Michael Radford’s haunting adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel brings to life a chilling vision of totalitarian control and lost humanity. Set in a war-torn London ruled by the oppressive superstate of Oceania, Nineteen Eighty-Four follows Winston Smith (John Hurt), a low-ranking bureaucrat who dares to seek truth and love in a society where independent […]
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Rental Family
October 29, 2025
Rental Family is a heartfelt comedy-drama from director and co-writer Hikari (winner of multiple emerging-director awards for this film), starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto. Adapted from real Japanese “rental family” services, the film follows a lonely American actor living in Tokyo who takes a job performing stand-in […]
Freak Bikes
October 3, 2025
(78 mins/CA): EAST COAST PREMIERE – L.A. bicycle activist Jimmy Lizama travels to bike-friendly cities with his 12-year-old son, hoping to inspire him to imagine cities without cars. Directed by Ryan Mekenian FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Battersea
October 3, 2025
(90 mins/OH): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – Siblings reconvene at their childhood home, where they spend a precarious weekend drinking and talking. Directed by T.J. Sandella FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Weekend at the End of the World
October 3, 2025
(82 mins/CA): EAST COAST PREMIERE – Best friends Karl and Miles head up to a cabin in the woods. What starts out as a weekend of partying, getting Karl over his ex, and fixing up the cabin in the hopes of becoming property tycoons, quickly descends into an adventure of inter-dimensional portals, possessed demonic heralds, […]
The Rows
October 3, 2025
(71 mins/OH): EAST COAST PREMIERE – Little girl hides from masked home invaders in mysterious cornfield. Deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues as the rows reveal their secrets. Directed by Seth Daly FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
The Misadventures of Vince & Hick
October 3, 2025
(108 mins/CA) SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – A live action comic book crime odyssey that tells the Legend of your two new favorite bandits, Vince & Hick. The Winners of Slamdance 2018 Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards for their first feature film, Rock Steady Row, return with their second feature. Directed by Trevor Stevens FULL […]
Starstruck!
October 3, 2025
(71 mins/MD): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – An actress in hiding must fight for her life when the stalker of her nightmares discovers her whereabouts. Directed by Kenneth Brossoie FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Out of This World: Sci-Fi Shorts
October 3, 2025
A Darker Place: Cases from the DCA (26 mins/VA): A team of elite D.C.A. special forces operatives becomes the prey of a rogue anomaly, trapped inside a nightmarish dimension where reality bends to the creature’s will. Directed by Rowan Kelley Emily’s Mountain (22 mins/Israel): Emily celebrates her 6th birthday on a magical trip with her […]
FIRST DRAFTS: The Outcasts
October 3, 2025
(90 mins/SC): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – What if you rediscovered the script you wrote when you were 12? And what if you performed it with real actors, without changing a word? In this unique comedy, actors faithfully bring their director’s hilariously bad childhood script to life, while their “Teacher” Michael Smallwood uproariously reacts to the […]