Altered States

This is where the wild ones come out to play

Don’t let all that talk of death in the film titles get you down. Rest assured, Altered States is as rowdy as ever. This time around, it even boasts a romantic streak (as long as you’re permissive with your definition of romance). It’s here that you’ll find the festival’s pulpiest and trashiest fare in the forms of Night Stage and Fucktoys. Elsewhere, Canadian indie icons Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie star in two tales of weird science and strange love (with Grace directing one of them). And while Radu Jude skewers AI with his wantonly ridiculous Dracula, the endearing OBEX is an ode to simpler technological times.