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Sonja O’Hara is backmost onscreen pinch different genre-bending queer feature, this clip titled “Snare.”

O’Hara made her debut characteristic pinch “Root Letter,” which starred Danny Ramirez. She later was Daytime Emmy–nominated for creating, directing, and starring successful scary bid “Doomsday,” pinch nan book inspired by her being formed successful Scientology instructional videos. Now, O’Hara is launching her sophomore characteristic “Snare” during Pride 2025, conscionable arsenic she besides is 1 of nan selected filmmakers to beryllium portion of nan Tribeca Creators Market.

“Snare” stars O’Hara arsenic Rowena, a mycologist studying nan relationship betwixt each surviving mushroom biology. Yet it’s her ain drug-fueled chemistry pinch ex Jackie (Mars) that threatens to disrupt life arsenic she knows it.

The charismatic synopsis reads: “Ro and Jax aren’t correct for each other, but nan women can’t bring themselves to separate. It is simply a acheronian kismet that each recovered nan azygous personification connected nan satellite that their brains deemed to beryllium truthful stubbornly desirable. Their narration is simply a seesaw of maltreatment and manipulation. They person accepted their fate. Stoics atop nan gallows. But what happens erstwhile a supplier comes on that offers an extremity to their addiction to each other? The committedness of state divides them further. When only Jax decides that it’s clip for a change, she becomes untethered to Ro, disgusted by her very existence. But Ro can’t bring herself to afloat perpetrate to nan therapy. Her lonely, unrequited infatuation will thrust her to dangerous, hopeless acts. As nan effects of nan experimental supplier intensify, Ro and Jax observe that severing their affectional connections will situation their narration pinch not only humanity, but pinch reality.” Robert Longstreet co-stars.

O’Hara told IndieWire that films specified arsenic “Blue is nan Warmest Color” and “Woman Under nan Influence” led to her taking connected “Snare.”

“I was driven to activity retired roles that expose heavy vulnerability and push envelopes,” she said. “As a queer, genre creator, this was nan lens I knew really to research that through.”

Co-star Mars added, “’Snare’ gripped maine pinch its earthy exploration of toxic infatuation. These characters’ addiction to each different drags them into terrifying darkness, transforming them into beautiful monsters successful love’s name.”

O’Hara, Peter Phok, and Adam Hoelzel are shopping their communicative characteristic “Cottagecore” astatine nan 2025 Tribeca Creators Market. Verve and UTA are co-repping North American income connected nan film. 

O’Hara directs from a screenplay she wrote. The “Cottagecore” synopsis reads: When jealousy and resentment simmer during a polyamorous, Gen Z intimacy retreat, nan play descends into convulsive chaos.

O’Hara is besides group to nonstop Harvey Keitel and Rita Moreno successful her upcoming psychological thriller, “Theirs.” 

“Snare” is being presented astatine Tribeca to buyers arsenic portion of nan Creator’s Marketplace. Check retired nan teaser below.