Thunder Road is headed into space after acquiring the movie rights to iconic sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury’s short story Frost and Fire.
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are attached to direct the feature film adaptation based on a script written by Doug Simon. Frost and Fire follows the intrepid young pilot of a space mining mission who finds himself scrambling to survive after crash-landing on a mysterious planet where life moves at a frighteningly accelerated pace.
The eerie short story explores how seminal values, emotions and relationships are affected when a person’s life spans only eight days. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce the movie adaptation for Thunder Road, while Charlie Morrison, Will Flynn and Mahal Sourgose will executive produce.
The writing and directing duo of Buozyte and Samper, known for their post-apocalyptic world-building, were behind the recent dystopian sci-fi thriller Vesper, released by IFC. They also...
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are attached to direct the feature film adaptation based on a script written by Doug Simon. Frost and Fire follows the intrepid young pilot of a space mining mission who finds himself scrambling to survive after crash-landing on a mysterious planet where life moves at a frighteningly accelerated pace.
The eerie short story explores how seminal values, emotions and relationships are affected when a person’s life spans only eight days. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce the movie adaptation for Thunder Road, while Charlie Morrison, Will Flynn and Mahal Sourgose will executive produce.
The writing and directing duo of Buozyte and Samper, known for their post-apocalyptic world-building, were behind the recent dystopian sci-fi thriller Vesper, released by IFC. They also...
- 2/29/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The event is an important incubator for European arthouse projects.
Feature debuts from Slovakia, Cyprus and Romania are among the 13 projects selected for the 25th anniversary edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, taking place from November 8-10 in the German town of Cottbus.
The event brings together producers from eastern and western Europe.
Producer Martina Sakova of Bratislava-based What If Films and writer-director Daniel Rihák will be presenting the coming of age comedy My World Upside Down which won the Orka Co-Production Award at last year’s Kids Kino Industry Forum in Warsaw and the PopUp Residency Visegrad...
Feature debuts from Slovakia, Cyprus and Romania are among the 13 projects selected for the 25th anniversary edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, taking place from November 8-10 in the German town of Cottbus.
The event brings together producers from eastern and western Europe.
Producer Martina Sakova of Bratislava-based What If Films and writer-director Daniel Rihák will be presenting the coming of age comedy My World Upside Down which won the Orka Co-Production Award at last year’s Kids Kino Industry Forum in Warsaw and the PopUp Residency Visegrad...
- 10/13/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Sean Penn in All The King's Men
Unstoppable, 9pm, ITV4, Monday, January 23
The runaway train went down the track and she blew...up? Not if Denzel Washington’s genius engineer and his young apprentice (Chris Pine) have anything to do with it, but they really have their work cut out for them in this non-stop adrenaline-fuelled actioner by Tony Scott. While bureaucrats bicker over the potential cost of losing the train, their focus is on trying to avoid lost lives, which proves a lot more complicated aqnd precarious than logic would suggest. There are no big surprises here, but plenty of entertaining stunts.
Vesper, Netflix, Tuesday, January 24
Rising star Raffiella Chapman plays a teenager struggling to support her ailing father in a degraded future world, in this bold new work from Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper. When a crashed vessel from the nearby city provides an unexpected opportunity, Vesper embarks...
Unstoppable, 9pm, ITV4, Monday, January 23
The runaway train went down the track and she blew...up? Not if Denzel Washington’s genius engineer and his young apprentice (Chris Pine) have anything to do with it, but they really have their work cut out for them in this non-stop adrenaline-fuelled actioner by Tony Scott. While bureaucrats bicker over the potential cost of losing the train, their focus is on trying to avoid lost lives, which proves a lot more complicated aqnd precarious than logic would suggest. There are no big surprises here, but plenty of entertaining stunts.
Vesper, Netflix, Tuesday, January 24
Rising star Raffiella Chapman plays a teenager struggling to support her ailing father in a degraded future world, in this bold new work from Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper. When a crashed vessel from the nearby city provides an unexpected opportunity, Vesper embarks...
- 1/23/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Writing and directing team Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper have signed with Verve for representation. The announcement comes on the heels of the release of the duo’s critically acclaimed sci-fi film ‘Vesper,” which premiered in main competition at this year’s Karlovy Vary festival. After debuting to rave reviews, the picture sold to IFC.
In a positive notice, Variety‘s Guy Lodge wrote that “Vesper” is a “…solemn, elegant fantasy [that] surprises with its textured, sometimes iridescent world-building: There’s beauty to be found in this vision of Earth in a state of ecosystemic collapse, even if it’s hard-won and harder still to nurture.” And The New York Times’ Nicolas Rapold called the film an “elegantly visualized dystopian fantasy,” adding that its “wistful beauty and a delicately imaginative sense of craft set ‘Vesper’ apart from most post-apocalyptic stories.”
“Vesper” marks the second feature collaboration from the duo since “Vanishing...
In a positive notice, Variety‘s Guy Lodge wrote that “Vesper” is a “…solemn, elegant fantasy [that] surprises with its textured, sometimes iridescent world-building: There’s beauty to be found in this vision of Earth in a state of ecosystemic collapse, even if it’s hard-won and harder still to nurture.” And The New York Times’ Nicolas Rapold called the film an “elegantly visualized dystopian fantasy,” adding that its “wistful beauty and a delicately imaginative sense of craft set ‘Vesper’ apart from most post-apocalyptic stories.”
“Vesper” marks the second feature collaboration from the duo since “Vanishing...
- 10/31/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Programme reconfigured to include non-Baltic directors heading Baltic co-productions.
The world premiere of Lithuanian feature The Poet will open the Baltic Competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will screen 15 features from the region.
Directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis, The Poet is the one world premiere in the selection, alongside four international premieres.
Scroll down for the full list of Baltic Competition titles
It is a historical drama in which the titular writer becomes an intermediary between Soviet authorities and rebels, and must choose his allies and words carefully in order to survive.
The world premiere of Lithuanian feature The Poet will open the Baltic Competition at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which will screen 15 features from the region.
