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Anemone is a modern mermaid. Every night, she sings at a bar, seduces a man and invites him over to her place, where she kills him. Her seven roommates have the same routine, as they all share the same mission: ridding the world of as many cishet men as possible, by killing them, one by one.
Directed By:
Mila Lignel
Country:
Belgium / Greece
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
11
Premiere:
North American Premiere
Warning:
Implied Violence
Screening:
27468

Bring Me the Head of a Smiling Pig
Right before the opening ceremony of the newly opened Ilsung Art Museum, the museum director says that the pig’s head on the ceremonial table is not smiling. A member of the museum staff must find the best smiling pig head, while battling his nervous breakdown.
Directed By:
Wooje Chang
Country:
Korea
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
23
Premiere:
North American Premiere
Screening:
27487

10 years after people have stopped dying, Florian, a self destructive porn star, tries desperately to understand the point of life after his twin sister announces her pregnancy.
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
19
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
Nudity; Explicit Sexual Situations; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations; Implied Violence; Graphic Violence; Drug Use; Discussion or Depiction of Suicide; Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm
Screening:
27468, 27473

Deep in the basement of an old house on a quiet suburban street, Jane Howell harbors a strange little creature named Ziggy. The two share their life in solitude, where Ziggy’s only connection to the outside world comes from black and white movies on an old TV. Their way of life is put into question when an old friend from the past appears at her door, leaving Jane scrambling to preserve Ziggy’s innocence as he starts connecting the dots of his mysterious origins.
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
24
Warning:
Implied Violence
Screening:
27468, 27473

Surprise! Oliver reveals a luxurious NYC hotel suite to his blindfolded fiancée Victoria, an extravagant expense made possible with the help of Victoria’s wealthy, manipulative mother. Recovering from depression, Victoria is newly off her meds and feeling uneasy. She attempts to relax and enjoy the evening, but discerning between visions and reality becomes increasingly difficult when eerie events begin to occur - a bathtub filled with blood, a bellhop ushering her into a new, identical room, and Oliver showing up with a gash in his head. Is everything all in her head because she stopped taking her antidepressants? Or is there really a scheme to hurt them?
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
18
Warning:
Implied Violence; Discussion or Depiction of Suicide; Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm
Screening:
27468, 27473

Susanna, who completed four years of training to become a nun, looks forward to her vow ceremony in three days. However, when she shares a room with an old nun, she is confused if she can complete the ceremony without trouble.
Directed By:
Ji-Eun Hwang
Country:
Korea
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
28
Premiere:
North American Premiere
Screening:
27487

A widower moves with his teenage daughter to a derelict mansion in a Muslim-majority suburb of Bangkok after his wife's death. Ignoring local warnings, he removes protective talismans from the house, inadvertently unleashing a furious djinn and a 200-year-old curse. As supernatural events escalate, his daughter embarks on a journey to Thailand’s deep south to seek help from a Muslim doctor to save her father and confront the malevolent forces they’ve awakened.
Directed By:
Panu Aree
Country:
Thailand
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
131
Warning:
Implied Violence
Screening:
27487

Five young unmarried girls and boys travel to northern Iran, where due to restrictions on renting hotels or safe villas for singles, they are forced to rent a cabin from a motorcyclist who turns out to be a pervert.
Directed By:
Alireza Sharifi
Country:
Iran / United States
Genre:
Horror
Minutes:
25
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
Explicit Sexual Situations; Non-Explicit Sexual Situations; Implied Violence; Graphic Violence
Screening:
27468, 27473
