The New Voices in Horror

The company is forming a New Voices in Horror division that will focus on amplifying unseen and unheard voices in the genre. Our slate champions female, queer, immigrant, and BIPOC storytellers and aims to tap into the diversity of perspectives and experiences they inhabit to create new and films that represent the next generation of horror. The genre has a long history representing and engaging with societal issues and our films will continue that tradition. This will provide partnership opportunities with a variety of nonprofit charitable organization and maximize corporate social responsibility.

Introduction

Current Slate of Horror Films

(Slate subject to change)

I AM VERY LONELY

Writer/Director: Anika Benkov
Budget: 1.2M (no raise needed)
Status: Post-Production

Logline

A nonbinary Jewish game designer (ANIKA BENKOV) living a secret double life as an online “sub” (submissive) goes down the rabbit hole when they discover their internet Dom (COLIN BATES) is a real life fascist and attempt to de-radicalize him through their mutual brainwashing kink without losing themself in the process.

Filmmaker

Anika Benkov is a nonbinary filmmaker based in NYC who writes about the kinks in life and in ourselves, and growing pains at all ages. Their award-winning short, THE BINDING OF ITZIK, a queer, Hasidic, BDSM rom-com, received an SFFilm-Rainin Grant and was positively reviewed in The Forward.

BREAKDOWN

Writer/Director: Dana Offenbach
Budget: 3.2M
Status: Development

Logline

A ninth-grade class from New York City goes on an overnight trip to the Catskills. When both rear tires suspiciously blow out, a night filled with terror emerges and the young intellects must put their heads together to figure out what is happening and how to save their classmates.

Filmmaker

Born and raised in Washington Heights, Dana sees the world through a unique lens. Her working-class background steeped in diversity and surrounded by creativity allows her to see nuances and discover new voices. She is an award-winning filmmaker and a member of the prestigious Producers Guild of America and New York Women in Film & Television. Her films have been screened at Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, and have won an NAACP nomination for Outstanding Independent Feature.

INSTAGAYS

Writer/Director: Pflaris
Budget: 3.4M
Status: Development

Logline

A group of vainglorious “Instagays” trip to Fire Island takes a deadly turn when they accidentally murder their token friend of color, unwittingly unleashing an ancient wrath hellbent on karmic retribution.

Filmmaker

Pflaris is a writer and director. They are a BAFTA Connect member and an inaugural recipient of the Joel Schumacher / Sophia Cranshaw Mentorship Award from the Gotham Film & Media Institute. Their work has also won the Phil Johnston Comedy Grant. In 2024, they were a semi-finalist for the New Voices Filmmaker Grant by NewFest and supported by Netflix.

FRACTURED

Writer/Director: Hazel McKibbin
Budget: 1.3M
Status: Development

Logline

Chloe remembers everything and everyone. Except Louis. Why? Chloe’s life is steadily thrown into chaos as she pursues a lost memory. Her extraordinary memory condition becomes a waking nightmare as the distinction between past and present is destroyed in her mind.

Filmmaker

Hazel McKibbin is an award-winning British-American writer and director. Hazel received the Princess Grace Award Honoraria in Film. Trained as an editor, Hazel finds herself drawn towards realism, often through a feminist lens. Her directorial debut Doublespeak premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and her second short She Always Wins premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

17 FOREVER

Writer/Director: Mathilde Hauducoeur
Budget: 1.2M
Status: Development

Logline

Set in coastal France, on the eve of their senior year, a group of teenage mean girls must fight for survival after a mysterious sea creature takes away their best friend.

Filmmaker

Mathilde Hauducoeur is a French American writer and director. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University, and a BA in Film Studies from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work explores the intricacies of female friendship, the constant interplay between violence and sparkles deeply fascinates her. Mathilde’s short film Ailes d’Ange et Plaies Ouvertes (Angel Wings and Open Wounds) has screened in Paris and New York, and her short film Pillow Talk will have its festival premiere this Spring. She was selected for Cine Qua Non’s 2023 Script Revision Lab.

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