AFFECTION
United States, 2025: 90 minutes: Canadian Premieredescription
A woman confronts a disturbing condition resetting her memory. Each reset disorients her, leaving haunting recollections of an unfamiliar life.
Ellie Carter has never met the man who calls himself her husband, doesn’t recognize the girl who calls her mother, and can’t remember the life she is told is her own. Afflicted by violent seizures that reset her memory without warning, she is trapped in a cyclical nightmare, struggling to uncover the horrifying truth of her existence – before she forgets it all over again.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Screamfest Horror Film Festival 2025
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025
Monsters of Film, Stockholm 2025
DIRECTOR'S BIO
BT Meza is a writer, director, and producer whose work blends horror and science fiction with deeply human stories. Fascinated by the ways genre can illuminate our inner worlds, Meza delves into the uncanny and the otherworldly to explore trauma, resilience, and the search for hope. AFFECTION is his directorial debut.
press for Affection
"AFFECTION is gripping, physically uncomfortable, and engrossing as it builds to its climax with a twist."- DarkSkyLady Reviews
"AFFECTION is steeped in existential questions and fears that plague modern society, while it embraces the ethos of the ’80s through bold body horror. Add to that Rothe’s revelatory performance and AFFECTION is a hidden gem that will connect with your mind, body, and soul."- Bloody Disgusting
details
Narrative / Sci-Fi / First Feature / Horror
English90 minutes
credits
Director
BT Meza
Screenwriter
BT Meza
Executive Producers
Christian Henderson
Christy Walker
Producers
Bay Dariz
BT Meza
Austin Walk
JP Ouellette
Cinematographer
Jason Hafer
Editor
David Gallegos
Music
Daniel Berk
Cast
Jessica Rothe
Joseph Cross
Julianna Layne