Meet the Filmmaker | Reel Pride
Screening as part of the Enzian's 2026 Reel Pride series!
2025 SXSW Special Jury Award Winner: Narrative Feature Competition
2026 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominee: Annapurna Sriram
Featuring an in-person Q+A and meet and greet with with Director/Writer/Star Annapurna Sriram!
A dreamy allegory of the Tarot told through the story of AP—an ill-fated ingenue seeking salvation from a curse. When a tarot reader floating in a swamp tells her it can be lifted for $1000 and the sacrifice of a baby lamb, AP sets out to make that money the only way she knows how: scootering her way through the night, into the surreal underworld of Trashtown—a dystopian landscape of industrial urban decay and pastel cotton candy skies. Along the way she encounters a series of assorted oddballs and absurd situations—each more unhinged than the last—as her journey winds towards the inevitable. Fucktoys is a campy, irreverent, and sexy dark comedy that explores the intersection of intimacy, exploitation, and class in a pre-millennium alternate universe.
About the Filmmaker:
Annapurna Sriram is a writer, director, and actor for film, theater, and VR. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, she received her BFA in Acting from Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her most cherished previous work includes originated roles Off-Broadway and on the West End including in Jesse Eisenberg's "The Spoils" and Wallace Shawn's "Evening At The Talk House." She has appeared in numerous feature films and television shows including Billions, I Think You Should Leave, The Blacklist, Bonding, and the critically-acclaimed indie feature Feral. FUCKTOYS is her feature film directorial debut, and recently earned her a 2026 Film Independent Spirit Award Nomination for the Someone To Watch Award
2025, 106 minutes, USA, Directed by Annapurna Sriram, Unrated (Treat as R)
“The most exciting writer-director-star debut in years, a wild ride of sex, drugs, love and laughter that announces Annapurna Sriram as a thrilling new voice in American cinema.”
– Matthew Turner, NERDLY
“Annapurna Sriram has made her debut into more than just a phenomenal calling card; she’s made exactly the kind of brash and bold motion picture we deserve these days.”
– Juan Barquin, MOVIEWEB
“Undeniably sexy, fun, and chaotic, “Fucktoys” is also surprisingly layered with a dark and raunchy surface that reveals a commentary on empowerment, the need for self-reclamation, and the relentless drive to escape one’s circumstances.”
- Sara Clements, NEXT BEST PICTURE
“For all its fun, F*cktoys isn’t exclusively interested in filth and farce; AP’s search for spiritual salvation is also dotted with more earnest moments about desire and companionship.”
– Lovia Gyarkye, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“A film set on the fringes of society, emanating from beyond the boundaries of “acceptable” taste. It’s a delicious throwback to the low-budget indie trash of early John Waters.”
– Siddhant Adlakha, JOY SAUCE
