All films in this program are closed-captioned.

After attending a vampire-themed party with her best friend, Joaquin, Mina is bitten by a mysterious stranger (Keiran). She begins undergoing unsettling changes. As her senses sharpen and her confidence grows, she starts to realize that the life she feared losing may have been holding her back all along.---Other CreditsKyle Repman - Sound Operator, Isabella Hunter Quintero Grip, Sango Levonian - Gaffer---Born and raised in San Jose, CA, Eli's creative journey has always been rooted in bringing imagination to life. An ambitious student currently pursuing screenwriting, Eli is an alumnus of SVCTE (Silicon Valley Career Technical Education). After graduating from high school, Eli's dream has been to represent the film scene in Northern California by showcasing what creativity means in the Bay Area while also striving to leave a lasting impact on viewers with their films.

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Vamped

A girl named Mina attends a vampire-themed party that changes her life forever, or so she thought.

Soft-spoken transmasc driver Toni is used to navigating an array of colourful passengers through the economically divided streets of Cape Town in their late father’s vintage Daimler. But when Claudia, a digital nomad with blonde dreadlocks, unloads a traumatic story on a short ride across town, something unseen takes root in the backseat and refuses to leave.Toni quickly becomes convinced that the car is possessed by Claudia’s invisible trauma demon. Their grounded, supportive girlfriend Amanda suggests a calming night drive for ice cream and for a moment, the Daimler seems like its old self again…Until they pass Claudia’s drop-off point. Without warning, the car wrenches itself off course and barrels down a dark, tree-lined road. Panic grips the couple who brace for impact as the vehicle collides with something human-sized and screeches to a deadly halt. Turns out karmic justice has a driver of its own.---Gabe Gabriel and Loren Loubser are queer South African writer-directors. Gabe’s past work include No Hiding Here (Showmax commission) and Runs in the Family (Netflix; DIFF Best SA Film; GLAAD Media Award nominee). His upcoming features Granny Lee and Madison are supported by the BFI, Eurimages, Screen Ireland, and Telefilm Canada. He also lead-wrote Netflix’s Mandala Murders, which hit #1 in 17 countries. Loren is an actor, writer, director, and intimacy coordinator seen in Recipes for Love and Murder, Koek, and the Oscar-submitted The Heart Is a Muscle, for which they won Best Supporting Actress (NFTVA 2025). A Durban Talents fellow and BFI More Films for Freedom recipient, Loren is currently in post production on their original crime-comedy series and has coordinated intimacy on 20+ productions.

Dread

"A Black transmasculine Uber driver’s car becomes dangerously possessed when a German hippie offloads her trauma demon on a ride through the racially segregated, tourist-infested Cape Town. "

Baby, baby. Now wait and stay. I’m gonna make you scream and pay. Why you look so scared? I thought you wanted a ride? Is it not the right kind of ride? Not the right kind of vibe?---Beverly Bradley is a multidisciplinary artist and comic book author living in Oakland CA. Her work is inspired by gender chaos, body-horror, experimental comics, and political disgust.

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