cinéSPEAK is proud to be a partner of the 2nd annual national tour of The Popcorn List!
Join us on Thursday, July 16 at North Chinatown’s beloved artist collective run gallery, Vox Populi, for Annapurna Sriram’s Fucktoys.
Event Flow:
Doors at 6:30 PM
Film at 7:00 PM
Stay after the film for talk back with special guests!
About The Popcorn List:
The Popcorn List, an annual survey completed by festival programmers identifying “fresh, hot” films without wide distribution, presents the second edition of The Popcorn List: Pop Up Series. This sneak-preview screening event will be held at a dozen theaters across the country in July before arriving for an encore presentation during Gotham Week in October.
This is the second annual iteration of the Pop Up Series, which was created in 2025 to “deliver an additional window of visibility and audience-building for a number of films on the List” amid an uncertain distribution landscape, per a press release. This year, seven feature films from the 2026 edition of The Popcorn List have been selected by three curators: Ragtag Cinema programmer Ouma Amadou, Indiana University Cinema director Dr. Alicia Kozma, and freelance programmer Monica Castillo.
The films—all by first-time feature filmmakers, several of whom are women and people of color—have previously premiered at SXSW, Sundance, Venice, BFI Flare and True/False.
Fucktoys
A cursed young woman sets out on a wild fundraising adventure through Trashtown, USA, after she’s told by multiple psychics that she can break the curse by paying them $1000.
