Huesera and Attachment
Attachment (Natten Har Øjne)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Gabriel Bier Gislason; Writer: Gabriel Bier Gislason; Stars: David Dencik, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, Josephine Park)
Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them
International premiere
The Black Phone
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Scott Derrickson; Writer: Scott Derrickson, C Robert Cargill, Joe Hill; Stars: Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Madeleine McGraw, Kellan Rhude, Mason Thames, J. Gaven Wilde, Michael Banks Repeta, E. Roger Mitchell, Ron Blake, Braxton Alexander, Jacob Moran, Reagan Shumate, Kristina Arjona, Robert Fortunato)
Locked in a soundproof basement by a masked child killer, a teenage boy finds the possibility of hope through an unexpected and supernatural lifeline: a telephone on which he receives motivational calls from the killer’s past victims.
New York premiere
Family Dinner
(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Hengl; Writer: Peter Hengl; Stars: Pia Hierzegger, Michael Pink, Nina Katlein, Alexander Sladek)
Overweight and insecure, Simi spends Easter weekend with her famous nutritionist aunt. The hope is that it’ll help her get on a healthier track, but as the aunt’s family’s icy dynamics and an increasingly malevolent atmosphere leave Simi feeling uneasy, weight isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose.
World premiere
Huesera (Huesera: The Bone Woman)
(Country: Peru, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Michelle Garza Cervera; Writer: Michelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo; Stars: Alfonso Dosal, Samantha Castillo, Martha Claudia Moreno, Mayra Batalla, Sonia Couoh, Aida López, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Mercedes Hernández, Enoc Leaño, Anahí Allué, Natalia Solián, Gabriela Velarde)
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.
World premiere
A Wounded Fawn
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Travis Stevens; Writer: Nathan Faudree, Travis Stevens; Stars: Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben, Malin Barr, Katie Kuang, Laksmi Priyah Hedemark, Tanya Everett, Marshall Taylor Thurman, Neal Mayer, Nikki James, Leandro Taub)
It’s the perfect plan: A serial killer brings an unsuspecting new victim on a weekend getaway to add another body to his ever-growing count. She’s buying into his faux charms, and he’s eagerly lusting for blood. What could possibly go wrong?
World premiere
