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NAVIGATING GRIEF, WITCHCRAFT, AND
THE POWER OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AVALON FAST
IN THEATERS JUNE 26TH
Winner - Fantastic Fest "Next Wave" Award 2025
Official Selection - BeyondFest 2026
Official Selection - Sitges 2025
Official Selection - Brooklyn Horror 2025
Official Selection - Outfest 2025
Dark Sky Films proudly announces the June 26th theatrical release of festival favorite CAMP, a new horror/thriller feature from writer-director Avalon Fast (Honeycomb).
CAMP follows Emily, a young woman haunted by a traumatic past, who finds solace as a camp counselor while navigating grief, witchcraft, and the power of female friendship. The film stars Zola Grimmer, Alice Wordsworth and Cherry Moore. Written and directed by Avalon Fast, the film is produced by Taylor Nodrick, Jacob Glickman, Jackie De Niverville, Martin Cadieux-Rouillard.
Official synopsis:
Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life, and she feels the weight of these accidents as though cursed. At her father’s suggestion, she takes a position at a summer camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is welcomed by the other counselors, who accept her as she is and surround her with peace and forgiveness. Just as Emily begins to believe in a new kind of life, she starts to hear a voice whispering from deep in the woods — one that urges her to go home, and one that may be impossible to ignore.
About the director:
Avalon Fast hails from Vancouver Island, BC. In 2019, she shot her first film, Honeycomb, which was selected for the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival and went on to screen at Boston Underground, Calgary Underground, Etheria LA, Fantasia, and many more. Avalon refers to her unique style of filmmaking as GIRL HORROR, a term that reflects her focus on the eerie horrors of growing up, particularly with female influence
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...
"a dizzying, unnerving examination of the strength and power that women can use to uplift each other, even if someone else must pay the price for their hedonistic escapism" -Projected Figures
"a punk-rock masterpiece...fast elicits the type of fearlessness few directors ever posses, shocking us with contrasting imagery of witchy vengeance through pitch-perfect irony that is sure to cause a divisive reaction between camps" -25YL
"CAMP becomes something more like "The Virgin Suicides" using amorphous elements like grief and mourning as storytelling tools instead of easy answers" -RogerEbert.com
CAMP follows Emily, a young woman haunted by a traumatic past, who finds solace as a camp counselor while navigating grief, witchcraft, and the power of female friendship. The film stars Zola Grimmer, Alice Wordsworth and Cherry Moore. Written and directed by Avalon Fast, the film is produced by Taylor Nodrick, Jacob Glickman, Jackie De Niverville, Martin Cadieux-Rouillard.
Official synopsis:
Emily is the root cause of two devastating tragedies very early in her life, and she feels the weight of these accidents as though cursed. At her father’s suggestion, she takes a position at a summer camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is welcomed by the other counselors, who accept her as she is and surround her with peace and forgiveness. Just as Emily begins to believe in a new kind of life, she starts to hear a voice whispering from deep in the woods — one that urges her to go home, and one that may be impossible to ignore.
About the director:
Avalon Fast hails from Vancouver Island, BC. In 2019, she shot her first film, Honeycomb, which was selected for the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival and went on to screen at Boston Underground, Calgary Underground, Etheria LA, Fantasia, and many more. Avalon refers to her unique style of filmmaking as GIRL HORROR, a term that reflects her focus on the eerie horrors of growing up, particularly with female influence
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...
"a dizzying, unnerving examination of the strength and power that women can use to uplift each other, even if someone else must pay the price for their hedonistic escapism" -Projected Figures
"a punk-rock masterpiece...fast elicits the type of fearlessness few directors ever posses, shocking us with contrasting imagery of witchy vengeance through pitch-perfect irony that is sure to cause a divisive reaction between camps" -25YL
"CAMP becomes something more like "The Virgin Suicides" using amorphous elements like grief and mourning as storytelling tools instead of easy answers" -RogerEbert.com
CAMP
Directed by: Avalon Fast
Written by: Avalon Fast
Produced by: Taylor Nodrick, Jacob Glickman, Jackie De Niverville, Martin Cadieux-Rouillard
Starring: Zola Grimmer, Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Ella Reece, Austyn Van De Kamp, Izza Jarvis, Sophie Bawks-Smith
Genre: Horror, Coming of Age
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Run Time: 111 minutes
Directed by: Avalon Fast
Written by: Avalon Fast
Produced by: Taylor Nodrick, Jacob Glickman, Jackie De Niverville, Martin Cadieux-Rouillard
Starring: Zola Grimmer, Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Ella Reece, Austyn Van De Kamp, Izza Jarvis, Sophie Bawks-Smith
Genre: Horror, Coming of Age
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Run Time: 111 minutes
About Dark Sky Films:
Dark Sky Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group, is an independent genre film production and distribution label founded in 2008. Dark Sky Films works with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West’s The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as Girl on the Third Floor, We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight, Darlin’, Bliss and most recently, The Dark and 1BR.
Dark Sky Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group, is an independent genre film production and distribution label founded in 2008. Dark Sky Films works with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West’s The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as Girl on the Third Floor, We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight, Darlin’, Bliss and most recently, The Dark and 1BR.
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