Anomaly is thrilled to announce the first 4 feature films in our festival lineup for 2023: Loop Track, The People’s Joker, River, and Molli and Max in the Future. Find details about each film below, and be sure to pick up a full festival pass you don’t miss a second of the great genre films we have lined up to bring you all five festival days, November 8-12 at The Little Theatre (and beyond!) in downtown Rochester, NY.
Full festival lineup revealed — and individual tickets on sale — in the weeks to come!
Loop Track
An unexpected psychological thriller.
On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Ian retreats to the New Zealand bush seeking solitude. Only he’s not alone. There are annoying tourists and cocky fellow hikers around to tell him he’s doing things all wrong. But there’s also… something else. Somewhere in the dark recesses of the forest, a malevolent presence waits. Or is it all in Ian’s head?
New Zealand / 2023 / 94 mins
The People's Joker
A subversive queer coming-of-age origin story
The film that defied a major Hollywood studio. Writer, director, and editor Vera Drew enlists the assistance of 100 different artists — blending live action, 2D animation, stop-motion, and CGI — to create a hilarious and deeply personal riff on superhero movies, gender identity, stand-up comedy, and the power of a good laugh.
USA / 2022 / 92 mins
River
A sweet and soulful time-twisting comedy
Director Junta Yamaguchi takes the micro time loop premise of his 2021 Anomaly Audience Award-Winner “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” and applies it to an even larger canvas, as the guests and staff of a Japanese inn find themselves living the same few minutes over and over and over again. Somewhere in those repeating, all-to-brief moments, they confront questions of life, love, and their own mortality.
Japan / 2023 / 86 mins
Molli and Max in the Future
An imaginative sci-fi rom-com that spans galaxies
Molli and Max keep finding themselves drawn into each other’s orbits, and find that dating is awkward no matter what year you’re in or which planet you find yourself on. A classic will-they-won’t-they romance matched with cleverly lo-fi effects, it’s “When Harry Met Sally” with aliens, robot warriors, and space witches.
USA / 2023 / 93 mins
Full Festival Passes, which include every film program over all 5 days of Anomaly’s 2023 festival lineup are now on sale!