After years of slapdash sequels, the Camp Miasma franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original’s star (Gillian Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium. Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) continues to be one of the most stylish and adventurous independent filmmakers working today with this dreamy, wonderfully weird ode to old-school slasher films, told with a distinctly queer sensibility, arriving in Provincetown fresh from its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Einbinder and Anderson share an offbeat chemistry as a devoted film nerd and her sultry, eccentric muse.Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder are scheduled to attend on June 11.
Genre: Horror
John Waters Presents: Sick of Myself
The second feature from Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, this wicked comedy is a deliciously dark portrait of a toxic relationship that landed on John Waters’ Top Ten List in 2022. In Artforum, he described SICK OF MYSELF this way: “ A pair of narcissistic lovers can’t stop competing for the public’s attention. He’s a sculptor who uses furniture he steals as material, and she takes recalled poison medication on purpose to make her skin break out in rashes and boils so she can become a model with disabilities. No, it’s not Female Trouble, but it’s just as nuts. Pretty? Pretty? Pretty fucked up!”With a delectable pair of performances at its center, SICK OF MYSELF plumbs the merciless depths of its protagonists’ narcissism for an uproarious modern fable.
Leviticus (Spotlight Film)
Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most—each other.A haunting portrait of how religious fanaticism stands in the path of two boys’ acceptance of themselves and their growing connection morphs into a transcendently original coming-of-age horror story. In his feature debut, writer-director Adrian Chiarella incorporates sensuality and tenderness into the horrors his young protagonists face. As their undeniable attraction becomes the very heart of their torment, leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen deliver fantastically complex performances, encompassing each boy’s vulnerability and growing dread as well as the embodiment of the other’s worst fears come to life. LEVITICUS is an exciting and nuanced entry into the body of queer horror storytelling.“A stylish, urgent allegory.” — The Hollywood ReporterDirector Adrian Chiarella is scheduled to attend.
Family Movie (Closing Night Film)
A filmmaking family’s low-budget horror movie turns into a real-life slasher when an actual dead body lands on their film set. Chaos ensues on the family’s farm in Texas as the Smiths fight to keep their production on track when everything around them starts to go wrong. After all—the show must go on! Beloved actors/directors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick—working alongside their adult children Sosie Bacon and Travis Bacon—have created a wildly entertaining love letter to horror, to independent film, and, most of all, to family, while veteran actors John Carroll Lynch and Scoot McNairy infuse even more humor into the raucous fun. “… plays like gangbusters… having brought a family together—in laughter.” — VarietyFilmmakers Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Sosie Bacon, and Travis Bacon are scheduled to attend.