Announcing 2 more feature films joining the 2025 Anomaly festival lineup: Dust Bunny and OBEX. See descriptions and trailers below.

These join the previously-announced films It Ends, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, I Am Frankelda, and Night Stage. Be sure to pick up a full festival pass so you don’t miss a second of the great genre films we have lined up to bring you November 5-9 in downtown Rochester, NY.

Full festival lineup revealed — and individual tickets on sale — on Tuesday, October 21

A dark and thrilling fairy tale adventure.

Little Aurora has a monster under her bed. It’s big, it’s furry, and most terrifying of all, it’s hungry. When her worst fears come to pass, and the creature eats her family, Aurora hires her mysterious neighbor — who seems to know a thing or two about killing things — to help slay the beast once and for all. The first feature film from Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Hannibal), Dust Bunny is John Wick by way of Roald Dahl in Fuller’s trademark lush, romanticized vision, as our young heroine learns to face her childhood fears.

USA / 2025 / 1 hr 46 mins

A lo-fi fantasy RPG.

Conor Marsh lives a solitary and secluded life with his dog, Sandy, in 1987 Baltimore. One day he receives an advertisement for OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game that promises an escape from his humdrum reality. The gameplay doesn’t quite live up to those expectations, but when Sandy goes missing, Conor must venture deeper into the strange world of the game to win her back. Written, directed, and starring Anomaly alum Albert Birney (Strawberry Mansion), OBEX is a charming, handcrafted blend of fantasy, science fiction, and dark comedy about the epic quest to find connection in an isolated digital age. 

Anomaly Slightly Safer (films that avoid excessive blood, guts, gore, and explicit terror)

USA / 2025 / 1 hr 31 mins