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Cryptic Triptych

An art horror anthology featuring 3 stories: "Adoratum Technica", a classical Pygmalion-inspired tale in which an Artist builds an AI, with tragic results; "The Sound of Her Voice", a dark psychodrama in which an young man finds that getting rid of his domineering mother is not so easy; and "Graybeard", a gothic fairy tale loosely based on the real-life case of child killer Albert Fish.

  • Fatima Hye
    Director
    Animalium, Abortifacient (Coming to Term), etc.
  • Fatima Hye
    Writer
    Animalium, Abortifacient (Coming to Term), etc.
  • Robert Salas
    Key Cast
  • Laura Heuston
    Key Cast
  • Maclaine Lowery
    Key Cast
  • Fatima Hye
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    sci fi, horror, anthology, drama, psychological
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    13,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K+
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Premier
    Austin (San Marcos)
    October 20, 2024
    Official Selection Lost River Film Festival
  • Texas Tour
    Dallas
    October 21, 2024
    The Historic Texas Theatre
  • Arthouse Screening
    Houston
    November 7, 2024
    The River Oaks Theatre
Distribution Information
  • Fawesome
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand
Director Biography - Fatima Hye

Fatima Hye is a Bangladeshi-American Muslim woman who grew up in Houston, Texas. She got her BA and MA from the University of Houston, majoring in Philosophy, minoring in Psychology and Media Production. She has completed several shorts and took her featurette “Animalium” to the Victoria, TX Independent Film Festival (currently available on Tubi, Plex, and AppleTV). Her first feature, “Abortifacient”, a psychological art horror “operatic cinema” was picked up for distribution by Summer Hill Entertainment through The Movie Agency and re-released as "Coming to Term" in on major platforms in North American and UK Territories. “The Players”, a local cooperative project is now streaming on Plex. Her art horror anthology “Cryptic Triptych” (soon to be released) received a Feature Film Production Grant from the Austin Film Society, and its trailer was featured on Dread Central. Finally, her psychological body horror feature “Ana & Mia” received a grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and was previewed at a special screening through the Houston Cinema Arts Society.

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Director Statement

During covid, I took a detour and did 3 "pandemic projects" - an experimental short, a medium length cooperative film (currently on Plex) and a feature, "Cryptic Triptych", an art horror anthology based on a few pieces I had (Adoratum Technica, which was a Finalist for the Women in Film and Television Houston & Southwest Alternate Media Project virtual table read, The Sound of Her Voice, which a Producer asked if he could include in an anthology he was developing but never ended up happening, and Graybeard, loosely based on the fascinating case of Albert Fish). I used personal savings, the stimulus checks, and a modest grant from The Austin Film Society to hire excellent Texas cast and crew, including 3 different cinematographers to give each piece a distinctive style. We were also able to shoot in a historic house in Alvin. As you can see, this is a highly unique local project from start to finish!