Line-up: 2024
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A Desert
American wilderness, decay and the flashing neon lights of dodgy motels in a neo-noir thriller
American wilderness | anxiety | cinema | darkness | decay | dreary rednecks | flashing neon lights | hopelessness | Mojave Desert | moonlight | motels | mystery | neo-noir | nightmare | pathology | porn | private detective | real America | shenanigans | siblings | thick vibe | tough stuff -
Above the Knee
A shocking dose of the macabre from the director of “Meg, Deg & Frank”
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Animal
A terrifying, arthouse horror straight from the Cannes Film Festival
anxiety | bullfight | bulls | fear | fright | monsters | mystery | OPENING FILM | south of France | taming | violence | wild animals | wilderness | women -
Basket case
Duane Bradley looks unassuming, but he isn’t just any ordinary young man.
‘The Best of the Worst’ guest film | 000 | absurdity | brothers | cult film | dingy hotel | disgusting | failed surgery | jealousy | lust for death | macabre | murders | musty room | New York | production budget of $35 | revenge | Siamese twin | stifling vibe | surrealism | violence | wicker | wtf -
Bath Bomb
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror, comedy | Country: Canada | Year: 2023 | Director: Colin G. Cooper | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 10 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World / European / Polish Premiere: Panic Fest 2024 / Splat!FilmFest Possessive Dr. Jordan prepares an ostensibly romantic bath for his narcissistic…
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Beezel
Not for the faint-hearted
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Birdeater
A study of a toxic relationship that turns into a nightmare
Australia | date rape | fear | friends | gaslighting | happy couple | love&marriage | narcissism | night out | nightmare | no-holds-barred ride | physical violence | pills | real face | separation anxiety | stag party | Sylvia Plath | tension | thick vibe | toxic relationship | virgins | wedding -
Blood Star
Struggling to survive in the desert wilderness of New Mexico
adrenaline | all cops are bastards | ambush | American wilderness | anxiety | as Rutger Hauer | chase | corrupt cop | document check | escalating violence | fear | fine | gritty gas station | hunt | maniac | murderer | New Mexico | nosy sister | psychopath | sheriff | thriller -
Chicks Forever
Genre: coming of age, dramedy, queer film | Country: Poland | Year: 2023 | Director: Misza Medyńska | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 15 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World / European / Polish: Exposures Montreal Trans Film Festival 2024 / Festiwal Debiutów Filmowych w Koszalinie Młodzi i Film Two edgy girls…
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Dead Mail
A stylish retro thriller set in the deep 80s.
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Dead Talents Society
One of the most original horror films in the history of cinema shot on a grand scale
afterlife | career | celebs among ghosts | clicks | competition | fame | fierce competition | ghosts | haunting diva | insecurities | joy of life | license to thrill | life after death | phantoms of showbiz | post-death work | social media | spirits with ambition | spook factor | Taiwan | talent show | urban legends -
Demons
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror, queer, fantasy | Country: India | Year: 2023 | Director: Adesh Prasad | Language: Haryanvi, Punjabi | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 15 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Fusion International Film Festival 2023 / Splat!FilmFest A man shares a newly found “cure”…
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Die Before You Die
Deadly challenge six feet under
6 feet under | buffoon | buried alive | challenge | chamber thriller | death | don’t forget to subscribe | fear | influencer | nightmare | nothing to breathe with | overthinking | panic | Q&A with the director | rite of passage | shallow breathing | smell of damp soil | stress | tension | tractor | trigger warning: claustrophobia -
Dormant
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror | Country: Netherlands | Year: 2024 | Director: Niels Bourgonje | Language: Dutch | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 9 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Los Angeles Screamfest / Splat!FilmFest A man cares for his comatose wife at home. After a transgression,…
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Dragon Dilatation
Oniric tale about the world of art
ballet | barbarian | cinematic experiment | Conann | essay | fantasy | fashion | finesse | for connoisseurs | Igor Stravinsky | it’s weird | live | oneiric | perversion | phantasmagoria | poetry | post-apo | style | surrealism | transgression -
Else
Body horror, in which a strange pandemic causes people to merge with their surroundings. Enchanting and terrifying at the same time
