 EAT BRAINS LOVEQ&A with Rodman Flender, Jake Cannavale, Angelique Rivera, Sarah Yarkin, Patrick Fabian & Jim Titus 
US Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 2:30am Run Time: 1 hour 27 min Country: USA Synopsis: An ordinary lunch hour explodes in an orgy of spurting blood and flying organs when stoner Jake Stephens and cheerleader Amanda Blake suddenly gut-munch half their class in the school cafeteria. Afflicted with a zombie virus, they hit road in search of a cure while outrunning Cass, a telepath charged with hunting and killing the infected. Can Jake and Amanda find love while eating their way through the national sex offender registry? The director of IDLE HANDS delivers an outrageous, gore-soaked zom-rom-com. Directed by: Rodman Flender Produced by: Van Toffler, Cody Zwieg, James Frey, Todd Cohen, Tony DiSanto, Tommy Coriale Written by: Michael Herro & David Strauss, based on the novel by Jeff Hart Main Cast: Jake Cannavale, Angelique Rivera, Sarah Yarkin, Patrick Fabian  About the Director(s): Native New Yorker Rodman Flender has acted on Broadway, studied documentary filmmaking at Harvard University, and began his directing career for independent movie icon Roger Corman. His wide range of credits reflect his diverse interests, from straight-up horror like "The Unborn," for Roger Corman, and episodes of "Scream - The TV Series," to TV comedies such as "The Office" and "Ugly Betty," comedy-horror in HBO's "Tales From the Crypt" and the cult-favorite Columbia Pictures release "Idle H...read more |
 Pledge BEST DIRECTOR – Daniel Robbins US Premiere Showtime: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 3:00am Run Time: 1 hour 18 min Country: United States Synopsis: A group of college freshmen pledge an exclusive fraternity but soon realize there's more at stake than they could have ever imagined. Directed by: Daniel Robbins Produced by: Mark Rapaport, Keaton Heinrichs, Akiva Nemetsky Executive Producer(s): Cherie Vogelstein, JD Lifshitz, Raphael Margules Written by: Zack Weiner Main Cast: Zachery Byrd, Aaron Dalla Villa, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Phillip Andre Botello, Jesse Pimentel, Erica Boozer, Joe Gallagher, Zack Weiner, Jean-Louis Droulers About the Director
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 The Golem US Premiere Showtime: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 1:00am Run Time: 1 hour 38 min Country: Israel, Ukraine Synopsis: During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil. Directed by: Doron Paz and Yoav Paz Produced by: Shalom Eisenbach Executive Producer(s): Patrick Ewald, Shaked Berenson Written by: Ariel Cohen Main Cast: Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan  About the Director(s): Third generation directors, Doron and Yoav Paz started working in the film industry at young ages. After graduating Tel Aviv University Film School and years of directing music videos and television commercials, they started writing and directing television programs for prime-time Israeli broadcasts. In 2010, their critically acclaimed debut film, Phobidilia, had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.   |
 EVA US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 11:00pm Run Time: 15m Country: Switzerland Synopsis: Though being a swimmer, Eva was unable to save her brother from nearly drowning at sea. He now lies in a coma and the cold relationship with her mother is not helping Eva's conscience either. She stumbles upon a mysterious puddle in her bathroom, which takes her to the depths of the sea. As her mother looks for Eva, she only finds a puddle of water that she starts to wipe away. Directed by: Xheni Alushi Produced by: Noah Bohnert Written by: Xheni Alushi Main Cast: Annina Walt
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 DISTORTION US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 11:00pm Run Time: 23m 39s Country: FRANCE Synopsis: In a small town, seven lifelong friends hit it off with a guy who arranges for them to party at the abandoned convent where he is night watchman.
When Dianne awakens from the euphoric haze of the rave, things aren’t quite right. That’s when everything spins out of control.
Do you have what it takes to withstand the mind-bending horror of Dianne’s nightmare? Directed by: Grégory Papinutto Produced by: Laurent Papinutto Written by: Grégory Papinutto & Anne-Laure Casanova Main Cast: Tania Kalume - Félix Cordier - Maxime Jarellat - Alice Papinutto About the Director
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 The Den US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 7:00pm Run Time: 15m 59s Country: Spain Synopsis: Mario is driving under the rain. It’s dark in a lonely road.
Suddenly he has to stop. In the middle of the way there’s a woman. She is disorientated and covered in blood. She doesn’t remember where she’s been or what happened to her.
