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I Saw the TV Glow

Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s second feature further establishes them as an exciting talent to watch, intelligently weaving their own experience of transness into the film. Set in the 90s and early 2000s, the visually distinctive drama-horror is brought to life by outstanding performances from Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman. Co-produced by the UK’s Access Entertainment.

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Teenager Owen (Ian Foreman, Justice Smith) is trying to survive life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious, supernatural late-night TV show that transfixes him. In the glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to falter.