2026 Official Selection: Horror – Short

Alice, grieving the loss of her father, tumbles into a macabre Wonderland where reality blurs with fiction and familiar characters force her to confront her intrusive thoughts.

Program: Shorts Block 3 · Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 9:10 PM

• Director(s): Laura Malatos
• Writer(s): Helen Sun, Laura Malatos
• Producer(s): Helen Sun, Laura Malatos, Yulia Arispe
• Key Cast: Lulu Wilson, Jeff Lorch, Kevin Dulude, Kouamy Davis Brown, Helen Day
• Editor(s): Laura Malatos
• Cinematographer(s): Yves Arispe
• Production Designer(s): Danielle Light
• Sound Designer(s): Creighton Yanchar
• Composer(s): Alexander Arntzen

Language: English

Runtime: 13m

Country: United States

Synopsis: “Wonderland” is a grim reimagining of the Hatter’s tea party from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The film stars a 19-year-old horror veteran Lulu Wilson (The Haunting of the Hill House, Sharp Objects, Ouija: The Origin of Evil, Star Trek: Picard) in the iconic role of Alice.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Drama – Feature

A passionate swim coach and dedicated father navigates the turbulent reality of invisible homelessness when he is forced to live out of his van.

Program: What We Dreamed of Then · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 5:40 PM

• Director(s): Taylor Olson
• Writer(s): Taylor Olson
• Producer(s): Sandy Hunter, Steve Foster, Britt Kerr
• Key Cast: Taylor Olson, Christie Burke, Parveen Kaur, River Price-Maenpaa, Hugh Thompson
• Editor(s): Shawn Beckwith
• Cinematographer(s): Kevin A. Fraser

Language: English

Runtime: 1h 44m

Country: Canada

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: Then, Gideon was a vibrant young father and husband. Now, he is invisibly houseless, trying to hold onto his relationship with his estranged daughter. Told through a non-linear narrative, What We Dreamed of Then weaves between past and present, revealing the fragility of hope and the resilience needed to survive isolation.

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Source: FILA