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GENRE: Thriller

8: A South African Horror Story

Dir. Harold Hölscher | South Africa
Genres Horror, Thriller

Program After Dark

Oct 18 @ 10:30 pm Oct 25 @ 10:30 pm

Bring Me Home Na-reul cha-ja-jwo

Dir. Kim Seung-woo | South Korea
Genres Family Affairs, Mystery, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 19 @ 9:30 pm Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm

Buoyancy

Dir. Rodd Rathjen | Australia
Genres Drama, Political, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 26 @ 3:30 pm Oct 27 @ 11:45 am

Girl on the Third Floor

Dir. Travis Stevens | United States
Genres Horror, Sex and Sexuality, Thriller

Program After Dark City & State

Oct 18 @ 11:00 pm Oct 18 @ 11:15 pm

Instinct

Dir. Halina Reijn | The Netherlands
Genres Drama, Sex and Sexuality, Thriller

Program New Directors Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 21 @ 5:30 pm Oct 22 @ 8:30 pm Oct 23 @ 3:00 pm

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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Jesús te muestra el camino a la autopista

Dir. Miguel Llansó | Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Latvia, Romania
Genres Action, Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller

Program After Dark

Oct 19 @ 10:30 pm Oct 20 @ 12:45 pm

Just 6.5 Metri Shesh-o Nim

Dir. Saeed Roustaee | Iran
Genres Crime, Social Commentary, Thriller

Program New Directors Competition

Oct 17 @ 8:30 pm Oct 19 @ 11:45 am Oct 22 @ 2:30 pm

Knives and Skin

Dir. Jennifer Reeder | United States
Genres LGBTQ, Mystery, Sex and Sexuality, Thriller

Program After Dark City & State Out-Look Competition Women in Cinema

Oct 18 @ 9:00 pm Oct 19 @ 9:45 pm

MOTHER

Dir. Kristof Bilsen | Belgium, The Netherlands
Genres Biopic, Documentary, Family Affairs, Historical, Political, Social Commentary, Thriller

Program Documentary

Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm Oct 22 @ 3:15 pm

Mr. Jones

Dir. Agnieszka Holland | Poland, UK, Ukraine
Genres Biopic, Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Masters Women in Cinema

Oct 19 @ 12:30 pm Oct 27 @ 12:00 pm

Paradise Next Wang Ming Zhi Tu

Dir. Yoshihiro Hanno | Japan, Taiwan
Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 24 @ 8:30 pm Oct 25 @ 8:15 pm

The Report

Dir. Scott Z. Burns | United States
Genres Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Special Presentation

Oct 24 @ 8:15 pm

Shorts 3: Up At Night

Dir. Various | Argentina, Canada, Finland, United Kingdom, United States
Genres Drama, Horror, Thriller

Program After Dark Shorts Program

Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm Oct 26 @ 10:30 pm

Spider Araña

Dir. Andrés Wood | Chile
Genres Historical, Political, Thriller

Program Cinemas of the Americas International Competition

Oct 20 @ 2:45 pm Oct 21 @ 5:45 pm Oct 25 @ 2:00 pm

The Vast of Night

Dir. Andrew Patterson | United States
Genres Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Program After Dark

Oct 24 @ 10:15 pm Oct 26 @ 10:15 pm

The Whistlers

Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania, France, Germany
Genres Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 17 @ 5:30 pm Oct 18 @ 5:45 pm

The Wild Goose Lake

Dir. Yi'nan Diao | China, France
Genres Action, Crime, Thriller

Program Global Currents

Oct 20 @ 7:45 pm Oct 25 @ 12:15 pm Oct 27 @ 8:30 pm

Navigation

GENRE: Thriller

8: A South African Horror Story

Bring Me Home Na-reul cha-ja-jwo

Buoyancy

Girl on the Third Floor

Instinct

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Jesús te muestra el camino a la autopista

Just 6.5 Metri Shesh-o Nim

Knives and Skin

MOTHER

Mr. Jones

Paradise Next Wang Ming Zhi Tu

The Report

Shorts 3: Up At Night

Spider Araña

The Vast of Night

The Whistlers

The Wild Goose Lake

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