Fantastic Film: Be Very Afraid

A fistful of this year’s best films of the fantastic – horror, science fiction, fantasy – are stories and myths of the dark and twisted kind about horrific discoveries and dire consequences. 

Curator: Patrik Sporrong

Screened:
FRI 25/10, 21:00 SLOTTS
SUN 27/10, 15:00 REGINA

KRAMPUSS

On Christmas Eve, an Icelandic family comes face to face with the Yule Cat, a ravenous creature of folklore hungry for those who did not get clothes for Christmas. 

Iceland 2023 / 7:49 / Director: Guðni Líndal Benediktsson

EDITH

A mute woman, a murderer, and a stolen tongue. After witnessing the killing of a school boy, an outcast attempts to befriend the murderer, dreaming of a world where she and the murderer are one. Yearning for a voice, she struggles for redemption and acceptance.

Singapore, Malaysia 2024 / 16:58 / Director: Clare Chong

BURN OUT

An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.

United States 2024 / 12:32 / Director: Russell Goldman

WILD ANIMAL

A wealthy woman discovers an abandoned baby in the wilderness. Set on finding the child’s mother, she realises that she is being followed.

United Kingdom 2024 / 18:56 / Director: Beth Park

SHEEP STORY

In a bizarre animated tale, a person finds a home within a sheep’s body. The person cuts into the sheep from the inside, feeding off its body while disregarding the sheep’s desperate screams. Eventually, they go too far and face the consequences.

Iceland, Czech Republic 2024 / 6:07 / Director: Rakel Andrésdóttir

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN WOMEN SING

An ambitious filmmaker travels to the mystical Great Xing’an Range of Northeastern China, where a shamanic ritual to select the ‘Mountain God’s Wife’ unfolds, only to discover she is marked as the next sacrifice.

Hong Kong 2024 / 14:58 / Director: Juefang Zhang

DON’T BE AFRAID

A tormented photographer makes a comeback with freshly taken photos at the very location where his son once disappeared. During the exhibition, visitors suddenly realise that there’s someone lurking in the background of several photos.

Sweden 2024 / 14:57 / Director: Mats Udd

EMBRACE

Mélanie walks past the same alleyway every day without noticing the strange metal bucket.

France 2023 / 2:00 / Director: Axel Zeltser

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