Directed by Giedrius Tamosevicius and Vytautas V. Landsbergis, The Poet is the one world premiere in the selection, alongside four international premieres.
Scroll down for the full list of Baltic Competition titles
It is a historical drama in which the titular writer becomes an intermediary between Soviet authorities and rebels, and must choose his allies and words carefully in order to survive.
- 10/25/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Also out this weekend: ’Decision To Leave’ and ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’.
Warner Bros’ Black Adam is this weekend’s widest UK-Ireland release, playing at 664 sites.
Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra reunites with Jungle Cruise star Dwayne Johnson for this latest outing from the DC Extended Universe, that follows a Middle Eastern slave who is transformed into a god, with Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo and Pierce Brosnan also starring.
DC’s 2022 releases kicked off with The Batman in March, a record wide release for Warner Bros, playing at 709 locations. It took £13.5m in its opening weekend. DC League Of Super-pets...
Warner Bros’ Black Adam is this weekend’s widest UK-Ireland release, playing at 664 sites.
Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra reunites with Jungle Cruise star Dwayne Johnson for this latest outing from the DC Extended Universe, that follows a Middle Eastern slave who is transformed into a god, with Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo and Pierce Brosnan also starring.
DC’s 2022 releases kicked off with The Batman in March, a record wide release for Warner Bros, playing at 709 locations. It took £13.5m in its opening weekend. DC League Of Super-pets...
- 10/21/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper’s distinctive-looking film has a compelling narrative as a teenager navigates a mycelium-and-mud world
If you are going to see one post-apocalyptic, low-tech French-Lithuanian-Belgian film in English this year with Eddie Marsan as the heavy, make sure it’s this one. Co-written and directed by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, whose previous collaboration, sci-fi feature Vanishing Waves, was well-received critically but little seen beyond the Baltics and the festival circuit, Vesper plays like a cult film waiting to be discovered. It adeptly fuses a compelling YA-friendly story about a teenage girl’s survival in a hostile environment with dense, thoughtful world-building, the sort required to draw in nerdy-minded viewers. That savvy combination creates a narrative that breathes and expands, like one of the freaky mycelium-like life forms that populate the story.
The title character, played with impressive poise by Raffiella Chapman, lives in a future...
If you are going to see one post-apocalyptic, low-tech French-Lithuanian-Belgian film in English this year with Eddie Marsan as the heavy, make sure it’s this one. Co-written and directed by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, whose previous collaboration, sci-fi feature Vanishing Waves, was well-received critically but little seen beyond the Baltics and the festival circuit, Vesper plays like a cult film waiting to be discovered. It adeptly fuses a compelling YA-friendly story about a teenage girl’s survival in a hostile environment with dense, thoughtful world-building, the sort required to draw in nerdy-minded viewers. That savvy combination creates a narrative that breathes and expands, like one of the freaky mycelium-like life forms that populate the story.
The title character, played with impressive poise by Raffiella Chapman, lives in a future...
- 10/20/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The Sundance premiere won in the best director, best film and best actress categories.
Spanish thriller Piggy, the feature fiction debut of Spanish TV drama veteran Carlota Pereda, was the big winner at UK horror, sci-fi and fantasy festival Grimmfest.
The Manchester festival awarded Piggy with the best director, best film and best actress prizes, with Laura Galán scooping the win for best actress.
Piggy expands on Pereda’s 2018 short of the same name about a teenager – played by Galán – who is mercilessly bullied about her weight until, from the confines of her family’s butcher shop, she has an...
Spanish thriller Piggy, the feature fiction debut of Spanish TV drama veteran Carlota Pereda, was the big winner at UK horror, sci-fi and fantasy festival Grimmfest.
The Manchester festival awarded Piggy with the best director, best film and best actress prizes, with Laura Galán scooping the win for best actress.
Piggy expands on Pereda’s 2018 short of the same name about a teenager – played by Galán – who is mercilessly bullied about her weight until, from the confines of her family’s butcher shop, she has an...
- 10/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
With snowbound dystopia in Polaris, true crime drama The Stranger and lockdown terrors in The Harbinger, Catalonia’s annual fantasy and horror show keeps the shocks coming
‘Apparently the economy was more important than breathing,” says an astronaut, peering out of her space station window as planet Earth is enveloped by a cloud of lethal gas. This is the absorbing sci-fi chamber piece Rubikon, directed by Austria’s Leni Lauritsch, her first foray into this genre. There was no problem breathing, though, at the 55th edition of the Sitges international fantastic film festival of Catalonia, just south of Barcelona, where the gentle sea breeze never fails to dispel the allergic sneezing that plagues me in cities.
Ecological awareness was in the air, with each film preceded by a “It’s bloody green” public service announcement, reminding us to recycle dismembered body parts and dispose of walking corpses in the organic bin.
‘Apparently the economy was more important than breathing,” says an astronaut, peering out of her space station window as planet Earth is enveloped by a cloud of lethal gas. This is the absorbing sci-fi chamber piece Rubikon, directed by Austria’s Leni Lauritsch, her first foray into this genre. There was no problem breathing, though, at the 55th edition of the Sitges international fantastic film festival of Catalonia, just south of Barcelona, where the gentle sea breeze never fails to dispel the allergic sneezing that plagues me in cities.
Ecological awareness was in the air, with each film preceded by a “It’s bloody green” public service announcement, reminding us to recycle dismembered body parts and dispose of walking corpses in the organic bin.
- 10/19/2022
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Rosy McEwen, Melanie Gaydos, Edmund Dehn | Written by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper, Brian Clark | Directed by Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
Vesper, directed by duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper, written by Buozyte, Samper and Brian Clark, follows a young girl as she searches for a way to fix her father’s life support system and eventually replenish the largely diminished food supply on a destroyed Earth.
Since there’ve been examples of just about every world-ending event across every medium, it’s hard to come away with something truly unique in the apocalyptic department. Buozyte, Samper and Clark know this and abide by an acceptable, oft-told story, but add flavour between beats.
An opening crawl informs us that the world has been torn asunder by efforts to fix it; genetically engineered food, organisms and viruses wreaked havoc on the population except for those that live in “citadels,...
