Falling Stars

description

On the first night of harvest in the American West, three brothers set out for the desert to see a witch's corpse.

In a reality where witches descend from the heavens on a fateful night in late October each year to harvest vulnerable humans, three brothers and a friend ignore the town curfew to search for the body of a witch who the friend shot down and buried in the desert the previous year. Despite knowing the very strict rules about how to behave around the exhumed body, the youngest brother accidentally desecrates the corpse, setting off a fateful chain of events. Now, no one is safe on harvest night.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Locarno Film Festival 2023
Fantastic Fest 2023
Splat!FilmFest Horror Film Festival 2023

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Gabriel Bienczycki is a director, editor and well-established cinematographer. His 2019 film
NOWHERE BAND was a standout on the 2019 festival circuit, picking up multiple awards, including the Talented New Filmmaker Award at the Nice International Film Festival and Best Narrative at LA Under the Stars Film Festival. FALLING STARS is his first feature, which was nominated for the Audience Award at the 2023 Locarno International Film Festival.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Richard Karpala is a director, writer, producer and editor. His film IRIS won the Jury Award for Best Colorado Short at the 2015 Mile High Horror Film Festival. FALLING STARS is his first feature, which was nominated for the Audience Award at the 2023 Locarno International Film Festival.