Part psychological thriller, part dark comedy, THE REBRAND takes aim at influencer culture, performative authenticity, and the unsettling consequences of people-pleasing.
The story follows Nicole, an eight-months-pregnant videographer who is hired to document the comeback of two canceled lifestyle influencers, only to discover that their carefully curated image masks something far more sinister.
Beneath its horror-comedy premise, the film explores a surprisingly universal fear: the inability to say no. Through Nicole’s increasingly unsettling experience, THE REBRAND examines over-accommodation, blurred boundaries, and the dangers of staying in situations long after every instinct says to leave.
Featuring an all-queer cast and crew, the film also offers a fresh and subversive take on LGBTQIA+ representation, using satire and suspense to explore questions of authenticity, exploitation, and who gets to control the narrative in an age of personal branding.
With influencer culture continuing to dominate conversations around identity, image, and accountability, THE REBRAND provides a timely and provocative lens through which to examine those themes.
MULTIPLE FESTIVAL WINNER!
Best Feature Film ReelOut Charlotte
Best Feature Film Queer Fear Film Festival
Best Feature & Best Director Black Sunday Film Festival
Best Feature Film Salem Horror Fest
Best Feature Film Renegade Film Festival
Best Feature Film SoHome Pride Festival
Directed by
Kaye Adelaide (MonsterDykë, Bleed with Me)
Written by
Kaye Adelaide, Nancy Webb (Messy Legends, Bangs)
Produced by
Mariel Sharp (MonsterDykë, Bleed with Me)
Starring
Andi E McQueen (Accused, Brilliant Minds, The Wacky Word Show), Nancy Webb (Messy Legends, Bangs), Naomi Silver-Vézina (Uncle Billy Puts the Fun in Funeral, Bleed with Me, MonsterDykë), Tranna Wintour (Queen of Canadian Comedy, Messy Legends, “The Walk-In Closet”)
Nicole, an eight-months-pregnant videographer, is hired by lesbian lifestyle influencers, Thistle and Blaire, to film their redemption documentary after they’ve been publicly canceled. After spending time with Thistle and Blaire in their natural habitat, Nicole quickly discovers that the couple have nefarious ulterior motives.
