The Advent Calendar

• Horror
• Thriller
• Drama

A chilling blend of psychological thriller and dark fantasy, *The Advent Calendar* explores the desperate yearning for restored physicality through a dangerously tempting supernatural artifact. Former dancer Eva, grappling with paralysis after an accident, receives an antique advent calendar promising to fulfill her deepest wish – to walk again. However, each revealed window unleashes increasingly sinister consequences upon those around her, forcing a horrifying moral calculus: is regaining her mobility worth the escalating death toll? The film doesn’t rely on jump scares but instead cultivates a pervasive sense of dread and mounting isolation as Eva witnesses the calendar’s escalating impact, subtly investigating themes of sacrifice, obsession, and the corrupting influence of unchecked desire. It's a uniquely claustrophobic horror experience centered around a very specific, festive timeframe, demonstrating a character’s descent into a desperate gamble with fate.