Iranian immigrant Yasamin Karimi is desperate to fit in at her new Canadian high school, and all roads lead to resident queen bee Rachel Stanford. Determined to be accepted, Yasi ditches her curls, perfects her English, and dyes her hair blonde. But as she transforms into the perfect 2004 It Girl, something ancient and horrifying begins to wake — a demon tied to her roots. Foreigner is Ava Maria Safai’s debut bubblegum horror film about assimilation, identity, and what happens when you trade your soul for social survival.