EXCLUSIVE: Calgary-based Peterson Polaris Corp has come on board dystopian motion horror function What’s Left Of Us, directed by Filipino-American filmmaker Tyrone Acierto, alongside the Philippines’ Fusee and Acierto’s CineBandits.
The challenge just lately acquired the TAICCA Focus Asia Co-production Award on the Far East Movie Pageant’s All Genres Undertaking Market in Udine, Italy.
Set to be filmed within the Philippines with a global forged, the story follows a household struggling to outlive in a world haunted by a memory-erasing an infection, the place the struggle for survival turns into a battle for id, reality and the remnants of historical past.
Acierto, whose work typically explores id, survival and socio-political themes, has beforehand directed two options, The Grave Bandits and Watch Me Kill, and based CineBandits to deal with genre-driven tales rooted in Southeast Asian narratives.
Peterson Polaris Corp is headed by award-winning producer and director Michael Peterson, whose credit embody Bloodthirsty, which closed Incredible Fest in 2020, and Harpoon (2019), which premiered at Rotterdam and was named one of many prime horror movies of the last decade by Rotten Tomatoes.
His upcoming tasks embody Rob Grant’s This Too Shall Move and Lowell Dean’s Darkish Match. As a director, Peterson’s credit embody Lloyd The Conqueror, Knuckleball and exorcist horror Shadow Of God, picked up by Shudder this 12 months. In 2022, he was nominated for the CMPA Indiescreen Established Producer Award.
What’s Left Of Us is produced by Wilfredo Manalang, founding father of Manila-based manufacturing outfit Fusee, recognized for bridging North American and Asian markets. The corporate’s current tasks embody Cannes Un Sure Regard 2022 choice Plan 75, directed by Chie Hayakawa, whose second movie Renoir is premiering right here in Cannes competitors; Duong Dieu Linh’s Don’t Cry Butterfly, which premiered in Venice Critics’ Week, and Richard V. Somes’ motion function Topakk, which premiered at Locarno.
“Tyrone and Can have created a wealthy action-horror script that we’re proud to be concerned with,” mentioned Peterson. “Bringing the artistic groups from each Canada and the Philippines is one thing we now have been exploring for a number of years, and that is the challenge that may showcase the artistic energy this collaboration can conjure and create films that may entice international audiences.”
Acierto mentioned: “I’m past thrilled that Peterson Polaris Inc is approaching board as a part of the manufacturing group for What’s Left Of Us. Their help means the world to us, and having companions who really consider within the imaginative and prescient makes this journey much more highly effective. We will’t wait to deliver this story to life collectively.”
“What’s Left Of Us is a deeply private and well timed challenge for us,” mentioned Manalang. “It’s a dystopian reimagining of the seek for reality in an age when actuality itself feels more and more unstable. In a world overwhelmed by disinformation and blurred narratives, reminiscence, id and even historical past are continuously beneath siege. Although the movie lives in a speculative area, it’s a highly effective reflection of the anxieties we face right this moment. We’re extremely proud to be telling this story alongside our visionary collaborators at CineBandits and Peterson Polaris.”
Fusee managing director George Sommerrock emphasised the importance of increasing Canadian-Philippine movie partnerships: “After our current optimistic expertise with Le Lobby Movies, a Montreal-based manufacturing firm, on the but to be launched movie Elsewhere At Night time by Marianne Métivier, we’re thrilled to have discovered one other Canadian firm to provide with.
“Since Fusee has been working intently now with North America and Asia, it is sensible for us to bridge our efforts to make sure a wider viewers for the tasks in our pipeline.”
