Month: February 2026
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Inside Nayla Al Khaja’s ‘BAAB’
With BAAB, Nayla Al Khaja delivers her most intimate and uncompromising work to date. A psychological dark fantasy rooted in grief, sound, and Arab folklore, the film unfolds through the fractured inner world of a woman haunted by the loss of her twin sister. Rejecting linear storytelling in favor of atmosphere, silence, and sensory disorientation, BAAB becomes less a narrative than an experience — one that invites the viewer to step through a threshold where reality, memory, and myth collide.
Psychological Thriller Short ‘The Knock Shadow’ Heads to Festivals in 2026
The Knock Shadow, a psychological thriller short film featuring Lea DeLaria (Orange Is The New Black) and Kevin Kilner (Earth: Final Conflict), has wrapped production and is set to hit the 2026 festival circuit. Set in a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s, The Knock Shadow, follows a young female therapist who encounters a patient whose symptoms lead her to question what is real and what isn’t working in the field.