A Baroque Film Fest – Volume 01 (11.22.2025)
Founded and curated by SamHel, A Baroque Film Fest was a one-day celebration of the shocking, the strange, and the truly independent. Dedicated to DIY, underground, and extreme cinema from around the world, ABFF brought together filmmakers and fans who thrived outside the mainstream.
Volume 01 took place on November 22, 2025, featuring 9 short films, 3 feature films, and exclusive Q&A sessions with select filmmakers. The lineup included works from Danish filmmaker Kasper Juhl and U.S. auteurs Stephen Biro and Eric Fox, who debuted their latest addition to the American Guinea Pig series. Short films represented unique visions from across the U.S., Japan, and Mexico — including boundary-pushing creators like James Bell, Davar Villegas, Guy, and more.
Born out of necessity, A Baroque Film Fest began after SamHel noticed the lack of festivals in Los Angeles willing to screen explicit, confrontational, or taboo-breaking films. ABFF existed as a haven for those left out of conventional indie and horror fests — a space where the uncompromising could be seen, heard, and celebrated.
Volume 01 was completed and hosted at Eastwood PAC in Los Angeles. With the strong response to this first edition, Volume 02 is expected to open submissions on FilmFreeway, inviting the next wave of daring, DIY, and extreme filmmakers to take part in LA’s most unfiltered film festival experience.
A Baroque Film Fest presents
The Los Angeles Premiere of Slasher Comedy MAN-O-WOLF: The Axe Wielding Werewolf From Hell! This screening is he first of the ABFF presents where we take films of shocking, disturbing, DIY filmmaking and put it in a theaters with similar and interesting shorts that will screen priorly to the film.
MAN-O-WOLF, is a slasher following a preacher coming to Los Angeles to spread the word of God only to be struck with lycanthropy, as he believes a beast is killing sinners he comes in contact with as a positive thing he soon realizes it is not a gift from God and the beast may be coming from within.
The screening shows on April 11th 2026 at 7:30pm starting with Samuel B.'s FROG PIMP, James N. Boylan's PORTRAIT OF PAYBACK and John Patrick Brennan's NEVER FINGERBANG A WENDIGO. The films are set to be shown for the first time in Hollywood! Tickets are currently available and need YOUR support to make the screening a success! Grab tickets HERE!
MAN-O-WOLF: The Axe Wielding Werewolf From Hell! (2026)
Directed by SamHel
Starring Hank Moen Fisher, Mike Kuhns, Doug Waugh, Ruby Reynolds, Matt B. Smith & More
Produced by Karl Morgan & SamHel
