ImmortalQ&A with Tony Todd, directors Rob Margolies & Danny Isaacs Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 2:00am Run Time: 94 min Country: USA Synopsis: A chilling horror/thriller anthology film, IMMORTAL boasts career-best performances from Tony Todd, Dylan Baker, Robin Bartlett, Samm Levine, and Agnes Bruckner. Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, the characters of Immortal are left staring at their lives in the face with uncertainty and fear like they've never imagined. Directed by: Jon Dabach, Danny Isaacs, Tom Colley & Rob Margolies Produced by: Jon Dabach & Rob Margolies Written by: Jon Dabach Main Cast: Tony Todd, Dylan Baker, Samm Levine, Robin Bartlett, Agnes Bruckner, Vanessa Lengies, Brett Edwards, and Lindsay Mushett About the Director(s): Danny Isaacs: |
The Soul ConductorUS Premiere Showtime: Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 12:15am Run Time: 1 hour 29 min Country: Russia Synopsis: The heroine of this film is Katya, a 22-year-old disaffected gloomy girl. But she is endowed with a mystical gift: she can see ghosts. Yes, Katya is a conduit between the world of the dead and the world of the quick, and she helps earthbound souls to regain peace. It’s difficult relationships, between Katya and her ‘guests’, for ghosts, too, like real people, have human emotions, habits and sentiments, and they long very much to find peace eternal. Directed by: Ilya Maksimov Produced by: Anna Kurbatova, Mikhail Kurbatov and Grigoriy Podzemelnyy Written by: Anna Kurbatova, Alexander Topuria Main Cast: Aleksandra Bortich, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Vladimir Yaglych, Aleksandr Robak About the Director(s): Born in Leningrad in 1981. Studied in Netherlands Film Academy NFTA in Amsterdam and in Rome International Film School. In 2001 he graduated from The All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography of S. A. Gerasimov (VGIK). |
Rabid (2019)Q&A with The Soska Sisters US Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 4:30am Run Time: 110 minutes Country: USA Synopsis: In this remake of David Cronenberg's 1977 classic film, aspiring fashion designer, Rose Miller, has her dreams torn away into a nightmarish reality when a freak accident leaves her horribly disfigured. After receiving a miracle procedure involving an experimental skin graft from the mysterious Burroughs Clinic, Rose is transformed into the beauty of her dreams. But nothing comes without a cost and Rose begins to feel terrifying side effects that tear at her last threads of sanity. Still driven by her ambition she struggles to keep up appearances as the procedure reveals that something much darker than she ever could have imagined is being brought to the surface. What price will Rose have to pay to have everything she ever wanted? It may just cost her her humanity. Directed by: The Soska Sisters Produced by: John Vidette, Paul Lalonde, Michael Walker Written by: The Soska Sisters, John Serge Main Cast: Laura Vandevoort, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Phil Brooks, Stephen McHattie About the Director(s): “Canadian identical twin sister writing and directing duo, Jen and Sylvia Soska, known as the “Twisted Twins“, first broke onto the scene with their DIY love letter to Grindhouse filmmaking, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK. The film quickly grew into an award winning, critically acclaimed, cult classic sensation, even getting the attention of director Eli Roth (HOSTEL) who praised it saying, “it’s fucking awesome”. The Twins went on to follow up their break through indie gem with the accomplished and ...read more |
The Deeper You DigQ&A with John Adams & Zelda Adams will follow the screening. West Coast Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 2:00am Run Time: 1:35:26 Country: USA Synopsis: Ivy and Echo are not your typical mother-daughter team. Ivy, once a talented psychic, makes an easy buck as a bogus tarot card reader; 14 year- old Echo likes old jazz, hunting, and black lipstick.
