The festival runs concurrently with A Night Of Horror International Film Festival which formerly took place in Australia, where Be My Cat won its first big award back in 2015, and now moved to Eau Claire. Our movie is a selection in both. Get your tickets/passes here: [https://www.midwestweirdfest.com/program#/we-put-the-world-to-sleep-sun-mar-8-600pm/](https://www.midwestweirdfest.com/program#/we-put-the-world-to-sleep-sun-mar-8-600pm/)

Here's what festival director Dean Bertram had to say about WPTWTS: "The highly anticipated, genre-bending film, from cult director Adrian Tofei (Be My Cat: A Film for Anne) and Duru Yücel. Part reality-bending sci-fi, part chilling horror, part domestic drama, this film masterfully subverts and surpasses the conventional tropes of found footage."

Thanks much to Dean! It's sad that we couldn't attend, but we're happy and honored to have the Wisconsin Premiere in his festivals, and we look forward to hearing how the screening went!  

Also congrats to everyone else selected with their features and shorts, including Tim Connery whom we had the joy of meeting at Nightmare in the Ozarks Film Festival with his masterfully ambitious The Driftless, and Thomas Eliot whom I had the pleasure of meeting virtually when offering professional feedback for his highly creative found footage flick The Philip Experiment. 

Full lineups announced via Gruesome Magazine & Horror Fuel:

\- [https://gruesomemagazine.com/2026/03/01/full-lineups-announced-for-a-night-of-horror-international-film-festival-and-midwest-weirdfest-2026-editions/](https://gruesomemagazine.com/2026/03/01/full-lineups-announced-for-a-night-of-horror-international-film-festival-and-midwest-weirdfest-2026-editions/)

\- [https://horrorfuel.com/2026/03/01/a-night-of-horror-international-film-festival-and-midwest-weirdfest-2026-editions-announce-full-lineups/](https://horrorfuel.com/2026/03/01/a-night-of-horror-international-film-festival-and-midwest-weirdfest-2026-editions-announce-full-lineups/)

Everyone in Wisconsin & surrounding areas: Do not miss We Put the World to Sleep's Wisconsin Premiere at MidWest WeirdFest this Sunday, March 8th at 6:00PM - Micon Cinemas in Downtown Eau Claire!