Vesper, directed by duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper, written by Buozyte, Samper and Brian Clark, follows a young girl as she searches for a way to fix her father’s life support system and eventually replenish the largely diminished food supply on a destroyed Earth.
Since there’ve been examples of just about every world-ending event across every medium, it’s hard to come away with something truly unique in the apocalyptic department. Buozyte, Samper and Clark know this and abide by an acceptable, oft-told story, but add flavour between beats.
An opening crawl informs us that the world has been torn asunder by efforts to fix it; genetically engineered food, organisms and viruses wreaked havoc on the population except for those that live in “citadels,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #299: “Vesper” – the hustle behind making an epic sci-fi...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #299: “Vesper” – the hustle behind making an epic sci-fi...
- 10/17/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Imax is out this Sunday with Brandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze – Live from Laurel Canyon on 31 screens nationwide, an encore of a live event that reps a milestone for the large format exhibitor.
The concert was broadcast Thursday from LA’s storied Laurel Canyon neighborhood to 87 Imax theaters (there would have been a few more if Hurricane Ian hadn’t taken out Florida locations). More than three dozen sold out for what is the company’s top-grossing live event. It featured Carlile and her band — no live audience — performing reimagined versions of songs from her new deluxe album “In The Canyon Haze”. Filmed for Imax using Imax digital cameras, it’s the first event of its kind Imax has staged.
Early this year, the company grossed 300k from its live stream of Kanye West’s Donda 2 concert event in Miami — the closest thing to date. (It released the...
The concert was broadcast Thursday from LA’s storied Laurel Canyon neighborhood to 87 Imax theaters (there would have been a few more if Hurricane Ian hadn’t taken out Florida locations). More than three dozen sold out for what is the company’s top-grossing live event. It featured Carlile and her band — no live audience — performing reimagined versions of songs from her new deluxe album “In The Canyon Haze”. Filmed for Imax using Imax digital cameras, it’s the first event of its kind Imax has staged.
Early this year, the company grossed 300k from its live stream of Kanye West’s Donda 2 concert event in Miami — the closest thing to date. (It released the...
- 9/30/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Set in “the new dark ages” — a ruined tomorrow in which the engineered viruses and organisms that humanity created in order to stem the planet’s ecological crisis have escaped into the wild and remade life on Earth into a dreary (but awesome) Cronenbergian wasteland full of fleshy droids, bioluminescent critters, and trees whose spores try to suck out your internal tissue while you sleep — Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper’s “Vesper” has already drawn several comparisons to the likes of “Stalker” and the Andrei Tarkovsky-inspired “Annihilation.” It’s easy to see why.
Told at the somnambulant of a European art film but plotted with the simplicity of a fairy tale, the filmmaking duo’s first feature since 2012’s “Vanishing Waves” offers .
Instead of using a variety of unique details to flesh out its familiar dystopian premise about the tension between a rich society of elites — who’ve barricaded...
Told at the somnambulant of a European art film but plotted with the simplicity of a fairy tale, the filmmaking duo’s first feature since 2012’s “Vanishing Waves” offers .
Instead of using a variety of unique details to flesh out its familiar dystopian premise about the tension between a rich society of elites — who’ve barricaded...
- 9/29/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
It’s the New Dark Ages and the world has devolved to mimic a YA novel’s class system with the poor left to fend for themselves in desolate wastelands while the rich remain protected in Citadels sprinkled throughout their expanse. Animals are dead. Plants are dead. Most humans are dead. To survive means scraping by with what few seeds you purchase from the cities, each lasting only one season. The cost is the blood of children and why those with power in the swamps procreate as an occupation. Jonas (Eddie Marsan) is one such man, lording over a farm of his own deformed children wielded as blood banks and babymakers. It’s why his brother Darius (Richard Brake) left to raise his daughter Vesper (Raffiella Chapman) in the woods alone.
Unfortunately for them, however, life proves even harder. Vesper’s mother has left to join the so-called Pilgrims—mute...
Unfortunately for them, however, life proves even harder. Vesper’s mother has left to join the so-called Pilgrims—mute...
- 9/27/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Plot: After the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.
Review: From the moment I saw the trailer for Vesper, I was entranced. Echoing the dreamlike films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Luc Besson, Vesper stuck out thanks to a distinct looking visual style that made use of physical sets, locations, and special effects rather than green screen and CGI. The tangible quality of the film comes through in the well-acted production that builds a massive fictional world and remains engaging for audiences of all ages and across all languages. Vesper is a beautiful and solemn movie that stands out because it looks more real than most big-budget movies while delivering a story that resonates more deeply as well.
Review: From the moment I saw the trailer for Vesper, I was entranced. Echoing the dreamlike films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Luc Besson, Vesper stuck out thanks to a distinct looking visual style that made use of physical sets, locations, and special effects rather than green screen and CGI. The tangible quality of the film comes through in the well-acted production that builds a massive fictional world and remains engaging for audiences of all ages and across all languages. Vesper is a beautiful and solemn movie that stands out because it looks more real than most big-budget movies while delivering a story that resonates more deeply as well.
- 9/26/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Raffiella Chapman as Vesper Photo: Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films release
A standout at this year’s genre festivals and now part of the Fantastic Fest line-up, Vesper is a vision of the future which is at once bleak and full of hope. It follows its young heroine (played by Raffiella Chapman) through a collapsed and dramatically altered world where power is concentrated in remote citadels and ordinary people have to scrape by as best they can – until a chance discovery enables her to pursue her longstanding ambitions, and plunges her into an unexpected new role. I was glad of the chance to meet the film’s two writers/directors, Lithuanian Kristina Buozyte and Frenchman Bruno Samper. We had only a short time to speak, plus the challenge of them both doing so in English – the language of the film – but they both had a lot to say.
