The darkly comic Aussie thriller Slant, winner of best film at the MonsterFest, showing in select cinemas around Australia from October 12 Melb plus additional filmmaker Q&A preview screenings Oct 5 at the Nova at 6:50pm. We chat with director James Vinson here.

We continue the genre theme with action/ drama Suka. We speak with director Heidi Lee Douglas here about this action pacted retelling of Romeo and Julliet as a take-over battle out West between two feuding families threatens to intensify when unexpected love blossoms.