Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack. One of the cult studio A24's biggest hits this year is a queer coming-of-age story with a stunning visual world, flickering in neon lights.
International Competition
Jane Schoenbrun
Jane Schoenbrun is a non-binary filmmaker and writer who is a proud proponent of a new era of personal queer cinema. Her previous works include the Sundance Film Festival 2021 sensation We're All Going to the World's Fair, A Self-Induced Hallucination and the punk rock variety TV show The Eyeslicer. The 37-year-old director belongs to the generation for whom the TV series of the 1990s, such as Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, opened up a whole new world where pop culture redefined the rules of visual arts with a previously unimaginable volume and force. Their work is most praised for its accurate portrayal of Gen Y and Gen Z's search for identity, its unclichéd depiction of queer and trans characters and its very unique atmospheric power.
in English
with English and Hungarian subtitles
Sundance Film Festival 2024 (Midnight)
Berlinale 2024 (Panorama)
Seattle International Film Festival 2024
SXSW 2024 (Festival Favorites)
San Sebastián 2024 (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Competition)
We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
A Self-Induced Hallucination (2018)
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Cast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler
Cinematography: Eric Yue
Screenwriter: Jane Schoenbrun
Producer: Sam Intili, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Sarah Winshall
Editor: Sofi Marshall
Music: Alex G
Hungarian Distributor: -
Colour: colour
Run time: 100 mins
