Performance of the Year (2026)
Director: Darryl Ayles
Cast: Sloane Geofroy, Harrison Stewart, Kaylah Hope Felker, Brent Baird, Teige Atfield
Career-stalled actress Olivia lands the career-defining screen test that could finally revive her stalled path, only to discover a major catch: the visionary filmmaker behind the project is someone she swore she would never collaborate with. What starts as a routine casting call rapidly escalates into a psychological gauntlet, dismantling her daily routine and pushing her mental boundaries to the breaking point. As the notoriously self-indulgent director forces her to endure extreme creative demands for his elusive magnum opus, Olivia’s entire reality fractures under the weight of an unforgiving filmmaking process.