2024 SCHEDULE – Oltre lo Specchio Film Festival

Thursday 7th	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.30	Possession	Robby Ertanto	93′	Out of Competition
16:30	Pula	Brillante Mendoza	114′	Competition
18:30	What You Wish For	Nicholas Tomnay	101′ 🎟️	Competition
21:15	Ghostlight	K.O’SullivanA.Thompson	115′ 🎟️	Newcomers

A remake of Zulawski’s classic horror in an Indonesian key, a revenge movie from the Philippines, a cooking-related horror in South America and a drama of British theatrical pattern introduce the dark side of genre cinema on our first day

Friday 8th Thriller Day	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.30	Deleter	Mikhail Red	93′	Competition
16:15	A Long Shot	Gao Peng	114′	Competition
18:30	Saloum	Jean Luc Herbulot	101′ 🎟️	Out of Competition
21:00	To a Land Unknown	Mahdi Fleifel	105′ 🎟️	Competition

Second day dedicated to thrillers: a Filipino production that tackles the dark web, a social drama featuring a shooter in 1990s China, a supernatural western set in Senegal, and an Athenian noir starring two Palestinian refugees.

Saturday 9th	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.00	Divinity	Eddie Alcazar	87′	Newcomers
15:45	Aberrance	Baatar Batsukh	76′	Newcomers
17:15	The Waterhouse	Samuel Clemens	84′	Competition
19:15	The Killer Goldfish	Yukihiko Tsutsumi	95′ 🎟️	Competition
21:30	Shikun	Amos Gitai	85′ 🎟️	Out of Competition

The show increases along with the nightmare on day three: it starts with the dystopian-style analog science fiction produced by Steven Soderbergh (Solaris, Contagion), moving on to a horror with a couple in the Mongolian woods, a supernatural thriller by the sea (in the presence of director and producer The Waterhouse), a crazy mix of detective and sci-fi story by a veteran of Japanese cinema and finally, from the Berlinale, the latest reflection of Amos Gitai through the theatre of the absurd on the direction that Israel is taking .

Sunday 10th Horror Day	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.00	Mom	Adam O’Brien	95′	Newcomers
16:00	Nightwatch	Ole Bornedal	113′	Competition
18:30	Black Cab	Bruce Goodison	87′ 🎟️	Competition
21:00	Minore	Konstantinos Koutsoliotas	112′ 🎟️	Competition

Sunday fourth day dedicated to horror and stars: a psychological drama starring Emily Hampshire, the 30-years-in-the-making sequel of the Nordic thriller that launched the career of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime from Game of Thrones), a Nick Frost different than usual in a British gothic horror and finally a Greek title of Lovecraftian inspiration.

Monday 11th	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.30	Flaming Cloud	Liu Siyi	107′	Newcomers
16:30	Black Mold	John Pata	113′	Newcomers
18:30	Indera	Woo Jing Ming	104′ 🎟️	Competition
21:00	The Code	Eugene Kotlyarenko	98′ 🎟️	Competition

Day Five begins with a fantasy Chinese tale by a debutant director, followed by a thriller in an abandoned house through the deepest corners of America, a supernatural horror from Malaysia echoing The VVitch and an experimental film that reflects on the impact of social media and the pandemic in contemporary relations (the director of The Code will be our guest).

Tuesday 12th	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14:30	Fanti	Andy Nguyen	108′	Newcomers
16:15	What Remains	Ran Huang	126′	Competition
18:30	Cold Wallet	Cutter Hodierne	92′ 🎟️	Competition

A smaller format for the sixth day, with three high-tension titles: a social-technological thriller in the world of entertainment from Vietnam, a psychological drama inspired by a true crime story starring Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Mandy), Stellan and Gustaf Skarsgard (Vikings) and a revenge movie related to the world of cryptocurrency and Reddit.

Wednesday 13th	TITLE	DIRECTOR	DURATION	SECTION
14.30	Creepy Crawly	Chalit & Pakphum	92′	Newcomers
16:30	Chasing a Shooting Star	Haitao Guo	99′	Newcomers
18:30	Oversteer	Derrick Lui	86′ 🎟️	Competition
21:00	Birthday Girl	Michael Noer	95′ 🎟️	Out of Competition

Last day dedicated to Oriental cinema, featuring a hospital horror from Thailand, a road movie based on the true story of the fall of a meteorite in China, and an adrenaline action set in the world of racing in Singapore. Our festival closes with a Danish thriller set on a cruise ship by the director of the remake of Papillon starring Trine Dyrholm (The Commune, Nico 1988).