Anomaly is thrilled to announce the first 4 feature films in our festival lineup for 2021: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, After Blue (Dirty Paradise), New York Ninja, and Strawberry Mansion. Find details & trailers for each film below, and then pick up a full festival pass so you don’t miss a second of the great genre films we have lined up to bring you all weekend long, November 4-7 at The Little Theatre in downtown Rochester, NY. Full festival lineup revealed in early October!
Beyond the Infinite
Two Minutes
A clever one-shot sci-fi comedy
Café owner Kato makes the shocking realization that the CCTV camera and the monitor in his upstairs apartment form a time loop that allows him to see 2 minutes into the future, and the discovery sets he and his friends off on a bizarre and hilarious adventure through time and space. Working with a micro-budget, director Junta Yamaguchi has created a wildly inventive gem of indie filmmaking.
JAPAN / 2021 / 70 mins
After Blue
(Dirty Paradise)
An erotic acid trip western fantasy
On a distant planet inhabited solely by women, teenage Roxy impulsively frees the nefarious criminal Kate Bush, immediately unleashing a wave a violence and death. As punishment, Roxy and her mother are exiled from their community and sentenced to track the woman down as they journey across their planet’s savage landscape. An eye-popping feast for the senses.
FRANCE / 2021 / 127 mins
New York Ninja
A resurrected explosion of ‘80s ninja action
After his wife is murdered, a man transforms himself into the avenging New York Ninja, a vigilante determined to bring the nefarious criminals responsible to justice. Originally shot in 1984 by director John Liu, but never completed, the mad geniuses at Vinegar Syndrome discovered the unfinished reels of film and set about editing the footage and recording the missing soundtrack to bring this undiscovered cult-classic-in-the-making back to life.
USA / 2021 / 93 mins
Strawberry Mansion
A handcrafted and heartfelt sci-fi fantasy
In a not-so-distant future, mild-mannered government agent James Preble conducts “dream audits,” cataloging and collecting taxes on the unconscious inner lives of the population. His latest assignment takes him to the remote farmhouse of eccentric aging artist Arabella Isadora, where he finds himself captivated exploring her lifetime of vibrant dreams. Traveling through dreamscapes and nightmares, he uncovers a secret that offers a chance for love and hope for escape.
USA / 2021 / 91 mins
Full Festival Passes, which include every film program over all 4 days of Anomaly’s 2021 festival lineup are now on sale!