Screening soon at the Austin Film Festival 2024 is a new sci-fi thriller directed by Will Howarth (Bombay Beach) and Tom McKeith (Beast): In Vitro. The film stars Talia Zucker (Lake Mungo) and Ashley Zukerman (Fear Street: Part One – 1994).
Synopsis
In a future where ecological disasters have ravaged the agricultural industry, Layla and her husband Jack live in isolation on their struggling cattle farm. While Layla longs for her son who is away at boarding school, Jack experiments with biotechnology that he hopes will save his family from financial ruin. But as unsettling occurrences start to plague the property, their once-loving relationship begins to unravel. Developed through the renowned Sundance Screenwriters Lab, IN VITRO presents a chillingly believable future that explores the dynamics of possession and manipulation against a stark Australian backdrop.
It plays at the Austin Film Festival 2024 on October 26, 2024 at 9:50pm at Galaxy Theatre 6. It also plays on October 28, 1994 at 9:10pm at Galaxy Theatre 9.