A standout at this year’s genre festivals and now part of the Fantastic Fest line-up, Vesper is a vision of the future which is at once bleak and full of hope. It follows its young heroine (played by Raffiella Chapman) through a collapsed and dramatically altered world where power is concentrated in remote citadels and ordinary people have to scrape by as best they can – until a chance discovery enables her to pursue her longstanding ambitions, and plunges her into an unexpected new role. I was glad of the chance to meet the film’s two writers/directors, Lithuanian Kristina Buozyte and Frenchman Bruno Samper. We had only a short time to speak, plus the challenge of them both doing so in English – the language of the film – but they both had a lot to say.
- 9/25/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The festival runs Octobber 6-9 in Manchester.
Final Cut from Michel Hazanavicius and Neil Labute’s House Of Darkness are among this year’s line-up for Grimmfest, a UK horror, sci-fi and fantasy festival, which will be held in Manchester frorm October 6-9.
Hazanavicius’ French comedy horror, a remake of 2017 Japanese title One Cut From The Dead, opened Cannes out of competition earlier this year.
House Of Darkness stars Justin Long and Kate Bosworth whose casual date takes a sinister turn. The gothic horror had its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantastia festival last month.
Also screening at the festival...
Final Cut from Michel Hazanavicius and Neil Labute’s House Of Darkness are among this year’s line-up for Grimmfest, a UK horror, sci-fi and fantasy festival, which will be held in Manchester frorm October 6-9.
Hazanavicius’ French comedy horror, a remake of 2017 Japanese title One Cut From The Dead, opened Cannes out of competition earlier this year.
House Of Darkness stars Justin Long and Kate Bosworth whose casual date takes a sinister turn. The gothic horror had its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantastia festival last month.
Also screening at the festival...
- 8/22/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Vesper Trailer 2 — IFC Films has released the second movie trailer for Vesper (2022). View here the Vesper teaser trailer. Crew Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper‘s Vesper stars Raffiella Chapman, Rosy McEwen, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, and Edmund Dehn. Kristina Buozyte, Brian Clark, and Bruno Samper wrote the screenplay for Vesper. [...]
Continue reading: Vesper (2022) Movie Trailer 2: A Young Girl in a Post-Apocalyptic World Uses Bio-hacking to Unlock the Future...
Continue reading: Vesper (2022) Movie Trailer 2: A Young Girl in a Post-Apocalyptic World Uses Bio-hacking to Unlock the Future...
- 8/12/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
What best describes Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper‘s latest film, “Vesper“? Earth is no longer sustainable; society has collapsed, and humanity is forced to rely on its survival skills. Add in a father-daughter dynamic and an outside chance of an alternative future, and that’s the gist.
Read More: ‘Vesper’ Trailer: Survival Is Everything For New Drama Premiering At Karlovy Vary Starring Eddie Marsan & Raffiella Chapman
“Vesper” follows a 13-year-old girl played by “His Dark Materials” actress Raffiella Chapman, who, along with her father played by “The Mandalorian” star Richard Brake, uncover remnants of a strange and dangerous world.
Continue reading ‘Vesper’ Trailer: Humanity’s Future Hangs In The Balance In Post-Collapse Adventure Coming September 30 at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Vesper’ Trailer: Survival Is Everything For New Drama Premiering At Karlovy Vary Starring Eddie Marsan & Raffiella Chapman
“Vesper” follows a 13-year-old girl played by “His Dark Materials” actress Raffiella Chapman, who, along with her father played by “The Mandalorian” star Richard Brake, uncover remnants of a strange and dangerous world.
Continue reading ‘Vesper’ Trailer: Humanity’s Future Hangs In The Balance In Post-Collapse Adventure Coming September 30 at The Playlist.
- 8/11/2022
- by Molly Cottee Tantum
- The Playlist
At the end of September Vesper, the new film from Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper, will have a day and date release. The international trailer premiered earlier today. You can check it out below. After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her Father, must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future. This new trailer does a great job of building up the story and presenting more of the world that our heroine struggles to survive in. It also gives us a bit of the action and suspense too. ...
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- 8/11/2022
- Screen Anarchy
If Hollywood’s sci-fi outings have left one a bit disappointed in terms of a lack of imagination, a more grounded genre outing looks to hit the mark. Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte’s new feature Vesper, which world premiered at Karlovy Vary, stars Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, and Richard Brake in a tale of survival set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem. Ahead of a September 30 release from IFC Films, the new trailer has now arrived.
Scripted by Bruno Samper, Brian Clark and Kristina Buozyte, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the...
Scripted by Bruno Samper, Brian Clark and Kristina Buozyte, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the...
- 8/10/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Sitges remains the cornerstone of fantastic genre film in Europe, and we're thrilled to be returning to the festival in person this year to cover their tremendous offerings. Besides the previously announced Tron theme, there's announcements on awards, several films that will be screened, and industry events that shape the future of this cinema world. Two British filmmakers will be honoured with Sitges' Time Machine Award. The contemporary genre film scene would not be the same without Edgar Wright and Neil Marshall; both have left an indelible mark on horror and action cinema and it's great to see that recognized. As for films, highlights include the new Kristina Buozyte/Bruno Samper collaboration Vesper, Something in the Dirt from another dynamic duo, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead,...
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- 7/28/2022
- Screen Anarchy
The Goran Stolevski-directed horror-drama “You Won’t Be Alone,” was Thursday named the best film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea’s leading genre film event.
The Australia-u.K.-Serbia co-production is set in Macedonia and stars Noomi Rapace in a 19th century tale about a young girl who is transformed into a witch. It premiered at the Sundance festival in January and recently played in Sydney. At the Palm Springs festival, Stolevski won the ‘directors to watch’ prize.
His next feature, “Of An Age,” about a whirlwind gay romance, is already completed and is set as the opening film of next month’s Melbourne Film Festival.
The BiFan jury heaped praise on “You Won’t Be Alone.” “It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through the means of genre cinema by using alienated and isolated human creatures borrowed from folk tales, added up with mystery.
The Australia-u.K.-Serbia co-production is set in Macedonia and stars Noomi Rapace in a 19th century tale about a young girl who is transformed into a witch. It premiered at the Sundance festival in January and recently played in Sydney. At the Palm Springs festival, Stolevski won the ‘directors to watch’ prize.
