Our Upcoming Films

World Premiere and Grand Jury Prize Winner, 2024 Sundance Film Festival.  On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. | Country: United States | Language: English, Spanish

World Premiere, 2024 SXSW Film Festival. Time is not on their side. In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There, they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points. | Country: United States | Language: English

A tale of love. A story of horror. A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend. | Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium | Language: Spanish

World Premiere, 2024 Fantastic Fest. Eat your heart out. In a desperate attempt to protect her ten year old daughter, a young widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive. | Country: United States | Language: English

A symphony of horror set to the music of Radiohead. Remains to many viewers the most unsettling vampire film ever made, and its bald, spidery vampire, personified by the diabolical Max Schreck, continues to spawn imitations in the realm of contemporary cinema. | Country: Germany | Language: English intertitles

After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin, Frankie Freako. A wacky FX-driven horror-comedy! | Country: Canada | Language: English

Heebie Jeebie 2024: ParaNorman (2012) A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, Slamdance Film Festival. Distraught by a recent breakup, a down-on-his-luck artist gets magically sucked into an alternate dimension filled with unicorns. He soon unites with a new unicorn friend to conquer a dark force and bring peace to the kingdom. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Slamdance Film Festival. Darla Peterson has just found out she owes the IRS $349,000.22. She teams up with a sentient kombucha scoby named Mother who has the ability to grant mind-blowing orgasms to pay off the debt. Is this a match made in heaven, or the other place? | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. WANTED by the police in all the luxury-spots of Europe!... A catch for any woman! | Country: United States | Language: English, French

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing. | Country: Japan | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body. | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In the first career-spanning documentary of the legendary and prolific artist, visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing more than 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes. | Country: United States | Language: English

For one extraordinary week in 1972, the Revolution WAS televised. Travel back in time to the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono descended upon a Philadelphia broadcasting studio to co-host the iconic Mike Douglas Show. | Country: United States | Language: English

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Turn up the volume on your imagination. Discover the story of the life and career of American musician Pharrell Williams in the style of LEGO animation. | Country: United States, Denmark | Language: English

Experience the fourth theatrical My Hero Academia release on the big screen! Izuku Midoriya, a U.A. High School student who aspires to be the best hero he can be, confronts the villain who imitates the hero he once admired. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese

A one-night-only event. Experience the latest two chapters of Terrifier back-to-back! In Terrifier 2, after being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County. Terrifier 3 picks up where part 2 left off, and Art the Clown unleashes chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve. | Country: United States | Language: English

Can pairing music with psychedelics bring transformative healing to the world? Presented at the Film Center for World Mental Health Day, Music for Mushrooms is an ode to the transformative potential of art and introspection in a world aching for healing and connection. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Fantastic Fest. Art the Clown unleashes chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. | Country: United States | Language: English

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge. | Country: Spain, Mexico | Language: Spanish

In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. | Country: Mexico, Spain | Language: Spanish

Special Jury Prize Winner, 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself. | Country: India, France, United States, Norway | Language: English, Hindi

World Premiere: Venice Film Festival. A French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be. | Country: France | Language: French

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion. | Country: United States | Language: English

Rico descends into madness in the Catskill Mountains after being haunted by nightmares. | Country: United States | Language: English

Heebie Jeebie 2024: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 4K Restoration He is afraid. He is alone. He is three million light years from home. | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. A musician is wrongly accused of robbing an insurance company, and his family is gravely affected. | Country: United States | Language: English, Italian, Spanish

There's no body in the family plot. Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

Winner of Best Film at the 2007 Sitges Film Festival. In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island. | Country: United States, South Africa, India | Language: English, Romanian, Latin

Screening as part of Anime Expo Cinema Nights (AXCN) 2024—2025 season. The iconic Japanese anime series is back on screen. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. | Country: United States | Language: English

About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past. | Country: United States | Language: English

Thu, Oct 17, 6PM | Screening Room Two | Seven tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 6PM | Screening Room One | Midwest Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 8PM | Screening Room One | US Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 8PM | Screening Room Two | Eight tales of terror, death, and humor presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 10PM | Screening Room One | Midwest Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 10PM | Screening Room Two | Eleven tales of the weird and bizarre presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Fri, Oct 18, 6PM | The Festival Lounge | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

