Rhona Rees is ready to shock with “Freya,” set in the near future where abortion is completely illegal and contraception is only available to men.
“That’s what I like about sci-fi. If we show an extreme future that’s still preventable, it will allow us to start a conversation,” she says.
“I get really emotional when I talk about it. It’s unbelievable, the way we are sliding backwards in human rights, because women’s rights are human rights. If this was happening to men, there would be World War III.”
Now in development, “Freya” was recently awarded at Frontières, winning PurpleDOG Post’s post-production prize worth Cad$ 10,000. Kristyn Stilling and Athena Russell produce for Freya Films.
Rees has already explored a similar universe in a 2020 short directed by Camille Hollett-French, which she wrote and starred in as Jade, pregnant after a one-night stand. Suddenly, the government-mandated AI assistant,...
“That’s what I like about sci-fi. If we show an extreme future that’s still preventable, it will allow us to start a conversation,” she says.
“I get really emotional when I talk about it. It’s unbelievable, the way we are sliding backwards in human rights, because women’s rights are human rights. If this was happening to men, there would be World War III.”
Now in development, “Freya” was recently awarded at Frontières, winning PurpleDOG Post’s post-production prize worth Cad$ 10,000. Kristyn Stilling and Athena Russell produce for Freya Films.
Rees has already explored a similar universe in a 2020 short directed by Camille Hollett-French, which she wrote and starred in as Jade, pregnant after a one-night stand. Suddenly, the government-mandated AI assistant,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to commence from July 20 through August 9, 2023, and this year’s Frontières Market lineup has been announced.
The genre-themed line up has been revealed by Variety this afternoon, and it includes films about everything from Krampus to pregnancy, deadly novels, and a blood transfusion app.
Here’s the full Fantasia 2023 Frontières Market lineup…
Official Selection: Market Projects
“Alice”
The Netherlands
Director: Jan Verdijk
Genre: Psychological Horror
Vincent van der Valk stars in this horror, now in pre-production, about parents who, faced with their unborn daughter’s dire complications, turn to a mysterious midwife. What begins as harmless alternative therapies soon descends into life-threatening rituals. “It delves into the profound desires and fears of every aspiring parent,” says producer Daniel Dow of Dpplr. “It is a deeply personal narrative for the filmmakers, inspired by their own challenging journeys towards parenthood. The...
The genre-themed line up has been revealed by Variety this afternoon, and it includes films about everything from Krampus to pregnancy, deadly novels, and a blood transfusion app.
Here’s the full Fantasia 2023 Frontières Market lineup…
Official Selection: Market Projects
“Alice”
The Netherlands
Director: Jan Verdijk
Genre: Psychological Horror
Vincent van der Valk stars in this horror, now in pre-production, about parents who, faced with their unborn daughter’s dire complications, turn to a mysterious midwife. What begins as harmless alternative therapies soon descends into life-threatening rituals. “It delves into the profound desires and fears of every aspiring parent,” says producer Daniel Dow of Dpplr. “It is a deeply personal narrative for the filmmakers, inspired by their own challenging journeys towards parenthood. The...
- 7/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Event to take place July 26-29; Forum July 26-28.
The Frontieres genre international co-production market has launched new awards ahead of the July event in Montreal.
Canada’s Purple Dog Post Production is supporting the market with three non-cash awards: Cad $10,000 towards a project in official selection; Cad $5,000 for a project in the Forum; and Cad $5,000 for a project of the Genre Film Lab.
Montreal-based The Film Deck will award one project in the Shorts To Features section with a free professional pitch deck.
The Frontieres market will take place from July 26-29 with the Forum overlapping on July 26-...
The Frontieres genre international co-production market has launched new awards ahead of the July event in Montreal.
Canada’s Purple Dog Post Production is supporting the market with three non-cash awards: Cad $10,000 towards a project in official selection; Cad $5,000 for a project in the Forum; and Cad $5,000 for a project of the Genre Film Lab.
Montreal-based The Film Deck will award one project in the Shorts To Features section with a free professional pitch deck.
The Frontieres market will take place from July 26-29 with the Forum overlapping on July 26-...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
These days, smart devices are a regular feature in our homes, and getting more and more common. At first things don’t seem so different for Jade (Rhona Rees), who chats to her AI assistant as she goes through her day. Freya provides various pieces of health advice. Jade orders pizza, rosé wine and casual sex. But soon it becomes apparent that this relationship is not a wholly positive one. Freya’s constant remarks about her weight and lifestyle are damaging Jade’s mental health, and when she tries to turn Freya off, it becomes less clear who is the master and who the servant.
Concerns around privacy, bodily autonomy and the intrusion of the State into private life loom large in this all too viable dystopian tale, which was scripted by Rees herself. It’s a timely piece of work in light of increasing threats to women’s...
Concerns around privacy, bodily autonomy and the intrusion of the State into private life loom large in this all too viable dystopian tale, which was scripted by Rees herself. It’s a timely piece of work in light of increasing threats to women’s...
- 8/19/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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