His next feature, “Of An Age,” about a whirlwind gay romance, is already completed and is set as the opening film of next month’s Melbourne Film Festival.
The BiFan jury heaped praise on “You Won’t Be Alone.” “It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through the means of genre cinema by using alienated and isolated human creatures borrowed from folk tales, added up with mystery.
- 7/15/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
’Body Parts’ wins top Korean award.
Goran Stolevski’s debut feature You Won’t Be Alone picked up the top award at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) today (July 14).
The Australia-Serbia coproduction, which received its world premiere at Sundance, won the Best of Bucheon award and KW20m.
The Bucheon Choice: Features international competition jury headed by Harada Masato said of the film: “The balanced composition of various basic elements like directing, writing and acting make You Won’t Be Alone a wonderfully well-crafted movie.
”It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through the means...
Goran Stolevski’s debut feature You Won’t Be Alone picked up the top award at the 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) today (July 14).
The Australia-Serbia coproduction, which received its world premiere at Sundance, won the Best of Bucheon award and KW20m.
The Bucheon Choice: Features international competition jury headed by Harada Masato said of the film: “The balanced composition of various basic elements like directing, writing and acting make You Won’t Be Alone a wonderfully well-crafted movie.
”It is a phenomenal attempt to interpret the fundamentals of humanity through the means...
- 7/14/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Anonymous Content has signed Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper, the critically acclaimed filmmaking duo whose latest movie “Vesper” world premiered at this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival to rave reviews.
Buozyte and Samper’s third feature, “Vesper” is set for a theatrical release in fall 2022. The film is a dark fairytale set in the aftermath of the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem and follows the journey of a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive. The young girl, whose father is paralyzed, meets a woman who will force her to use her wits, strengths and bio-hacking abilities.
Buozyte and Samper first collaborated in 2007, co-writing the award-winning feature “The Collectress,” which won best film at the Lithuanian Silver Crane Awards and best director at the Russian film festival Kinoshock. The movie went on to play at 30 film festivals worldwide, including Karlovy Vary, Pusan, Sao Paulo, Valencia, Manheim, Cottbus and Cairo.
The duo’s second film “Vanishing Waves,...
Buozyte and Samper’s third feature, “Vesper” is set for a theatrical release in fall 2022. The film is a dark fairytale set in the aftermath of the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem and follows the journey of a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive. The young girl, whose father is paralyzed, meets a woman who will force her to use her wits, strengths and bio-hacking abilities.
Buozyte and Samper first collaborated in 2007, co-writing the award-winning feature “The Collectress,” which won best film at the Lithuanian Silver Crane Awards and best director at the Russian film festival Kinoshock. The movie went on to play at 30 film festivals worldwide, including Karlovy Vary, Pusan, Sao Paulo, Valencia, Manheim, Cottbus and Cairo.
The duo’s second film “Vanishing Waves,...
- 7/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Aglow in earth tones and abundant with retro-futurist designs, the sci-fi drama “Vesper” certainly feels like a throwback. But a throwback to what? While the postapocalyptic tale reflects sci-fi strands both East and West, echoing cerebral fare from the Soviet bloc as much as grimy Hollywood spectacles, filmmakers Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper have woven those older threads into something wholly unique — at once modern and timeless, nostalgic for a genre only just created, already pining for images freshly cast up on screen.
Making its world premiere in competition at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, this wistful, bio-punk fairy tale builds around the broad contours of modern young-adult fiction and shades them with the unhurried, observational rhythms of the European art-house. From the rebellious young prodigy to the focus on class division to the expository wall of title cards that introduce this particular dystopia, the film plays with many...
Making its world premiere in competition at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, this wistful, bio-punk fairy tale builds around the broad contours of modern young-adult fiction and shades them with the unhurried, observational rhythms of the European art-house. From the rebellious young prodigy to the focus on class division to the expository wall of title cards that introduce this particular dystopia, the film plays with many...
- 7/6/2022
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
The Israeli filmmaker’s follow up to The Cakemaker plays in competition this week Karlovy Vary.
As with his debut feature The Cakemaker, Israeli director Ofir Raul Graizer latest film America unspools this week in competition at the Karlovy Vary International FIlm Festival.
The film follows Eli, played by Michael Moshonov, who is forced to return to his native Israel after his father’s death. After contacting old friend Yotam (Ofri Biterman) – as well as meeting his fiancée Iris (Oshrat Ingedashet) – an incident will soon occur that will create a seismic shift in the lives of each of them.
The...
As with his debut feature The Cakemaker, Israeli director Ofir Raul Graizer latest film America unspools this week in competition at the Karlovy Vary International FIlm Festival.
The film follows Eli, played by Michael Moshonov, who is forced to return to his native Israel after his father’s death. After contacting old friend Yotam (Ofri Biterman) – as well as meeting his fiancée Iris (Oshrat Ingedashet) – an incident will soon occur that will create a seismic shift in the lives of each of them.
The...
- 7/5/2022
- by Laurence Boyce
- ScreenDaily
Should the apocalypse strike and any of us happen to survive it, you can’t accuse the movies of leaving us unprepared. Dystopian futures are a dime a dozen in science-fiction cinema these days, with a generally shared aesthetic that leads us to expect, for better or (probably) worse, a lot of damp, ashy slurry and unflattering sackcloth. In some ways “Vesper,” with its drenched khaki palette and all-encompassing air of ruin, conforms to this forecast. In others, Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper’s solemn, elegant fantasy surprises with its textured, sometimes iridescent world-building: There’s beauty to be found in this vision of Earth in a state of ecosystemic collapse, even if it’s hard-won and harder still to nurture.
Premiering in the main competition strand of this year’s Karlovy Vary festival, “Vesper” marks a long-awaited return to feature filmmaking for Lithuanian director Buozyte and her French writing partner Samper,...
Premiering in the main competition strand of this year’s Karlovy Vary festival, “Vesper” marks a long-awaited return to feature filmmaking for Lithuanian director Buozyte and her French writing partner Samper,...
