2025 Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival

BODY WORN VIDEO

Tony Hipwell / United Kingdom / 11:00

A child abuse call isn’t the best way to end a day, but for officers Cane and Adel, it's not just their shift that's about to end in this chilling new found footage horror from the creative team behind The Lure and The Heritage.

DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

Halle Sullivan, John Steele / United States / 11:22

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, Molly searches for her missing daughter, Zoe, as other children vanish without a trace. Torn between holding on and letting go, she uncovers unsettling secrets that blur the line between truth and illusion in a haunting story of loss and resilience.

LOCHIA

Adon Rackson / United States / 21:00

Over the course of a single harrowing night, a pregnant woman trapped in a cycle of addiction, psychosis, and domestic violence goes into labor. As her grip on reality fractures, she is forced to confront both literal and symbolic demons-fighting not only for her own survival, but for the life of her unborn child.

THE WIDOWER

Michael Buran / United States / 08:28

A widower still reeling from the tragic death of his wife is left to care for a newborn alone. Isolated, sleep-deprived, and grief-stricken, he begins to suspect a malevolent presence is closing in on his baby.

THEY’RE IN THE WATER

Director Bennett Kim / United States / 10:30

When a retired shark hunter learns a nearby nuclear plant has sunk, strange things start happening. After a deadly encounter with another fisherman, he discovers the real threat - a wave of zombified creatures rising from the ocean.