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Sator, the shocking and nerve-twisting occult horror from one-man production house Jordan Graham.
Sator sprung from personal family trauma, its malevolent woodland titular specter being the name that his grandmother (Peterson, playing a version of herself here) gave to a strange spirit that had spoken to her for decades. Within the film, Graham s avatar is Pete (Daniel), a gaunt and taciturn hunter in the wintery forests of California. He knows when a predator is lurking, which is why he becomes convinced that Nani s ramblings about this unseen entity are more than just the tendrils of dementia taking deeper root in her fading mind.
Every year, Austin s film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every year, there are still some titles that haven t been widely released yet. With so many festivals switching to virtual formats, we ve had more titles than ever to tantalize us, so here are 10 of the films we can t wait for you to see in 2021 and beyond.
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Screened at: aGLIFF
Love is a many-splendored thing, and you never know when it will strike. Writer-director Zoé Wittock understands that you love who you love, and if they love you back you ll do anything you can to be with them. That s how it is with Jeanne (Noémie Merlant) and Jumbo, even if they have to overcome the bigotry and bias of Jeanne s small town, and her small-minded neighbors. But can a young woman and a fairground attraction find true love? Yes, fairground attraction. Absurd as it may sound,