blood relatives
A reclusive Bedouin living on the fringes of society revisits his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl appears claiming to be his daughter.
USA, 2022
World premiere, 88 minutes
Director – Noah Segan
Why we are excited: Although he is best known for his collaboration with Rian JohnsonAnd the Noah Segan’s debut as a new vampire director seems to be an unmissable recipe.
gold country
Rising star Troyal Brux spends an evening with his idol George Jones, unaware that the country music legend has a rather cold deadline the next morning.
USA, 2022
US premiere, 84 minutes
Director – Mickey Reese
Why we are excited: Cult indie director Mickey Rhys is back with his latest movie, and he has another musical icon in his sights for what looks like another movie no one else has thought of.
final cut
Oscar-winning French director Michel Hazanavicius is directing a new spin on the Japanese film “ONE CUT OF THE DEAD” that runs a small tour of strength.
France, 2022
US premiere, 111 minutes
Director – Michel Hazanavicius
Why we are excited: A One Cut of the Dead remake sounds like a bad idea, but the early buzz reveals this as something we can’t miss.
H4Z4RD
When Noah Hazard volunteers to drive his beloved gold Lexus to help his cousin in Jalbeer prison pick up a friend from prison, he doesn’t expect to be drawn into a deadly drug war.
Belgium, 2022
North American premiere, 86 minutes
Director – Jonas Govarts
Why we are excited: The guide for the Fantastic Fest movie describes the contents of H4Z4RD as having “grenade-laden teenage bombs, designer cops in shopping malls, an urban werewolf, and a security guard with sex stops straight from TITANE,” which is enough for us.
Lynch / Oz
Documentary filmmaker Alexander O. Philip explains director David Lynch’s lifelong obsession with THE WIZARD OF OZ.
USA, 2022
Texas Premier, 108 minutes
Director – Alexandre O. Philip
Why are we excited: Alexander O. Philip’s previous films about films and movie lovers, Leap of Faith, Memory: The Origins of Alien, and 78/52 are all major tests of larger, cinema-centric lines of thinking and this one seems to be the most outstanding one. .
Shane Ultraman
Ultraman descends from space after Japan suffers a devastating series of kaiju attacks in this homage to the genre-defining classic TV series.
Japan, 2022
Texas Premier, 113 minutes
Director – Shinji Higuchi
Why we are excited: since then Shinji Higuchi stunned Keigo fans around the world with the 2016 film Shin Godzilla, and his next movie was on everyone’s most-anticipated list. His reinvention of classic Japanese possessions seems to fit right in with his earlier work: epic and unexpected.
something in the dirt
A pair of misfit LA investigations into the city’s mysterious history are sent down a rabbit hole that threatens their friendship and sanity.
Texas Premier, 115 minutes
Directors – Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Attendees – directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Why we are excited: Two of the directors behind Moon Knight go back to their roots, revisiting their first movie Resolution, giving the world a new movie to obsess over.
V / H / S / 99
The latest scary found footage anthology pack takes the tape back to 1999 with gory tales set at the turn of the millennium.
USA, 2022
US premiere, 99 minutes
Directors – Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levine, Flying Lotus, Tyler McIntyre, Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter
Why are we excited: The found footage franchise was able to reclaim the magic with last year’s V/H/S/94 by returning to its roots and delving deeper into the aesthetic of its title. The latest seems to be taking that seriously again.
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