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Winter Film Festival showcases films from emerging filmmakers from around the world in all genres. Screening Tickets are $12.50/In Advance, $16.50/Door, $5/Door with Student ID. Screening blocks run 1½-2½ hours with a mix of shorts and feature-length films plus a 20-minute Q&A Session with the filmmakers. Education Sessions are FREE and open to the public. Meetups and Parties are FREE and open to the public (21+ with ID).
- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Affordable Housing
Directed by: Eunice Levis
Country: United States
Minutes: 16
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
When Constance moves into a suspiciously cheap apartment with roommate Hailey, she doesn’t suspect the truth behind its low price. But when The Creature reveals itself, Hailey has to break it to Constance that fighting is the only way they’ll get out alive. The women team up and make their last stand in a bloody gore-filled battle to the death.
- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
All Your Sisters
Directed by: David Daniels
Country: United States
Minutes: 9
Premiere:
World Premiere
Warning:
A cerebral anthology/mystery about a disturbing and new social media ecosystem, where multiple lives intersect and collide under the influence of sentient AI. Imagine “Black Mirror” meets “The X-Files” meets “Atlanta.”- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Angel Dust
Directed by: Miguel Varela
Country: Spain
Minutes: 15
Warning:
Everything is ready at the club for the ‘Inferno’ session by DJ Knox. Sora is not feeling well. She wants to go home, but Ruben is not willing to let an easy prey go. When the music starts to rumble, something awakens inside the young woman.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Atom & Void
Directed by: Gonçalo Almeida
Country: Portugal
Minutes: 9
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
In Valya’s burrow, a repeated rumbling disrupts her life and pushes her into the unknown.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Blossom Needs A Ride Home
Directed by: Tim Schwagel
Country: United States
Minutes: 9
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
After defeating a bloodthirsty maniac, Blossom needs a ride home. What a hassle.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Bound In Rosemary
Directed by: Reanna Madson
Country: United States
Minutes: 13
Warning:
BOUND IN ROSEMARY is a horror short about a young woman who, after struggling with a new dance sequence, is interrupted by a stranger at her door. As the night goes on, not only does the stranger invade her house but her mind as well. Soon the young woman finds herself in an invisible, yet barbarous battle to maintain control over her own body and mind.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Bury It!
Directed by: David Olonoff
Country: United States
Minutes: 6
Warning:
A young woman is tasked to cleaning out her recently parted grandmothers basement, only to discover a locked chest. When she pulls out an incantation bowl buried in the dirt of the chest, the ancient Hebrew demon Bagdana emerges. Will she be able to send it back to whence it came before it’s razor sharp nails bury into her skin?- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Don’t Leave Me
Directed by: Jennifer Saura
Country: United States
Minutes: 11
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
After her husband takes his own life, an anthropologist specializing in the study of death rituals puts her research to use in a desperate attempt to bring him back.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Don’t Watch This
Directed by: Danny Pineros
Country: United States
Minutes: 15
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
A woman slowly realizes she’s a character in a movie. As she spirals in terror, everyone around her dismisses her as delusional -unaware that she’s the only one who knows we are watching.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Haint
Directed by: Jahmil Eady
Country: United States
Minutes: 15
Warning:
When gentrifiers mysteriously begin to die, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to help them or leave the newcomers to their fate.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Idle/Wild
Directed by: Kaitlin Fontana
Country: United States
Minutes: 12
Premiere:
NYC Premiere
Warning:
Dating is hard. Annie and Berit have decided to have their first date in the woods. At first, Annie’s nerves and Berit’s cool aloofness threaten to ruin their day before night falls. But their growing attraction starts to bring them together. That is, until Berit notices that something’s up with Annie beyond first date jitters. Berit starts to lose time, and lose themself — not just to Annie’s charms but to something deeper, darker, and more sinister out there in the woods. At least, Berit thinks the danger is out there in the woods. When morning comes, a different Berit emerges …- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Show Me How To Die
Directed by: Gerardo Maravilla
Country: United States
Minutes: 14
Warning:
After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Stalker
Directed by: David Cholewa
Country: France
Minutes: 19
After a vicious assault at a party, a young woman flees the scene. And as she walks back home on a gloomy and threatening Paris night, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s being followed. As she gets closer to her residence, the presence becomes more and more bold and aggressive. And it is only by confronting her deepest inner fears that she will be able to survive the ominous threat.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
Tainted Love
Directed by: Youngho Gye
Country: Korea
Minutes: 14
Premiere:
North American Premiere
Warning:
Vampire Yu-jun and human Jin-ah are in a relationship. Yu-jun lives by sucking up Jin-ah’s blood. However, his lover Jin-ah is unhappy with the relationship, in which she has to be sick only.- Winter FEAR Horror Film Competition
The Binding
Directed by: Ryan Kennedy
Country: United States
Minutes: 10
Warning:
A young man wakes up in a dark basement, tied to a chair with a sack over his head. As his captors begin to explain their occult motives, what at first seems like just a kidnapping is revealed to be something much darker … and far more terrifying. In the wake of a failed exorcism, a grieving father will do “whatever it takes” to destroy the entity that took his daughter, even if that means committing an unforgivable sin of his own.
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