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Fishmonger
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: folk horror | Country: USA | Year: 2023 | Director: Neil Ferron | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 26 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Fantastic Fest 2023 / Splat!FilmFest In this supernatural dark comedy, a pathetic Irish fishmonger must survive a…
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Forever Yours
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: romantic thriller, psychological horror | Country: Germany | Year: 2024 | Director: Elliott Louis McKee | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 16 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Achtung Berlin FilmFest 2024 / Splat!FilmFest Following a devastating accident that leaves the love…
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Frankie Freako
A new film by the director of “Psycho Goreman” and a worthy successor to “Ghoulies”
convention play | dodgy boss | friendship | home alone | hotline | intervention | motorbikes | Munchies | pints | presentation | promotion | slave to the wage | smart-ass | tongue-in-cheek | trolls | wild party | wrecked flat -
Fréwaka
A terrifying Irish folk horror film
anxiety | buck | Catholicism | countryside | critical baggage | elderly lady | fear | folk | folk beliefs | forest | Gaelic language | generational trauma | grief | horns | Ireland | madness | Our Lady of Neon | paranoia | serious family matters | stuffed dog | suicide | tension | thick vibe | welfare -
Girls
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: thriller | Country: France | Year: 2023 | Director: Julien Hosmalin | Language: French | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 9 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Gerardmer 2024 / Splat!FilmFest Romane and Ally are in love. As they run away searching for a…
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Good Guy
Genre: mockumentary, comedy, drama | Country: Poland | Year: 2023 | Director: Mikołaj Piszczan | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 23 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World premiere: Vous Ment Festival 2024 A mockumentary oscillating between comedy and drama about a lonely, self-proclaimed coach with a cringe personality who tries to get…
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Hairytale
Genre: animation | Country: Poland | Year: 2024 | Director: Maciej Żuk | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 3 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World premiere: Anibar Animation Festival 2024 In the Wrocław Museum of Forensic Medicine You can find a peculiar exhibit, namely a hangman’s noose made of locks of hair.…
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Hunters On A White Field
Manly men, hunting, rituals and the queasy smell of warm blood
animals | boys will be boys | conscience | danger | fear | friends to die for | guy trip | hunting | intense emotions | loyalty | pact | rituals | testosterone | the scent of blood | toxic masculinity | weekend in the woods | wilderness -
I’m not a robot
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: dark comedy, science-fiction, fantasy | Country: Netherlands, Belgium | Year: 2023 | Director: Victoria Warmerdam | Language: Dutch | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 22 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Sitges 2023 / Splat!FilmFest After several unsuccessful attempts to complete a Captcha, feminist…
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In Flames
Pakistan’s dark and unsettling Oscar nominee
a Pakistani Oscar candidate | anxiousness | bleak atmosphere | demons of the past | fear | first love | ghosts | horror | mourning | Pakistan | patriarchy | sisterhood | trap | women -
Krazy House
A festival of the macabre and very dark humour in the least politically correct film of the year that offends everyone and everything
90s sitcom | Alicia Silverstone | American family | bad taste | black humour | canned laughter | chewing gum baby | Clueless | compote | dog dies first | evolution | family comes first | heroin | home invasion | lung cancer | macabre | mullet | Nick Frost | no political correctness | pregnant nun | premarital sex | Russians | science | stereotypes | teenage pregnancy | television | whaaaat theeee fuuuuck -
Kryptic
Toxic masculinity in a beautiful and terrifying Lovecraftian setting
absurdity | Bigfoot | creature | creature feature | cryptid | disappearance | fairy tale | fear | feminism | forest wilderness | hiking | love&marriage | Lovecraftian vibe | monster | mystery | patriarchy | primal fear | sadness | surrealism | tale | terror | toxic masculinity | trauma | women rule -
Make me a pizza
Genre: comedy, fantasy, romance | Country: USA | Year: 2024 | Director: Talia Shea Levin | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 12 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World premiere: South by Southwest Film Festival A very hungry woman tells a pizza delivery guy she can’t pay for the pizza she ordered. But…