- 7/2/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Sci-fi and fantasy fans can soon rejoice in another intrepid YA heroine as “Vesper,” the Lithuania-France-Belgium co-production from directors-writers Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, makes its world premiere in competition at Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Saturday. The Czech debut marks a busy start to the month for the filmmakers. They will also present the film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea and the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in Switzerland.
The sci-fi-fantasy thriller, which takes place after the collapse of the earth’s eco-system and centers on a 13-year-old girl caring for her paralyzed father, who must use her wits and bio-hacking abilities to fight for survival and the possibility of a future, has proved a popular item for sales agent Anton. They have announced distribution deals in the U.S. (IFC Films), UK (Signature Entertainment), Germany (Koch Media), Italy (Leone Film) and Japan (Klockworx). IFC...
The sci-fi-fantasy thriller, which takes place after the collapse of the earth’s eco-system and centers on a 13-year-old girl caring for her paralyzed father, who must use her wits and bio-hacking abilities to fight for survival and the possibility of a future, has proved a popular item for sales agent Anton. They have announced distribution deals in the U.S. (IFC Films), UK (Signature Entertainment), Germany (Koch Media), Italy (Leone Film) and Japan (Klockworx). IFC...
- 7/2/2022
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Thirteen North American premieres also added, including Next Sohee for closing night.
Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its third and final wave of titles, including nine world premieres and a closing night slot for Cannes Critics’ Week entry Next Sohee.
The festival has also announced the presentation of its Prix Denis-Heroux, recognising an exceptional contribution to genre and independent cinema in Quebec, to producer Pierre David, known for his collaborations with David Cronenberg, Jean-Claude Lord and other directors.
The new additions complete the line-up of more than 130 features and 200 shorts for this year’s Fantasia festival, which...
Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its third and final wave of titles, including nine world premieres and a closing night slot for Cannes Critics’ Week entry Next Sohee.
The festival has also announced the presentation of its Prix Denis-Heroux, recognising an exceptional contribution to genre and independent cinema in Quebec, to producer Pierre David, known for his collaborations with David Cronenberg, Jean-Claude Lord and other directors.
The new additions complete the line-up of more than 130 features and 200 shorts for this year’s Fantasia festival, which...
- 7/1/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
“Our desire was to make a movie about hope.”
Lithuania’s Kristina Buožytė and France’s Bruno Samper’s Vesper is world premiering this weeked in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary International FIlm Festival.
The film is a dystopian sci-fi in which 13-year-old Vesper, played by Raffiella Chapman, tries to eke out an existence on an ecologically ravaged Earth. Caring for her paralysed father, Vesper comes across a mysterious girl (Rosie McEwen) who originates from the Citadel – the place where the rich and powerful dwell. UK actor Eddie Marsan co-stars.
Vesper marks a return to the festival...
Lithuania’s Kristina Buožytė and France’s Bruno Samper’s Vesper is world premiering this weeked in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary International FIlm Festival.
The film is a dystopian sci-fi in which 13-year-old Vesper, played by Raffiella Chapman, tries to eke out an existence on an ecologically ravaged Earth. Caring for her paralysed father, Vesper comes across a mysterious girl (Rosie McEwen) who originates from the Citadel – the place where the rich and powerful dwell. UK actor Eddie Marsan co-stars.
Vesper marks a return to the festival...
- 7/1/2022
- by Laurence Boyce
- ScreenDaily
Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival will close its 26th edition with a screening of July Jung’s “Next Sohee,” an interesting take on exploitation starring the Wachowski siblings’ regular collaborator, South Korean actress Bae Doona.
The film, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, won’t be the only title to discover on the closing night, however, with a special screening of A24’s horror comedy “Bodies Bodies Bodies” also planned. Directed by Halina Reijn and featuring Amandla Stenberg, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” breakout Maria Bakalova and Pete Davidson, the film shows a party game that leads to murder, all the while maintaining “a taut balance of uneasy tension and wicked humor,” teased the festival organizers.
The announcement came alongside Fantasia’s third wave of titles, finally rounding up this year’s varied selection. Among the world premieres, Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez will bring “The Elderly,” Shuichi Okita “The Fish Tale,...
The film, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, won’t be the only title to discover on the closing night, however, with a special screening of A24’s horror comedy “Bodies Bodies Bodies” also planned. Directed by Halina Reijn and featuring Amandla Stenberg, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” breakout Maria Bakalova and Pete Davidson, the film shows a party game that leads to murder, all the while maintaining “a taut balance of uneasy tension and wicked humor,” teased the festival organizers.
The announcement came alongside Fantasia’s third wave of titles, finally rounding up this year’s varied selection. Among the world premieres, Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez will bring “The Elderly,” Shuichi Okita “The Fish Tale,...
- 7/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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In a region of the world — central and eastern Europe — that hasn’t had much to celebrate recently, the news that the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is returning in full force this year (the 56th Kviff runs July 1-9) is truly a reason to party.
“We had a physical event last year but it was still a bit under the cloud of Covid,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och. “This time around, everyone is really in the mood, you can feel the atmosphere that makes Karlovy Vary so special. It’s going to be as close to [the last pre-pandemic festival] 2019 as possible.”
Karlovy Vary holds a unique position in the festival calendar. Coming after the craziness of Cannes and before the awards-season ramp-up that begins with Venice and Toronto, the Czech fest offers an oasis of calm. Located in the postcard-perfect spa town in western...
In a region of the world — central and eastern Europe — that hasn’t had much to celebrate recently, the news that the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is returning in full force this year (the 56th Kviff runs July 1-9) is truly a reason to party.
“We had a physical event last year but it was still a bit under the cloud of Covid,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och. “This time around, everyone is really in the mood, you can feel the atmosphere that makes Karlovy Vary so special. It’s going to be as close to [the last pre-pandemic festival] 2019 as possible.”
Karlovy Vary holds a unique position in the festival calendar. Coming after the craziness of Cannes and before the awards-season ramp-up that begins with Venice and Toronto, the Czech fest offers an oasis of calm. Located in the postcard-perfect spa town in western...