Mario needs to look for assistance. They stop at the first place they can find: A quiet bar called La Guarida / The Den. People in the bar kindly will help them out. Until the truth starts to surface…
By then the bar won’t look like a safe place anymore. Directed by: Iago de Soto Produced by: Iván Pérez Executive Producer(s): Raúl Cerezo Written by: Joan Abelló Sanz / Iago de Soto Main Cast: Daniel Ortiz, María Hervás, Felipe García Vélez, Mona Martínez, Pablo Vázquez, Juan Carlos Castillejo, Juan Carlos López Agustino About the Director
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 CODA SACRA US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 7:00pm Run Time: 10m 11s Country: SPAIN Synopsis: A small group of people are determined to protect their way of life. They know they are exposed to the worst stalking, because their enemy is nature dressed in Satanism and witchcraft. They will have to face that darkness only with the help of their faith, and against the unknown until their last breath. Directed by: Pol Barrós Produced by: Pol Barrós Written by: Pol Barrós Main Cast: Helana Prat About the Director
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 Chuck Steel: Night of the TrampiresSpecial US Premiere with giveaway! US Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 5:00am Run Time: 1 hour 28 min Country: United Kingdom Synopsis: It’s not 1985 anymore…it’s 1986, and Chuck Steel is ‘the best God damn cop on the force’ according to his long suffering boss, Captain Jack Schitt. But even this maverick, renegade, loose cannon, lone wolf, cop on the edge, who doesn’t play by the rules has his work cut out when the Governor of LA decides to reduce the licensing hours for clubs and bars triggering a sudden, inexplicable spate of high profile disappearances in the city. The disappearances all have the same thing in common, a crime scene covered in blood but with no sign of the victim. The police are perplexed until they get a break in the case when one of the victims manages to escape. Chuck goes to interview the victim at the hospital but is confronted by a crazed old man who introduces himself as Abraham Van Rental. He warns a disbelieving Chuck that an evil scourge is about to descend on the city of Los Angeles – the scourge of the TRAMPIRES – a mutated hybrid of vampire and tramp… Directed by: Mike Mort Produced by: Mike Mort, Rupert Lywood, Randhir Singh, Joseph D'Morais Executive Producer(s): Alexa Jago, Stuart Lawson Written by: Mike Mort Main Cast: Mike Mort, Jennifer Saunders, Paul Whitehouse, Dan Russell, Jonnie Fiori, Samantha Coughlan About the Director
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 Out of the Darkness US Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 11:00pm Run Time: 14m 15s Country: Sweden Synopsis: A mysterious old man is moving into the abandoned apartment next to Sara.
Someone is now in trouble. Destiny is no matter of chance. Directed by: Jonas Gramming Produced by: Theo Gabay & Robert Danielsson Written by: Jonas Gramming & Mikael Holmström Main Cast: Lars Väringer, Lova Schildt, Tony Lundgren About the Director
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 Gregory US Premiere Showtime: Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 9:00pm Run Time: 3m Country: USA Synopsis: When a difficult passenger refuses to give up his seat, the airline calls in a special employee named Gregory to remove him. Directed by: John William Ross Produced by: Steven Johnson, Michael Wormser Written by: John William Ross Main Cast: David Banks, C. Ashleigh Caldwell About the Director
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Daniel is an NYC-based director for Stag Pictures. His previous film, Uncaged, was distributed by RLJ Entertainment before landing on Netflix streaming. Pledge, his second feature, is making its U.S. Premiere at Screamfest after world premiering at Fantasia this past July. Daniel is a big fan of the Lakers, especially Lonzo Ball.
Before she started her bachelor studies in Switzerland, Xheni Alushi (1991) worked for a project office at the Albanian ministry of culture. She came about film when she worked on short film productions at the Academy of the Arts in Tirana, Albania. She loves to write short stories. The script for EVA is developed out of one of these stories.
After over ten years directing corporate advertising films, the time had come to embark on some personal projects. First, I directed two documentaries profiling artists whose ultimate craft is to shape and color our emotions and dreams. It was the success of both films on the festival circuit that gave me the confidence to direct Distortion. This project, though ambitious, is simply the fulfillment of a lifelong passion for genre film. To create the atmosphere of Distortion, I watched hundreds of films and took note of all the particular thrills and jolts that imbue genre film with its unique power to captivate viewers. Against the digital trend, the decision to use SFX make-up is a tribute to the tradition of horror cinema; just lik
After finishing his Studies at ESCAC (Catalonia Film School) he directed short films such as “Corre” (2002) and “Corre 2” (2003). In 2009 released “Versus” (produced by 24 Mentiras), his first full lenght feature. This independent action film was premiered at Sitges International Film Festival and had a long haul in festivals around the world. Since then he has been working as advertising director (nowdays exclusively for Atresmedia). “La Guarida / The Den” is his comeback to fiction.
Pol Barrós (Barcelona, 1988) starts showing his perso- nal side, after some short lms (GYNOID, 2015; Sama- ritan, 2017), music videos and advertisement projects. Currently, with his own production company (alter.), achieves to direct a work to explore his own artistic comfort, and a path of narrative experimentation. CODA SACRA (2018) is his last ction lm-work, and promises not to leave anyone indifferent.
Director & Writer Mike Mort has produced some of the most iconic stop-motion animation since the early 90’s. Mike is known for his innovative & slapstick style of animation which has earnt him multiple prestigious awards. In 2014 Mike co-founded Animortal Studio, a state of the art stop-motion studio in South Wales. Here, Mike has recently completed his debut feature film Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, a passion project based on a character created previously during his school days.
Jonas Gramming is a Swedish director, working with both narrative fiction and animation. As Creative director at Swedish film production company Tussilago since 2007, he has also directed a wide range of projects, from international commercials to music videos.
John William Ross grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Southern California earning a degree in Cinema-Television Production, then continued his studies at the California Institute of the Arts receiving an MFA in Writing. He is a director and writer known for his unique vision in horror.