Again, Again (2026 | USA | 99 minutes | Mia Moore, Heather Ballish)

It’s not often that SIFF sees world premieres, let alone ones produced by a Wachowski sister. This Aberdeen-set romantic fantasy/sci-fi nightmare finds a woman caught in a time loop with a runaway bride girlfriend (think Groundhog Day or Palm Springs, but considerably less funny by design). As the film opens, night is falling on Aggie (co-director Mia Moore) as her 2863^rd spin through the exact same day is about to come to an end. Sharing an RV bed with Tess (Aria Taylor), her childhood best friend and love interest, she recounts both the day itself as well as all the versions of the same day they’d shared, with the melancholy knowledge that when morning comes only one of them will remember the decade of iterations on a theme.

When they wakes up the next morning to find the loop finally broken, it’s both freeing and unsettling. It’s a not-subtle but highly effective metaphor for Aggie’s frustrating journey of self-discovery and affirming realization experienced as a trans woman born into a boy’s body in a small town. Color footage captures the gloom and glory of Aberdeen’s industrial waterfront, downtown streets, coastal views, and even a demolition derby. Black-and-white flashbacks reveal different iterations of the looped day, highlighting the alternative versions of reality that Aggie confronted (and created) with the cursed safety net of knowing that each morning held the possibility of consequence-free reinvention. 

As the couple embraces the possibilities of a new day of normalcy, we get a deeper look into the paths that led to this precipitous point in their longstanding relationship. Refreshingly, Moore’s screenplay and performance allow her character to be both highly sympathetic yet relatably annoying (after all, having relived every permutation of the same day knowing that a reset button loomed would be highly annoying). The script also has some surprises in store as it reveals more insights about how the pair got into this supernatural tangle. Moore and Taylor are naturally the central focus, but the cast is populated with a collection of characters who make strong impressions with limited screen time. Anchored by the strong and affecting performances, the writer/director’s clear-eyed vision of human foibles, and a continually surprising story structure, this beautifully drawn character study is both an generally effective metaphor for the Trans experience while also being a moving and captivating story of two specifically drawn people navigating identity.

Again Again plays FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 at SIFF Cinema Uptown
at 8:00 PM. Director Mia Moore, Producer Cliff Noonan, and Executive Producer Ian Schrank scheduled to attend.