- 6/28/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After two years of hybrid and online-only editions, the Neuchatel Intl. Fantastic Film Festival will fête its 21st year with a return to a fully on-site event, hosting four world premieres, and more than twice as many international premieres.
Running July 1-9, the Swiss event will world premiere the absurdist “Jaws”-in-France riff “The Year of the Shark,” the Thai creature feature “Leio,” and the Japanese Yakuza thriller “Bad City.” Titles like the Toho-produced Kaiju flick “Shin Ultraman,” “Something in the Dirt” from U.S. horror maestros Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, and Léa Mysius’ “The Five Devils” will mark their international berths at Nifff – the latter as the festival’s opening film.
This blackjack edition will also mark the first year under the direction of Pierre-Yves Walder, a Nifff veteran whose involvement with the lakefront festival dates back some time. After a stint in the press office, years as a programmer,...
Running July 1-9, the Swiss event will world premiere the absurdist “Jaws”-in-France riff “The Year of the Shark,” the Thai creature feature “Leio,” and the Japanese Yakuza thriller “Bad City.” Titles like the Toho-produced Kaiju flick “Shin Ultraman,” “Something in the Dirt” from U.S. horror maestros Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, and Léa Mysius’ “The Five Devils” will mark their international berths at Nifff – the latter as the festival’s opening film.
This blackjack edition will also mark the first year under the direction of Pierre-Yves Walder, a Nifff veteran whose involvement with the lakefront festival dates back some time. After a stint in the press office, years as a programmer,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will receive special awards at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kviff organizers announced on Tuesday. The two actors will both receive their awards during the closing ceremony on July 9 in the festival’s namesake spa town outside Prague in the Czech Republic.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award that in the past has gone to Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Jude Law and Judi Dench. Three of Rush’s films – “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor – will be screened at the festival.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award for making “a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.” “The Usual Suspects” and his Oscar-winning turn in “Traffic” will be screened for the occasion. Ethan Hawke received the President’s Award last year.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award that in the past has gone to Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Jude Law and Judi Dench. Three of Rush’s films – “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor – will be screened at the festival.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award for making “a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.” “The Usual Suspects” and his Oscar-winning turn in “Traffic” will be screened for the occasion. Ethan Hawke received the President’s Award last year.
- 6/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Nifff 2022: A 21st Edition Under The Aegis Of Fantastic Plurality
The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival unveiled its complete 2022 programme on June 16, 2022. It is the first year the festival has Pierre-Yves Walder as its new General and Artistic Director.
True to its explorative approach, the Nifff is summoning the global imagination with a programme that includes 128 works from five continents, thus faithfully prolonging the festival’s rich history. The International Competition, the jury of which is presided by none other than American author Joyce Carol Oates, explores the current trends of fantastic films through a beautifully diverse overview of the ruminations of our era. The festival brings together the boldest new voices of the time and the latest works from frequently selected filmmakers. The goal is to strengthen its role as a bridge maker between generations and between the arts in order to ensure better inclusivity. Last but not least,...
The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival unveiled its complete 2022 programme on June 16, 2022. It is the first year the festival has Pierre-Yves Walder as its new General and Artistic Director.
True to its explorative approach, the Nifff is summoning the global imagination with a programme that includes 128 works from five continents, thus faithfully prolonging the festival’s rich history. The International Competition, the jury of which is presided by none other than American author Joyce Carol Oates, explores the current trends of fantastic films through a beautifully diverse overview of the ruminations of our era. The festival brings together the boldest new voices of the time and the latest works from frequently selected filmmakers. The goal is to strengthen its role as a bridge maker between generations and between the arts in order to ensure better inclusivity. Last but not least,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Lea Mysius’s ‘The Five Devils’ will open the festival, which runs July 1-9.
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, one of Europe’s leading fantasy festivals, has announced its full programme today (16 June).
The festival will open with the international premiere of The Five Devils by Léa Mysius, while the closing film is Sun Haipeng’s animated feature I Am What I Am.
This is the first edition under Pierre-Yves Walder, who took up the post of general and artistic director last July after 11 years as part of the Nifff programming team. The competition jury is to be headed by US author Joyce Carol Oates,...
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, one of Europe’s leading fantasy festivals, has announced its full programme today (16 June).
The festival will open with the international premiere of The Five Devils by Léa Mysius, while the closing film is Sun Haipeng’s animated feature I Am What I Am.
This is the first edition under Pierre-Yves Walder, who took up the post of general and artistic director last July after 11 years as part of the Nifff programming team. The competition jury is to be headed by US author Joyce Carol Oates,...
- 6/16/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Vesper Trailer — Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper‘s Vesper (2022) movie trailer has been released by IFC Films. The Vesper trailer stars Raffiella Chapman, Rosy McEwen, Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, and Edmund Dehn. Crew Kristina Buozyte, Brian Clark, and Bruno Samper wrote the screenplay for Vesper. Dan Levy created the music for the film. [...]
Continue reading: Vesper (2022) Teaser Trailer: A 13-year-old Girl Tries to Survive Earth after it’s Ecosystem has Collapsed...
Continue reading: Vesper (2022) Teaser Trailer: A 13-year-old Girl Tries to Survive Earth after it’s Ecosystem has Collapsed...
- 6/15/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Oh. Wow. I know we've said that it has been a long time between films for Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper but this looks well worth the wait. IFC Midnight announced yesterday that they have acquired Vesper, the new film from the Vanishing Waves duo. Today we have the first teaser for Vesper, and wow, just wow. After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her Father, must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future. This is many parts eco-terror, apocalyptic sci-fi, and dramatic thriller. We really like what we see here. Wow. Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films, said, “Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper have crafted an immersive and...
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- 6/7/2022
- Screen Anarchy
If Hollywood’s sci-fi outings have left one a bit disappointed in terms of a lack of imagination, a more grounded genre outing looks to hit the mark. Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte new feature Vesper, set to world premiere at Karlovy Vary, stars Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, and Richard Brake in a tale of survival set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem. Ahead of a September 30 release from IFC Films, the first teaser trailer has now arrived.
Scripted by Bruno Samper, Brian Clark and Kristina Buozyte, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to...