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Mushrooms
Genre: Thriller, Horror | Country: Poland | Year: 2023 | Director: Paweł Borowski | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 1h 15 min | Age restriction: 16+ An older woman gathering mushrooms in the forest encounters a pair of young people dressed in noble attire. The sudden meeting causes confusion on both sides. The…
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My Secret Cyberlove
Genre: sitcom, psychological, horror | Country: Poland | Year: 2024 | Director: Bartosz Stankiewicz | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 30 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Festiwal Młodzi i Film w Koszalinie Robert is in a relationship with a sex robot and runs a bakery with…
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Night Silence
A new film from the director of “Playground”, “Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight” and “Hellhole”
anxiety | card tricks | darkness | death | grief | Maciej Damięcki | monsters | mystery | old age | retirement home | sadness | silence | theatre | underground -
Olga’s Eyes
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: vampires, dark comedy | Country: Belgium | Year: 2023 | Director: Sarah Carlot Jaber | Language: French, Flemish | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 22 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Fantastic Film Festival 2023 / Splat!FilmFest Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of…
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Plastic Guns
A country dancer wrongly accused of being a famous murderer, two frustrated amateur detectives, and a ride straight into the jaws of madness.”
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Rats: Night of Terror
The 40th anniversary of the film
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Rats!
A young graffiti artist in the thick of police action! It’s total mayhem that is a blast to watch
2007 | absurdity | alternative | CIA | community service | CSI | dark humor | drug dealers | FBI | feels | gift shop | graffiti | love | mayhem | outcasts | outsiders | pay phone | serial killer | shithole | small town | Texas | undercover | white trash -
Ritual for the Rainbow
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: drama, fantasy, adventure, experimental | Country: Finland | Year: 2024 | Director: Sami Sänpäkkilä | Language: Finnish | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 19 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Tampere Film Festival 2024 / Splat!FilmFest A story about four preteens who live outside…
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Saỷara
Revenge cinema and a cruelty feast in the new film by the director of “Baskin”
blood | bloody revenge | broken limbs | cruelty | crushed bodies | darkness | fitness | fountains of blood | gnawed windpipes | gore | gym | macabre | martial arts | Q&A with the director | shock | Turkey | violence -
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Gaspar Noé, Asia Argento and Soko in a dystopian city of the future
animation | Asia Argento | city of the future | civil servants | dystopia | fantasy | Gaspar Noé | misfits | non-playable characters | paper bag | revolution | sci-fi | Shekhar Kapur | Soko | surrealism | Unreal Engine -
Seed
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror | Country: Canada | Year: 2023 | Director: Jacob Weldon | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 16 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Vancouver Badass Film Festival / Splat!FilmFest Michelle, who is notorious for missing red flags, hooks up with seemingly…
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Soul Eater
Gruesome murders rock a small French town
blood | conspiracy of silence | darkness | disappearances | folklore | legend | macabre | murders | mystery | sanatorium resort | self-mutilation | shithole | small town | stifling vibe | violence -
Sun
A nightmarish journey through the dark underbelly of New York and a hell of trauma
anxiety | chaos | dancing | hell | insecurities | madness | marriage | music | new projects | New York artists | nightmare | parties | possession | pretentious chatter | rave | relationship troubles | slow burn | tension | toilet conversations | trauma -
Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
The Indonesian queen of horror, an icon, legend and celebrity you are hearing about for the first time
black magic | black magic queen | David Gregory | emancipated women | femme fatale | history of cinema | horror movies | icon | Indonesia | legend | movie star | phantoms | queen | scream queen | Severin Films | talent | unlucky in love | witches -
The Legion
Genre: animation | Country: Poland | Year: 2024 | Directors: Kamil Wójcik, Cat Kaczmarek | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 5 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Linoleum Festival in Kyiv 2024 / OKFA The Polish ’90s were a difficult time for an eight-year-old. Dark school corridors,…
