Annual Awards 2026 | Program 6 — Into the Dark: Horror Stories

12:40 – 2:30 PM · Cinema 9 · 🔴 18+

1..2…3

Quentin Feynie and Caroline Thomas (France)
USA Premiere

On a November Saturday night, Alban follows his friend Naïm to a meeting that will change their lives—though not quite in the way they expect.

06:01

The Feast of the Serpent

Craig M Baurley (USA)

At a candlelit dinner with her ghastly mother Cleopatra and serpent sister Selene, Aelia is drawn into flesh-binding rituals and twisted control, forced to confront the terrifying truth of her venomous lineage.

09:20

Where the Shadows Feast

Aaron M Cabrera (USA)

After decades of unexplained disappearances, a detective and mother follows her child’s voice into the darkness—only to come face to face with the shadows themselves.

15:06

The Mortician’s Daughter

Elwood Quincy Walker (USA)

After her mother’s death, Violet must honor her final wish—to be embalmed by her own daughter. As she prepares the body in the funeral home she grew up in, buried memories surface, revealing a terrifying secret. Starring horror icon Bonnie Aarons.

21:11

Tretten

Maxime Vaux (France)

A yoga influencer escapes to a remote retreat in Norway seeking peace from her social media–driven anxiety. But as the rituals intensify, her grip on reality fractures—spilling into her life back in Paris, where she struggles to hide her growing anguish.

29:28

In The Valley

Adam Van Dyke (USA)
Los Angeles Premiere

Lost in the Southern California desert after a night with a mysterious cowboy, Josh wakes alone in a shifting, nightmarish landscape. As unseen figures close in, he must uncover the truth about the cowboy—and his own past—before the desert consumes him.

27:35