POLARIS
World Premiere
Directed by: KC Carthew
Starring: Viva Lee, Khamisa Wilsher, and Muriel Dutil
Canada | 90 minutes
Premieres Thursday – July 14th – 6:30 PM @ Théâtre Hall
Set in 2144 against the harsh backdrop of a frozen wasteland, Sumi, a human child raised by Mama Polar Bear, narrowly escapes capture from a brutal Morad hunting party and sets out across the vast winter landscape. When Sumi stumbles across Frozen Girl, an unlikely friendship is forged and together they race ahead of the vindictive hunters towards the only guiding light Sumi knows, the Polaris star.
ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS
World Premiere
Directed By: Alex Phillips
Starring: Phillip Andre Botello, Betsey Brown, Trevor Dawkins, and Eva Fellows
USA | 72 minutes
Premieres Saturday – July 16th at 7:10 PM @ Salle J.A. De Sève
Roscoe, a janitor for a scuzzy love motel, whose girlfriend has brought another man home for strange rituals, drifts through life until he discovers a hidden stash of powerful hallucinogenic worms. Guided by visions of a giant floating Worm, he encounters Benny, a moped enthusiast trying to manifest a baby from an inanimate sex doll. They fall in love with doing worms together on a downward spiral into the primordial ooze.
DARK NATURE
World Premiere
Directed By: Berkley Brady
Starring: Hannah Emily Anderson and Madison Walsh
Canada | 85 minutes
Premieres Monday – July 18 – 7:20 PM @ Salle J.A. De Sève
Joy, a survivor of domestic violence, joins her friend Carmen and her therapy group on an isolated weekend retreat in the Canadian Rockies. Led by the enigmatic Dr. Dunnley – whose methods are experimental and, at times, dubious from Joy’s outside perspective – the experience eventually shatters the border between reality and delusion, Joy begins to suspect that they are being stalked by her abuser, when in truth, the entire group will be forced to confront a threat even more terrifying than the monsters of their past.
COUNTRY GOLD
World Premiere
Directed By: Mickey Reece
Starring: Ben Hall and Mickey Reece
USA | 82 minutes
Premieres Thursday – July 21 – 7:20 PM @ Salle J.A. De Sève
Set in 1994, COUNTRY GOLD stars Reece as Troyal Brux, an up-and-coming country singer who is invited by country music legend George Jones (Ben Hall) for a night on the town in Nashville – the night before George is to be cryogenically frozen.
GLORIOUS
World Premiere
Directed By: Rebekah McKendry
Starring: Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons
USA | 79 minutes
Premieres Thursday – July 21 – 9:30 PM @ Théâtre Hall
After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realizes he is involved in a situation more terrible than he could imagine.
DEADSTREAM
Canadian Premiere
Directed By: Vanessa and Joseph Winter
Starring: Jason K. Wixom, Melanie Stone, Joseph Winter
USA | 87 minutes
Premieres Saturday – July 23 – 7:00 PM @ Théâtre Hall
A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
ARTIFICE GIRL
World Premiere
Written and Directed By: Franklin Ritch
Starring: David Girard, Lance Henrikson, Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols, and Franklin Ritch
USA | 95 minutes
Premieres Saturday – July 23rd – 9:45 PM @ Salle J.A. De Sève
When an internet vigilante develops a revolutionary new computer program to combat online predators, its rapid advancement leads to serious questions of autonomy, oppression, and what it really means to be human.
HONEYCOMB
Quebec Premiere
Directed By: Avalon Fast
Starring: Sophie Bawks-Smith, Jillian Frank, Mari Geraghty, Henri Gillespi, Destini Stewart, Jaris Wales, Rowan Wales
Canada | 70 minutes
Premieres Monday – July 25 – 7:00 PM @ Salle J.A. De Sève
Five small-town girls abandon their mundane lives and move into an abandoned cabin. Growing increasingly isolated, their world becomes filled with imagined rituals but the events of one summer night threaten to abruptly end their age of innocence forever.
HUESERA
Canadian Premiere
Directed By: Michelle Garza Cervera
Starring: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, and Martha Claudia Moreno
Mexico, Peru | 93 minutes
Premieres Friday – July 29 – 7:00 PM @ Théâtre Hall
Valeria’s joy at becoming pregnant with her first child is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister spirit. As danger closes in and relationships with her family become fractured, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her. A group of witches emerge that could be her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk.
DARK GLASSES
Canadian Premiere
Directed By: Dario Argento
Starring: Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, and Ilenia Pastorelli
Francy, Italy | 87 minutes
Premieres Saturday – July 30 – 9:45 PM @ Théâtre Hall
Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy.