Scripted by Bruno Samper, Brian Clark and Kristina Buozyte, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to...
- 6/7/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to sci-fi thriller Vesper (formerly known as Vesper Seeds) directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper.
The film will premiere next month in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Cast includes Raffiella Chapman (The Theory Of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones).
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
The film will premiere next month in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Cast includes Raffiella Chapman (The Theory Of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Richard Brake (Game Of Thrones).
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, the film follows Vesper (Chapman), a headstrong 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs live in comfort thanks to state-of-the-art biotechnology.
- 6/6/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Titles include the latest Vietnam’s Ham Tran, whose ‘Maika’ played at this year’s Sundance.
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further...
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further...
- 6/6/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Titles include the latest Vietnam’s Ham Tran, whose ‘Maika’ played at this year’s Sundance.
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further...
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further...
- 6/6/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Titles include the latest Vietnam’s Ham Tran, whose ‘Maika’ played at this year’s Sundance.
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Naff project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further titles include Left Hand Of The Devil,...
South Korea’s Bucheon International Film Festival (Bifan), Asia’s largest genre film festival, has unveiled 32 titles from 18 countries for this year’s Naff project market.
The 13 titles selected for the It Project strand include The Othered, from Vietnamese director Ham Tran, whose family sci-fi Maika premiered at the virtual Sundance in January and was picked up for distribution by Well Go USA Entertainment. East Films, which produced Maika, will also make The Othered as a Vietnam-Canada-us co-production.
Further titles include Left Hand Of The Devil,...
- 6/6/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Film festival unveils 27 world premieres and three international premieres.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) has announced the line-up of 33 features for its 56th edition, which includes Jake Paltrow’s Ukraine-shot Adolf Eichmann feature June Zero.
The Czech festival will take place from July 1-9 and the selection includes 27 world premieres, three international premieres and three European premieres.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The 12 titles in the Crystal Globe Competition are all world premieres, with the exception of Anna Kazejak’s Fucking Bornholm; Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries; and Jonás Trueba’s You Have To Come And See It – all international premieres.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) has announced the line-up of 33 features for its 56th edition, which includes Jake Paltrow’s Ukraine-shot Adolf Eichmann feature June Zero.
The Czech festival will take place from July 1-9 and the selection includes 27 world premieres, three international premieres and three European premieres.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The 12 titles in the Crystal Globe Competition are all world premieres, with the exception of Anna Kazejak’s Fucking Bornholm; Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries; and Jonás Trueba’s You Have To Come And See It – all international premieres.
- 5/31/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
UK, Germany, Italy and Japan among distributors to have taken dystopian drama.
Anglo-French outfit Anton has secured key theatrical deals on sci-fi drama Vesper, directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper.
The title has signed to Signature (UK), Koch Films (Germany), Leone (Italy), Klockworx (Japan), MovieCloud (Taiwan), Chantier (Turkey), Pris AudioVisuais (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw Renters (Singapore), T&b Media Global, McF (ex-Yugoslavia), and Top Films (Cis).
The dystopian drama follows a 13-year-old girl who must use her survival skills to make sure she and her ailing father remain alive after the collapse of the world’s ecosystem.
Anglo-French outfit Anton has secured key theatrical deals on sci-fi drama Vesper, directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper.
The title has signed to Signature (UK), Koch Films (Germany), Leone (Italy), Klockworx (Japan), MovieCloud (Taiwan), Chantier (Turkey), Pris AudioVisuais (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw Renters (Singapore), T&b Media Global, McF (ex-Yugoslavia), and Top Films (Cis).
The dystopian drama follows a 13-year-old girl who must use her survival skills to make sure she and her ailing father remain alive after the collapse of the world’s ecosystem.
- 5/18/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
UK, Germany, Italy and Japan among distributors to have taken dystopian drama.
Anglo-French outfit Anton has finalised key theatrical deals on completed dystopian drama Vesper, directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper and starring Eddie Marsan and Raffiella Chapman.
The film has gone to Signature (UK), Koch Films (Germany), Leone (Italy), Klockworx (Japan), MovieCloud (Taiwan), Chantier (Turkey), Pris AudioVisuais (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw Renters (Singapore), T&b Media Global, McF (ex-Yugoslavia), and Top Films (Cis).
Vesper follows a 13-year-old girl who must use her survival skills to keep herself and her father alive when the world’s ecosystem collapses.
Anglo-French outfit Anton has finalised key theatrical deals on completed dystopian drama Vesper, directed by Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and France’s Bruno Samper and starring Eddie Marsan and Raffiella Chapman.
The film has gone to Signature (UK), Koch Films (Germany), Leone (Italy), Klockworx (Japan), MovieCloud (Taiwan), Chantier (Turkey), Pris AudioVisuais (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw Renters (Singapore), T&b Media Global, McF (ex-Yugoslavia), and Top Films (Cis).
Vesper follows a 13-year-old girl who must use her survival skills to keep herself and her father alive when the world’s ecosystem collapses.
- 5/18/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Coming soon from IFC Midnight, one seed can change everything in Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper‘s Vesper, and the official poster has dropped ahead of a teaser coming soon. In Vesper, “After the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious woman with a secret […]
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- 5/16/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Directing duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are hard at work on post-production on their follow-up to their first film Vanishing Waves. It's called Vesper Seeds and it looks like it could be a dystopian scifi film to watch out for.
Check out the synopsis and the first image below.
Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth's ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake).
When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), a...
Check out the synopsis and the first image below.
Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth's ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake).
When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), a...
- 9/7/2021
- QuietEarth.us
Has it been nearly ten years since writing and directing duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper wowed the international genre community with their sci-fi thriller Vanishing Waves? That's far too long in between films. Far too long. Yesterday, the first image from their new film Vesper Seeds, surfaced over in France so why not share it with you today to get you excited about their new film. It looks like it was pulled right from the portfolio of artist Simon Stålenhag. Very cool. Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Raffiella Chapman and Rosy McEwen star in Vesper Seeds, now in post-production. Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth's ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses...
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- 9/7/2021
- Screen Anarchy
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