Avalon Fast was a young director to watch at this year’s Fantasia, bringing her 2022 feature “Honeycomb” to the Canadian fest as well as upcoming horror “Camp,” presented in Frontieres’ official selection.

Set to be produced by Michael Peterson (Peterson Polaris Corp), Peter Kuplowsky (Lowsky Productions), Taylor Nodrick and Fast herself, it will see a camp counselor for troubled youth who, reeling from a past tragedy, starts suspecting her female colleagues of witchcraft in service of a woodland spirit.

The project, currently in advanced development, will allow the audience to feel a “real sense of magic,” promises Fast.

“I want it to be bold,” she tells Variety.

“I love [Nicolas Cage-starrer] ‘Mandy’, which has been a huge inspiration. Having a bigger budget allowed me to finally incorporate some ideas I have been storing away. I want people to keep wondering if my protagonist is losing her mind or if...