CITY WIDE FEVER
BY JOSH HEAPS, 2025

Catalog Number: FTF-175
Length: 74 minutes

Sam, a young film student, discovers a hard drive detailing the life and career of forgotten Giallo Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores.

Writen and Directed by Josh Heaps
Produced by Vincent “Chenzy” Graziano, Josh Heaps
Cinematography by Ethan Johnson 
Executive Produced by Guy Maddin, Robert Forbes, Richard Stoeffel, Jim Stoeffel, Brooks May, Amanda Romo, Franklin Laviola, Nicholas Laviola

Featuring: Diletta Guglielmi, Angelica Kim, Nancy Kimball, Hugo Alexander-Rose, Rutanya Alda, Onur Tukel, Ian Fidance, Carolyn Farina, Larry Fessenden, Douglas Buck, Stan Oh, Michael M. Bilandic, Maggie

Festivals: Downtown Festival and more

PURCHASE

WATCH THE FILM

October 13, 2025
Roxy Cinema, New York City, NY

October 16, 2025
Bleeding Edge, Toronto, Canada

November 7-13, 2025
Zeitgeist Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

November 8, 2025
Williams Centre, Rutherford, NJ

November 14, 2025
Stray Cat Film Center, Kansas City, MO

November 18, 2025
Spacy Microcinema, Dallas, TX

November 20, 2025
Central Cinema, Knoxville, TN

November 29-30, 2025
Tivoli Cinema, Charlottetown, Canada

December 8, 2025
Washington Psychotronic Film Society, DC

December 16, 2025
Genesis Cinema, London, UK

December 23, 2025
Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh, UK

January 8, 2026
Beacon Cinema, Seattle, WA

January 23-24, 2026
Guild Cinema, ABQ, NM

February 4, 2026
Sun-Ray Cinema, Tampa, FL

February 19, 2026
Sweet Void Cinema, Chicago, IL

February 20, 2026
Whammy Analog, Los Angeles, CA

February 28, 2026
Esquire Theater, Cincinnati, OH

March 23, 2026
Hypperreal, Austin, TX

March 24, 2026
Kan-Kan Theater, Indianpolis, IN

April 2, 2026
Santa Rosa Cinemas, Santa Rosa, CA

April 15, 2026
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April 17, 18 & 23, 2026 
Nightlight Cinema, Akron, OH info

April 18, 2026 
Kamloops Film Society, Kamloops, Canada info

April 19, 2026 
Cultplex, Manchester, UK info

April 19, 2026 
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April 20-21, 2026 
The Frida Center, Santa Ana, CA info

April 22, 2026 
Dreamland Cinema, Sacramento, CA info

April 23, 2026 
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April 25, 2026 
Deeper into Movies (The Haggerston), UK info

May 2, 2026 
Cinema Arts Centre, Long Island, NY info

May 10, 2026 
Gracie's Tax Bar, Phoenix AZ info

May 15, 2026 
Mercury Theater, Baltimore, MD info

May 28, 2026 
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH info

PRESS

"I'm going to be 70 in a few months, and I feel you could use a more youthful voice. A really cool movie." - Guy Maddin

“City Wide Fever reminds me why I still go to the movies — desperate souls and bad lighting.” - Paul Schrader

“Not only does it capture the dreamy, off-kilter tone of giallo, but keeps the audience entertained with killer shot-on-video visuals and an endearing sense of humour.” - Alan Jones, Bleeding Edge

“Honest-to-goodness guerrilla filmmaking, a true indie project that makes up for its lack of money with creativity, style, and an anything goes DIY ethos. Heaps’ film is a true gem.” - Daniel Gorman, In Review

“For those looking for a movie that doesn’t care about modern trends and is unapologetic about being visually wondrous and delightfully bizarre, this fever may be just what the doctor ordered.” - Cody Dericks, Next Best Picture

“It’s a winning tribute to classic giallo from a modern-day perspective, shot on video with smartphones, flash drives and computers being brought to bear on archetypal giallo ideas and developments.” - Keri O’Shea, Warped Perspective

“Everything and nothing make logical sense. There’s a nice commentary on fandom in this notion because it reveals just how blind we become to evidence that refutes subjects we hold onto so religiously.” - Jared Mobarak, Hey, Have You Seen … ?

“If you get on its wavelength over the course of its very brief 70 minutes (sans credits), you might even start to feel a small twinge of nostalgia... Makes more sense as a call-back to grimy indie film and B-movies, or as a satire of them.” - Ernesto Zelaya Miñano, ScreenAnarchy

“It’s only a matter of time before you, too, are falling down the rabbit hole with the main character.” - Paul Lê, Bloody Disgusting

“For those who really enjoy filmmaking that’s in love with filmmaking, "City Wide Fever" has its highlights, with genuine enthusiasm for the storytelling mission, even during its most underfunded scenes.” - Brian Orndorf, Blu-ray.com

“Works as playful - but not cloying - SOVariation on the old cursed film/filmmaker conceit (no cigarette  burns on an USB), cycling industriously through fake-outs and kills and accruing crucial ambiguity through the apparently unplanned, mid-production replacement of its lead actor.” - Adam Nayman

“Clever and resourceful genre pastiche, torquing the milieu of a typical New York microbudget indie into a giallo. Very funny at times, smart about cinephilia, and featuring scenes at a real New York porn emporium revealing that the old 42nd Street didn't die, it just moved to the outer boroughs.” - Will Sloan