FOLLOWING FILMS

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival announces today the first wave of titles for their explosive 2022 edition, presented by Shudder, running October 13th to the 20th with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas. Following last year’s return to theaters, BHFF is thrilled to present its most robust slate to date. The festival will open with the Eva Green starring NOCEBO, the latest psychological thriller from celebrated Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan, best known for his 2019 Cannes selection VIVARIUM, starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, but better known to BHFF audiences for his feature debut WITHOUT NAME, which swept the festival awards in 2016 taking Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.  Wave one includes the world premieres of four exciting new films: the feature directorial debut from Laurence Vannicelli (co-writer of the hit 2021 BHFF horror comedy PORNO), MOTHER, MAY I?, starring DINNER IN AMERICA’s Kyle Gall...

Welcome, Violeta! (Bem-vinda, Violeta!), the second feature film from Brazilian director and writer Fernando Fraiha, produced by Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name; The Witch; The Lighthouse), and written by Fraiha and Inés Bortagaray (Invisible Life) is set to have its World Premiere in the Narrative Feature competition at the 2022 edition of the Brooklyn Film Festival, taking place in person and online from June 3–12 in New York City. Based on the novel Mountain Range by Daniel Galera, Welcome, Violeta! stars renowned Argentine actor Darío Grandinetti (Talk to Her; Rojo) as Holden, the charismatic leader of a writing residency set deep in the towering Argentine Andes mountain range. The film tells the story of Ana (played by Brazilian actress Débora Falabella), a young woman eager to complete her novella Violeta at the well-known “End of the World” literary laboratory. Over the course of her stay at the remote residence, Ana becomes more and more familiar with Holden’s idiosyncra...