World Premiere, 2008 Cannes Film Festival. A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. | Country: France, Canada | Language: French, English

Fri, Oct 18, 2PM | Screening Room Two | Twelve new short films from NFF alumni presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 2PM | Screening Room One | Ohio Premiere | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

World Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours (2024) follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. | Country: Canada, Germany, United States | Language: English, French, Swedish, German

Fri, Oct 18, 4PM | Screening Room Two | Eight tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 4PM | Screening Room One | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 6:30PM | Screening Room One | Live Music Accompaniment | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 6PM | Screening Room Two | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 7:15PM | Screening Room Two | New this year. Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 8PM | Screening Room One | North American Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 8PM | Screening Room Two | Six tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Fri, Oct 18, 10PM | Screening Room One | World Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Fri, Oct 18, 10PM | Screening Room Two | Nine tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 1PM | Screening Room Two | Moderated by NFF co-founder, Chris Hamel, presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 12PM | Screening Room One | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Heebie Jeebie 2024: Monster House (2006) Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets. | Country: United States | Language: English

Sat, Oct 19, 2PM | Screening Room Two | Ten new short films from NFF alumni presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 2PM | Screening Room One | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 5:15PM | Screening Room One | Hosted by NFF Co-Founders Chris Hamel and Jason Tostevin | Presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 6PM | Screening Room Two | Six tales of dark suspense presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 19, 6PM | Screening Room One | World Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. Let Alfred Hitchcock engulf you in a whirlpool of terror and tension! | Country: United States | Language: English

Sat, Oct 19, 8PM | Screening Room Two | Ten tales of terror and death presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 8PM | Screening Room One | World Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, 10PM | Screening Room Two | Ten tales of the weird and bizarre presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2023.

Sat, Oct 19, 10PM | Screening Room One | Eastern US Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, Midnight | Screening Room Two | Eight tales of terror, death, and humor presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sat, Oct 19, Midnight | Screening Room One | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 12PM | Screening Room One | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 12PM | Screening Room Two | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 2PM | Screening Room Two | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 2PM | Screening Room Two | Twelve locally made short films presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 4PM | Screening Room Two | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

Sun, Oct 20, 4PM | Screening Room One | World Premiere | Feature and short film presented as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2024

The film that changed horror forever. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. If you knew what he knew what would you do? Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect. | Country: United States | Language: English, French, Italian, German

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. A little knowledge can be a deadly thing! | Country: United States | Language: English

An enlightening film that explores the ideas that inhabit the lyrics and subject matter of Placebo’s songs, whilst charting their evolution as a group and as human beings. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Telluride Film Festival. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. In his arms she felt safety...in his absence, haunting dread! | Country: United States | Language: English

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. | Country: United States | Language: English

Poison, drowning, claw, or knife. So many ways to take a life. Columbus late-night legend, Fritz The Nite Owl hosts Halloween cult classic Trick 'R Treat (2007). The film will screen, breaking every 20 minutes or so for Fritz’s on screen host segments providing trivia about the making of the film and other fun anecdotes. | Country: United States | Language: English

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. | Country: United States | Language: English

A tradition for all ages! Grab your snacks, sit back and relax as we channel-surf for the best retro toons (and commercials). With each ticket purchase, celebrate that Saturday morning feeling with a complimentary box of cereal and a pour from our milk bar.

Presented as part of the 2024 edition of Hitchcocktober. It's time for a visit to the notorious Bates Motel. | Country: United States | Language: English

Screening as part of Anime Expo Cinema Nights (AXCN) 2024—2025 season. The iconic Japanese anime series is back on screen. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese

Winner Palme d'Or, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. From writer-director Sean Baker | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film Festival, winning Jury Prize and Best Actress, and France's submission for the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Feature. | Country: France | Language: Spanish, English, French

Pioneers of African American Cinema 2024: Travel train car by train car through the sins of the Jazz Age. Directed by James and Eloyce Gist.

World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Written and directed by Marielle Heller, based on the 2021 novel by Rachel Yoder. | Country: United States | Language: English

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. | Country: Czechia, United States | Language: English, German, Romanian, Russian

A return to speculative sci-fi fantasy for Bong Joon-ho, who went stratospheric with his Academy Award-winning psychological satire Parasite (2019). Adapted from the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, this stars Robert Pattinson as an "expendable" – a disposable crew member on a space mission. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English