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Join us for the Halaloween Philly’s second screening of the festival, featuring the film Anyab (Fangs). Anyab is the 1981 Egyptian remake of the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Anyab is also a musical, with vampires, homoeroticism, amazing artistic design, choreography and political commentary.

Halaloween Philly is a three-night film festival focusing on horror cinema from the South West Asian North African (SWANA) region. Featuring films from the queer canon and women directors, from Egypt, Morocco, Iran and Lebanon, their genres include narratives, musicals and experimental films. All tickets are donation-based with 100% of proceeds going to Palestinian mutual aid.

Halaloween Philly will also feature a screening at the Moore College of Art on Saturday, October 21st featuring the films Then Came Dark and Animalia, and at The Rotunda on Monday, October 30th featuring the films The Cut and Chess of the Wind.

About the Festival Host:

Batikh Batikh (BB) is a pop-up cinema and gallery that centers South-West Asian North African (SWANA) women and LGBTQ+ artists. Founded in November 2022 by filmmaker and curator, Sarah Trad, BB focuses on bringing SWANA films to Philadelphia and helping local queer and women artists acquire resources for solo exhibitions at rented spaces. Based on an anti-capitalist art model, where art is free to the public with featured artists paid, BB bridges intersectional activism and contemporary art and provides programming that showcases SWANA and queer joy outside the Western gaze.