Sonja O’Hara is again onscreen with one other genre-bending queer characteristic, this time titled “Snare.”
O’Hara made her debut characteristic with “Root Letter,” which starred Danny Ramirez. She later was Daytime Emmy–nominated for creating, directing, and starring in horror sequence “Doomsday,” with the script impressed by her being forged in Scientology tutorial movies. Now, O’Hara is launching her sophomore characteristic “Snare” throughout Satisfaction 2025, simply as she additionally is without doubt one of the chosen filmmakers to be a part of the Tribeca Creators Market.
“Snare” stars O’Hara as Rowena, a mycologist learning the connection between all residing mushroom biology. But it’s her personal drug-fueled chemistry with ex Jackie (Mars) that threatens to disrupt life as she is aware of it.
The official synopsis reads: “Ro and Jax aren’t proper for one another, however the ladies can’t carry themselves to separate. It’s a darkish kismet that every discovered the one individual on the planet that their brains deemed to be so stubbornly fascinating. Their relationship is a seesaw of abuse and manipulation. They’ve accepted their destiny. Stoics atop the gallows. However what occurs when a drug comes alongside that gives an finish to their habit to one another? The promise of freedom divides them additional. When solely Jax decides that it’s time for a change, she turns into untethered to Ro, disgusted by her very existence. However Ro can’t carry herself to totally decide to the remedy. Her lonely, unrequited infatuation will drive her to harmful, determined acts. As the consequences of the experimental drug intensify, Ro and Jax uncover that severing their emotional connections will problem their relationship with not solely humanity, however with actuality.” Robert Longstreet co-stars.
O’Hara advised IndieWire that movies resembling “Blue is the Warmest Colour” and “Lady Underneath the Affect” led to her taking up “Snare.”
“I used to be pushed to hunt out roles that expose deep vulnerability and push envelopes,” she mentioned. “As a queer, style creator, this was the lens I knew find out how to discover that by means of.”
Co-star Mars added, “’Snare’ gripped me with its uncooked exploration of poisonous infatuation. These characters’ habit to one another drags them into terrifying darkness, reworking them into stunning monsters in love’s title.”
O’Hara, Peter Phok, and Adam Hoelzel are procuring their narrative characteristic “Cottagecore” on the 2025 Tribeca Creators Market. Verve and UTA are co-repping North American gross sales on the movie.
O’Hara directs from a screenplay she wrote. The “Cottagecore” synopsis reads: When jealousy and resentment simmer throughout a polyamorous, Gen Z intimacy retreat, the weekend descends into violent chaos.
O’Hara can be set to direct Harvey Keitel and Rita Moreno in her upcoming psychological thriller, “Theirs.”
“Snare” is being offered at Tribeca to consumers as a part of the Creator’s Market. Take a look at the teaser beneath.