overlook film festival 2022

OVERLOOK V: Five Titles You Should Check Out For This Year’s Festivities!

The fifth Overlook Film Festival is just around the corner ahead of its June 2 kick-off and the full-line up is still available with more information at the website on how to participate. In the meantime, there are at least five titles that fans should look forward to in our curtain raiser below, including Phil Tippet’s long-awaited dystopian sci-fi magnum opus, Mad God, which is coming soon to AMC’s Shudder. Read on! MAD GOD Phil Tippet | 2021 | USA | 84 min Legendary animator and VFX wizard Phil Tippett makes his long awaited feature directorial debut with a stop-motion, Miltonesque fever dream that follows an assassin into a labyrinthian city full of monster and creeps. SALOUM Jean Luc Herbulot | 2021 | Senegal | 84 min When a group of mercenaries transporting both a fugitive and a bounty they stole find themselves stranded in a remote region of Senegal, they […]

OVERLOOK V Announces Amirpour’s MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON As Opener + Second Wave For The June Film Festival

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been about a week since the fifth Overlook Film Festival announced its first wave with Scott Derrickson’s upcoming Universal/Blumhouse June thriller, The Black Phone, premiering on the festival’s closing night. This week, we have a second wave of titles headlined by the opening night premiere of Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, which has since been acquired by Saban for theatrical release in the U.S. later this year as of trade reports a few months ago. Overlook will make headway from June 2 through 5 in New Orleans, Lousiana. Click here if you missed the first wave, otherwise, scroll on, take it all in, and get in on the thrills! (New Orleans, LA) – The Overlook Film Festival is proud to announce its opening night film and second wave of the 2022 festival lineup. These titles join previously announced films and events, including closing night film THE […]

Overlook V: First Wave Announced For The Horror Festival With THE BLACK PHONE Premiering On Closing Night

Lee B. Golden III

The Overlook Film Festival has played a formidable role as one of the standout genre festivals to contribute to the festival community even as the pandemic chugged on. The festival is back for its fifth year starting in June and with more information at the official website, fans can now take a gander at the first wave of titles to make the rounds along with the festival’s closer, Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone. The festival’s four-day event kicks off on June 2 in New Orleans, Lousiana. Read on and stay tuned! (New Orleans, LA) – The Overlook Film Festival is proud to announce its closing night film and first wave of the 2022 festival lineup. The festival will close with Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s The Black Phone. Based on an award-winning short story from Joe Hill’s best-selling 2005 collection 20th Century Ghosts, this new horror thriller from the filmmakers of Sinister stars four-time Oscar nominee Ethan […]