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THE THINGS WE KEEP

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Joanna Fernandez

Director
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When Kate receives word her estranged mother is unable to take care of herself, she reluctantly returns to pack up her mom's house and send her to a nursing home. Unfortunately, it's a big task: her mother has been a hoarder for as long as Kate can remember. As she cleans, her mother warns: bad things will happen if you take away my things. Kate battles her mother's dementia-driven hostility and uncovers disturbing items underneath the detritus. Specifically: a sinister-looking mold-like mark underneath the wallpaper. As Kate unravels the mystery of her mother's obsession and illness, she discovers that the hoarding was actually self-preservation. There is evil in the house's walls, and they must be covered at all costs. An allegorical tale of intergenerational trauma between mothers and daughters.
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Theda

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Callum Moore

Writer/Director
Synopsis
When Maya is dragged out to a desolate country home by her fiancé Lucas, she begins to realise the pitfalls of her relationship through strange manifestations of their older selves.
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TEST SCREENING

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Clark Baker

Writer/Director
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Summer, 1982: four lifelong best friends find their lives upended when a Hollywood film decides to hold a secret test screening in their small. declining Oregon town.
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Subject 7

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Aaron Hall

Writer/Director
Synopsis
In 1983, an MK-Ultra test subject works to prove his psychic abilities in a CIA facility deep underground, however the dire possibility exists that he could still be a brainwashed spy.
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Strings

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Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith, Nina Zandvliet

Director/Writer
Synopsis
Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy's volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.

'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso
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Strangers Like Us

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Pipi Frostl Felix Krisai

Director
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In their early 30s, Laura and Elias settle into a new suburban life by inviting another couple over for dinner. When the night gradually turns into an evening full of mysteriously surreal events, Laura feels like a stranger in her own life…
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Stomach It

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Peter Klausner

Writer/Director
Synopsis
While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him.
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STAY

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Luca Canali

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Just graduated, Laura works as an usher in her mother's theatre. The razor blade is her only companion. As she faces her dreaded control round; she discovers that she is not as alone as she thought.
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SPEAK WITH THE DEAD

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Stephanie Paris

Director
Synopsis
In 1850 The Fox sisters hold a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son's spirit to give them closure. When the girls' parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.
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Skulk

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Max Ward

Director
Synopsis
In the dead of night, creatures slink through the streets of London. Foxes howl to warn when they are close. A woman wakes up in the night to the sound of foxes and shortly after notices a strange figure outside her home.
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The Skin

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José Casas

Writer/Director
Synopsis
Robert is a handsome gentleman who is about to experience the worst day of his idyllic life.
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Simon

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LS David

Writer/Director
Synopsis
A unique video game character, created by a 13-year-old child in a life simulator, narrates the unfortunate story of his life from the moment he was generated. Full of hatred and resentment, he will seek answers about its world and the malevolent “God” that controls it. that controls it.