- Feature + Shorts Screening
- Film Screening
Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 8:55 pm – 11:15 pm
Location:
LOOK Cinemas Theater 4
657 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
There will be a Q&A Session with the filmmakers at 10:55 PM.
These films have not been rated and some content may not be appropriate for children.
- Animated Film Competition
The Lovers
Directed by: Carolina Sandvik
Country: Sweden
Minutes: 13
A man and a woman are having a candlelit dinner at a restaurant. All of a sudden the man’s appearance begins to change. THE LOVERS is a stop motion relationship horror and unromantic comedy about a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
- Short Film Competition
Slumber Party
Directed by: Sebastian Kim
Country: United States
Minutes: 8
Warning:
In SLUMBER PARTY, two novice criminals, Ilya and Alexei, are sent by their mentor, Nikolai, to steal from a gangster’s mansion. To their shock, they stumble upon a tweenage slumber party hosted by the gangster’s daughter, Oxana. As they attempt the heist, Oxana and her friends foil their plans with deadly force. Disappointed but unfazed, Nikolai abandons his protegés, leaving them to their grim fate in a house filled with danger and secrets.- Music Video Competition
Ayala
Directed by: Guy Hayout, Harel Etzion
Country: Israel
Minutes: 3
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Music video for the song “Ayala” by Yehudit Ravitz, based on the illustrations of the singer. The gazelle wanders around the house from the coffee table to the music studio. The gazelle is the song,that writes itself. Yehudit Ravitz is an Israeli cultural icon – she has created the soundtrack of our lives, being the most beloved, well-known, and admired singer in the country for over five decades.
- Feature Film Competition
The Fix
Directed by: Kelsey Egan
Country: South Africa / United States
Minutes: 98
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
A dark, dystopian thrill ride with an environmental slant, THE FIX explores identity, perception and autonomy in a frighteningly viable future. A toxic compound infects earth’s atmosphere. Pharmaceutical giant, Aethera, sells immunity to those who can afford the daily dose … most can’t. When a troubled model takes a new designer drug at a house party, she becomes an unintended test subject. Pursued by a dangerous gang and authorities in cahoots with Aethera, she hunts desperately for a “fix” that will reverse the drug’s effects… only to discover that her mutations could save the human race.
