We opened with Steven Soderbergh and his Presence and closed with Alexandre Aja and his Never Let Go. This was the year of Severin Fiala and Veronica Franz's crowning with The Devil's Bath, a psychological drama set in a folk horror atmosphere. Our movie theaters were buzzing with the phenomena of Coralie Fargeat's The Substance and Damien Leone's Terrifier 3. We added names like Geoffrey Rush, Mike Flanagan, Heather Langenkamp, Fabio Testi and Mar Targarona to our pantheon of honorary award winners. And we confirmed that the talent of the Spielberg lineage is far from waning with Please Don't Feed the Children, Destry Allyn Spielberg's feature debut.
