Last year, the Midnight Madness section received one heck of a thumbs up with Obsession landing a massive distribution deal. This edition, programmer Peter Kuplowsky has unveiled ten mostly blood-soaked oddities with a trio of North American premieres and seven world preems – one of them being an unlikely docu film titled Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney by Matthew Rankin. Paolo Strippoli‘s Venice Competition entry The Spiral, Sabu‘s Out of comp Venice entry Arrested Memory and Duncan Jones‘ Annecy International Animation Film Fest preemed Rogue Trooper will be shoring up as North American premieres while in the world premiere selection we find Anna Biller‘s The Face of Horror – the filmed in Prague ghost story featuring Jonah Hauer-King and Kristine Froseth while Spree filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko will present Vintage Violence – an action comedy set in Japan with Cole Sprouse and featuring the cinematography of Sean Price Williams. Here are the selections:
Anchors Aweigh – Matt Barats
Arrested Memory – Sabu
HALF – Samjad
Kick On – Nick Kozakis
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney – Matthew Rankin
River – Joshua Giuliano (Midnight Madness Opening Night Film)
Rogue Trooper – Duncan Jones (Midnight Madness Closing Night Film)
The Face of Horror – Anna Biller
The Spiral – Paolo Strippoli
Vintage Violence – Eugene Kotlyarenko
