationship soon takes a worrying turn...
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Animalia

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Marius Rolfsvåg

Director
Synopsis
Animalia is a fable about the relationship between humans and animals. Set in a future where nature has reclaimed the world, cities are overgrown, and humans have turned into animals – except for a few, sealed inside an airtight city. When Alm is sent to rescue newborns from the animal-like humans, she discovers the humanity in animals – and the animal within herself.
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No Free Brains

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Ciara Sergi

Creator
Synopsis
Looking to replace his chewed up brain with a shiny new one, Lamb Chop ventures to the Brain Store where he tries on a series of 10 peculiar brains. Each one distorts his perception of the world in a uniquely twisted way. After it becomes clear that Lamb Chop is very picky, the store clerk pulls out a trick that only special customers get to see.
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Compost

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Jennifer Limbroso

Director, Writer
Synopsis
Months after the disappearance of his father, Leonard, 11 years old, discovers a living entity in the compost at the back of the garden. He secretly forms a bond with this thing, which is soon discovered by his little sister. Both start to believe it’s their father. When their mother protests against this idea, Léonard begins to have doubts about her.
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Skinned

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Alee Ruggieri

Writer, Director
Synopsis
When Lucy’s partner removes the condom mid-sex without consent, she tries to play it cool—until his betrayal drives her to a twisted revenge.
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Mukbang

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Joe Grode

Director
Synopsis
In a near-future dystopia, an underground mukbang factory turns human appetite into entertainment, forcing participants to gorge themselves for an insatiable online audience, where the pursuit of visibility leads only to self-destruction.
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Caged

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Ben Caplan

Director
Synopsis
After she's abducted on her way home from work, a single mother wakes up locked in a cage—and discovers her only chance at escape lies in gaining the trust of her captor’s young daughter.