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Embers (2015 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Embers' is a 2015 American independent science fiction film directed by Claire Carr as her feature debut, and written and produced by Claire Carr and Charles Spano. It features Jason Ritter, Iva Gocheva, Greta Fernndez, Tucker Smallwood, Karl Glusman, and Silvan Friedman.
The film world premiered at Oldenburg International Film Festival and US co-premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival and New Orleans Film Festival where it won Best Feature. 'Embers' was selected as Closing Night Film at Slamdance Film Festival. Slamdance Presents acquired theatrical rights and The Orchard acquired global digital distribution rights to the film, releasing it in 2016.
Plot
'Embers' tells the story of those who, a decade after a global epidemic, remain and suffer from lasting effects of the virus - retrograde and anterograde amnesia. The survivors navigate a decaying landscape, unable to recall the past or create new memories. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
Cast
* Jason Ritter as Guy
* Iva Gocheva as Girl
* Greta Fernndez as Miranda
* Tucker Smallwood as Teacher
* Karl Glusman as Chaos
* Roberto Cots as Father
* Dominique Swain as Woman in the Long Dress
* Matthew Goulish as Guardian
* Silvan Ftiedman as Boy
* Sundance as Horse
Reception
Critical response
'Embers' received wide critical acclaim including positive reviews in 'The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times,' and 'L.A. Weekly'. Eric Kohn of 'IndieWire' dubbed 'Embers,' "the best science fiction discovery of the year," and Don Simpson writing for Smells Like Screen Spirit called 'Embers', "one of the most memorable independent science fiction films in the last decade. 'Sight & Sound's' Anton Bitel lauded the direction, saying, "Carr weaves from her ensemble amnesi-apocalypse a reflection of the human condition as philosophically compelling as it is emotionally intelligent." The Italian film journal Cine Lapsus described the film as, "Beckett absurdly suspended halfway between 'Memento' and 'City Lights'. 'Variety' criticized 'Embers', saying it "could be described as a mass-scale 'Memento', but that thumbnail sketch misses both the pic's impressive conceptual breadth and its numbing dramatic stasis."Accolades
Director Claire Carr received nominations for the Someone to Watch Award at the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards and the Spotlight On Women Directors Award at the Gotham Awards. 'Embers' was nominated for Best Production Design for Chelsea Oliver at the inaugural American Independent Film Awards.'Embers' received numerous festival accolades including Best Feature at New Orleans Film Festival, SciFi London, Feratum Film Festival, and Oxford Film Festival, where Carr also was given the Alice Guy-Blach Award. At Newport Beach Film Festival, 'Embers' won both Best Feature and Best Director, and the film received awards for Best Feature and Best Editing at Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival. 'Embers' also received Best New Director at Brooklyn Film Festival, and both the Juice Award and Special Jury Prize at Sarasota Film Festival. Trieste Science+Fiction Festival in Italy awarded 'Embers' the prestigious Asteroide.
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