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
A poignantly personal story of one of horror cinema’s biggest stars
actor | aristocrat | badass | biography | Caroline Munro | Christopher Lee | gentleman with fangs | Hammer horror | heavy metal | horror icon | Joe Dante | John Landis | legend | movie star | Mr. Dracula | Nazi hunter | Peter Jackson | Saruman | spy | talent -
The Management
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror, comedy | Country: Germany | Year: 2023 | Director: Sebastian Ganschow | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 14 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Ravenna, Italy 2023 / Splat!FilmFest A lost tourist just wants a good old soy milk pumpkin spice…
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The Second Act
Straight out of Cannes, the latest work by the king of the absurd, Quentin Dupieux
absurd breeds absurd | clever humour | dingy highway diner | film industry | he did it again | indie cinema | jaw-droppingly witty dialogue | meet my dad | nervous waiter | Paul Thomas Anderson | political correctness | Quentin Dupieux | the dangers of AI | the heights of absurd | the tough life of an actor | twist | unwanted love -
The Surfer
Nicolas Cage descends into rage (again)
Australia | beach | beach boys | charger | coffee | degenerate surfers | despite his rage he is still just Nicolas Cage | dream house | father and son | high waves | horror | Lexus | locals | madness | Nicolas Cage | obsession | paranoia | rites of passage | striving | surfing | wannabe | wtf -
The Thaw
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: folk horror | Country: USA | Year: 2023 | Directors: Sarah Wisner, Sean Temple | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 14 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Fantastic Fest 2023 / Splat!FilmFest In 19th-century Vermont, a young woman’s parents drink sleeping tea…
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The visitor
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror | Country: Spain | Year: 2024 | Director: Tony Morales | Language: Spanish | Subtitles: Polish, English | Duration: 10 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: N/A / Splat!FilmFest Alone in her home overnight, a young influencer’s solitude is interrupted by an unexpected…
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There was a man
Genre: animation | Country: Poland | Year: 2023 | Director: Kamil Wójcik | Language: Polish | Subtitles: English | Duration: 2 min | Age restrictions: 16+ | World premiere: Political Film Festival 2023 A short story about a man – one of the species that once inhabited Earth. A story intriguing and surprising as the…
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Thread tension
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror, drama | Country: United Kingdom | Year: 2023 | Director: Ruby Mastrodimos | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 14 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2023 / Splat!FilmFest When a failed attempt to cover up a…
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Timestalker
Eternal sunshine of the gore fantasy
80s | absurdity | aristocracy | beheadings | delulu | down with it | eternal sunshine of the spotless mind | feminism | glam rock star | humour | love is blind | mysterious brunette | Nick Frost | previous incarnations | recovery | reincarnation | sadness | sisterhood | the eras tour | toxic men and women who love | why do I choose the same guys again and again -
V/H/S/Beyond
A new iteration of the cult series that is now even more terrifying than before
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Volition
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: action, thriller | Country: USA | Year: 2023 | Director: Ashley George | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 18 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: FilmQuest 2023 / Splat!FilmFest After getting kidnapped and taken to a sex trafficking house on the outskirts…
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Vulcanizadora
Joel Potrykus, the wonder child of indie cinema at his darkest
alienation | anxiety | buddies | buddy movie | buried porn | child support | crisis | dark humour | darkness | despair | down | forest ducts | gloom | indie cinema | Joshua Burge | loneliness | pact | shovel | sudden death -
We Joined A Cult
Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest | Genre: horror, comedy | Country: USA | Year: 2023 | Director: Chris McInroy | Language: English | Subtitles: Polish | Duration: 4 min | Age restrictions: 18+ | World / European / Polish premiere: Fantastic Fest 2023 / Splat!FilmFest The story of two friends who just wanted to play kickball. reżyseria:…
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Your Monster
A love story with a monster in the backdrop
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Zero
A no-holds-barred ride through Senegal’s streets with bombs around your belt
