Mad or Bad: Rethinking the Villainess
- Opening Film
- Discovery
- Asian Shorts
- I-Teens
- New Currents
- Korean Panorama, Here & Now
- Polemics: Digital Sexual Politics and Transformative Thinking
- Queer Rainbow
- Mad or Bad: Rethinking the Villainess
- Japanese Women's Cinema: Generations and Gazes
- Kim Ji-mee: A Portrait of Contradiction and Reinvention
- Women's Film Collectives: Labor and Solidarity, 1980s–1990s
- RE:Discover by Curation
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- Barrier Free
- Special Screening
- Film Search
The Ugly Stepsister
Emilie BLICHFELDT
- Norway, Denmark, Poland, Sweden
- 2025
- 109min
- 19 +
- DCP
- color
Synopsis
Determined to outshine her beautiful stepsister, Elvira resorts to extreme measures to win the prince's heart in this dark re-imagining of the Cinderella fairy tale. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2025 Sitges Intl. Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
schedule
| Code | Time | Theater | Grade | |
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| The Ugly Stepsister | 2026-08-25 | 19:30 - 21:19 | MEGABOX Sinchon 6 |   |
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Director
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Emilie BLICHFELDTEmilie Blichfeldt is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter known for creating bold, feminist-driven narratives that critique societal beauty standards. She made her feature film debut with the body-horror satire The Ugly Stepsister. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and later earned widespread international acclaim.
Credit
- ProducerJessica BALAC, Maria EKERHOVD
- Cast Lea MYREN, Ane DAHL TORP, Thea Sofie LOCH NÆSS, Flo FAGERLI
- Cinematographer Marcel ZYSKIND
- Editor Olivia NEERGAARD-HOLM