Birth/Rebirth and Polite Society
Birth/Rebirth
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Laura Moss; Writer: Laura Moss; Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, AJ Lister)
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
World premiere. Fiction. Day One
Infinity Pool
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Brandon Cronenberg; Writer: Brandon Cronenberg; Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman)
James and Em are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence, and surreal horrors.
World premiere. Fiction
In My Mother’s Skin
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2023; Director: Kenneth Dagatan; Stars: Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle Napuli, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, James Mavie Estrella, Angeli Bayani)
Stranded in the Philippines during the Second World War, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.
World premiere. Fiction
My Animal
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Jacqueline Castel; Writer: Jae Matthews; Stars: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen McHattie, Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Joe Apollonio)
Heather, an outcast teenage goalie in a small northern town, falls for newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. As their relationship deepens, Heather’s growing desires clash with her darkest secret, forcing her to control the animal within.
World premiere. Fiction
Onyx The Fortuitous And The Talisman Of Souls
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Andrew Bowser; Writer: Andrew Bowser; Stars: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs, Ralph Ineson, Rivkah Reyes, TC Carson)
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok's nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem.
World premiere. Fiction
Onyx The Fortuitous And The Talisman Of Souls and Talk to Me
Polite Society
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Nida Manzoor; Writer: Nida Manzoor; Stars: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Shobu Kapoor, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri, Jeff Mirza, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna)
Aspiring martial artist Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister, Lena, from her impending marriage. With the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
World premiere. Fiction
Run Rabbit Run
(Country: Australia; Year: 2023; Director: Daina Reid; Writer: Hannah Kent; Stars: Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, Damon Herriman, Greta Scacchi)
As a fertility doctor, Sarah has a firm understanding of the cycle of life. However, when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
World premiere. Fiction. Day One
Talk to Me
(Country: Australia; Year: 2023; Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou; Writer: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman; Stars: Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Zoe Terakes, Otis Dhanji)
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an ancient embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill. Until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world.
International premiere. Fiction