When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restore an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo’s murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt assumes he can hide his secret under the ground. But Echo burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones. As she haunts his every move, trying to reach her mother from beyond, Ivy must dig deep to see the signs and prove that love won’t stay buried. Directed by: John Adams & Toby Poser Produced by: Toby Poser Executive Producer(s): Toby Poser Written by: Toby Poser & John Adams Main Cast: John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams About the Director(s): John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughters, Lulu and Zelda, are a film making family under the creative marquee of Wonder Wheel Productions. They have 5 features under their belts: Rumblestrips (2012), Knuckle Jack (2013), The Shoot (2014), Halfway to Zen (2016)— all earning a hearty reception on the indie festival circuit, including Best in Show and Audience awards— and their latest The Deeper You Dig (2019). For each they've employed the same DIY ethic: between the four of them (well, now thr...read more |
Here Comes HellLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:15am Run Time: 1 hour 14 min Country: UK Synopsis: A 1930s dinner party descends into chaos and carnage when the evening entertainment accidentally leads to the opening of Hell. Rivalries and old friendships are put to the test as the guests must battle ghosts, ghouls - and one another - before it is too late. Directed by: Jack McHenry Produced by: Olivia Loveridge Written by: Jack McHenry, Alice Sidgwick Main Cast: Tom Bailey, Margaret Clunie, Jasper Britton, Timothy Renouf About the Director(s): Jack McHenry studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and directed short films including LAST GIRL, DUNGEON OF VAMPIRE NAZIS and GET ME TO ISTANBUL. He directed his debut feature film HERE COMES HELL in 2018 and is currently developing his next feature with his company Trashouse Films. |
ResinQ&A with director Daniel Borgman US Premiere Showtime: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 4:30am Run Time: 1 hour 32 min Country: Denmark Synopsis: The dangerous paranoia lurking beneath the seemingly idyllic existence of a family of hermits living on a remote island begins to come to the fore when their daughter starts to question her parents' worldview. Directed by: Daniel Borgman Produced by: Katja Adomeit Written by: Bo Hr. Hansen Main Cast: Peter Plaugborg, Sofie Gråbøl, Vivelill Søgaard Holm About the Director(s): Daniel Borgman is a director and writer, known for The Weight of Elephants (2013), At elske Pia (2017) and Berik (2010). |
A Good Woman Is Hard to FindQ&A with director Abner Pastoll US Premiere Showtime: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 2:00am Run Time: 97 min Country: United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland Synopsis: A dynamic killer thriller, with its finger firmly on the pulse of stark social commentary and shattering suspense.
Recently widowed mother of two Sarah is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr Big, she’s forced into taking drastic action to protect her downtrodden submissive to take charge vigilante. Directed by: Abner Pastoll Produced by: Junyoung Jang, Guillaume Benski Written by: Ronan Blaney Main Cast: Sarah Bolger, Andrew Simpson, Edward Hogg About the Director(s): Abner’s debut feature ROAD GAMES, a France-UK co-production, has been distributed worldwide including theatrically in the US by IFC Films, in the UK & Ireland by ICON, in France by Sony and in Korea by CJ Entertainment. His short film ME OR THE DOG premiered in Coup de Coeur at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and had a limited theatrical release in London the following year. A GOOD WOMAN IS HARD TO FIND is his second feature. |
Sadistic IntentionsQ&A with director Eric Pennycoff Los Angeles Premiere Showtime: Monday, October 14, 2019 - 4:30am Run Time: 1 hour 30 min Country: USA Synopsis: A psychotic musician lures a fellow band-mate and an unsuspecting woman to a remote mansion for a night of romantic deceit and grinding metal mayhem. Directed by: Eric Pennycoff Produced by: Jason Walter Short Written by: Eric Pennycoff Main Cast: Jeremy Gardner, Taylor Zaudtke, Michael Patrick Nicholson, Larry Fessenden |
Red Letter DayLos Angeles Premiere Showtime: Monday, October 14, 2019 - 1:00am Run Time: 1 hour 16 min Country: Canada Synopsis: While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. Directed by: Cameron Macgowan Produced by: Jason Wan Lim Written by: Cameron Macgowan Main Cast: Dawn Van de Schoot, Hailey Foss, Kaeleb Zain Gartner, Roger LeBlanc About the Director(s): Cameron Macgowan is a Canadian filmmaker whose eccentric films have explored subjects ranging from Murderous Suburbanites to Erotic Trolls. His work has won awards and garnered critical acclaim at international film festivals across the world including SXSW, Fantasia, FrightFest and the Toronto International Film Festival. |
The WaveWest Coast Premiere Showtime: Sunday, October 13, 2019 - 5:00am Run Time: 1 hour 30 min Country: USA Synopsis: When Frank goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion, his night takes an unexpected and bizarre turn when he is dosed with a hallucinogen that alters his perception and changes his life forever. Directed by: Gille Klabin Produced by: Joshua Bunting, Robert Dehn, Carl W. Lucas, Monte Young Written by: Carl W. Lucas Main Cast: Justin Long, Donald Faison, Tommy Flanagan, Sheila Vand, Katia Winter, Sarah Minnich, Bill Sage About the Director(s): Gille Klabin was born to a Lithuanian Engineer and a Latvian Sculptor. He grew up in a combination of European nations, eventually ending up in England, where he began making videos at the age of 11. With stop-motion toy films in his past, Gille graduated from Westminster University’s Film School and worked as a production assistant and location scout, while directing music videos for unsigned bands.
Gille’s colourful, energetic work eventually got him directing videos for several major reco...read more |