Win Tickets to Our Early Screening of Noomi Rapace's 'Hot Spot'

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Published Aug 5, 2026, 2:54 PM EDT

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Mark your calendars, New York City! For our next screening event, Collider is thrilled to announce we’re partnering with Focus Features to offer our readers the opportunity to see an upcoming heart-pounding sci-fi thriller before it officially releases in theaters. From the writing and directing duo of 2015’s fantasy horror The Lure, filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska and screenwriter Robert Bolesto, comes Hot Spot, starring Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).

If you’re in the NYC area, or have the means to get there, join us on Thursday, August 20th, at the AMC Empire 25. The screening will take place at 7:00 p.m. Read on for more information on how you can enter for your chance to win free tickets to this advanced screening before Hot Spot opens in theaters on August 21.

How to Get ‘Hot Spot’ Screening Tickets

Don’t miss your chance to join us for an early theatrical screening of Smoczyńska’s and Boleto’s Hot Spot. This special fan event won’t be available for long, so don’t wait to claim your tickets! For your chance to win free tickets to the event, hit this link to provide us with your email address. The theater will fill up quickly, so grab your seats before they’re gone. Be sure to let us know if you’d like to bring a guest with you, and RSVP as soon as possible to secure your spot.

What Is ‘Hot Spot’ About?

Inspired by movies like Total Recall, Mad Max, and Scanners, Polish filmmaking duo Smoczyńska and Bolesto unleash their influences and imaginations on the sprawling dystopian world of Hot Spot. The movie examines modern-day anxieties and the uncertainty of the future in a story about a world where society is nearly unrecognizable.

In the movie, global unrest and a harsh climate have left humans dependent on a sentient artificial intelligence system called Head. While most people spend their daily lives synced to the technology, there is a group of refugees known as the Neosouls, who live off-grid. When the nomads, led by a mysterious figure called Rana (Rapace), come to the city seeking resources, they’re met with brutality after they refuse to connect to the Head. After one of the travelers is murdered, a detective who was once a refugee himself, Djonny (Andrzej Konopka), is assigned the investigation, where he comes face to face with Rana, turning his entire world upside down as his identity begins to unravel.

Keep an eye out for an email from us. Only confirmed RSVP’s will gain admittance to the screening.

Hot Spot opens in theaters on August 21. Be sure to check with Collider for more special event screening offers!