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The Atomic Dream
Directed byAngad Aulakh
Produced by
Written byAngad Aulakh
Starring
Music byTim Despic
CinematographyCharlie Wuppermann
Edited bySavreen Gal
Production
company
  • Last Carnival
  • Filmocracy
  • iGems
Release date
  • September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) (North American Theaters)
  • October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29) (SCAD Savannah Film Festival)
[1]
Running time
10 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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The Atomic Dream is 2022 American short sci-fi period film written and directed by Angad Aulakh and starring Guy Kent and Marchand Storch. The film opened in select theaters in North America on September 16, 2022[2] via Filmocracy and iGems. The film received qualification for the 95th Academy Awards, scheduled for March 12, 2023.

Set against the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination and the era's pervasive nuclear fears, Frank and his estranged mother-in-law, Sophia, must confront the strange and otherworldly realities of their fast-changing existence.[3]

Plot[edit]

Oscar-qualified and praised as a "film that gets under your skin" and "a lovely little poisoned confection"[4] (Steve Kopian/Unseenfilms.com), The Atomic Dream is set in the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination and the era’s pervasive nuclear fears. Described as “echoing the modern-day fears pertaining to the human race" (Shorted),[3] the film tells the story of Frank, his estranged mother-in-law Sophia and her curious affinity for an enigmatic teddy bear named Rodney. When Frank stops by to check in on Sophia, he finds himself confronting her grand fantasies that the very fate of humanity is at stake as well as her relationship with Rodney. A darkly-imaginative, period sci-fi story, the film serves as an allegory for our troubled modern times.

Cast[edit]

  • Guy Kent as Frank
  • Marchand Storch as Sophia

Filming[edit]

Principal photography took place in Southern California in 2022.

Release[edit]

The film opened in select theaters in North America on September 16, 2022[2] qualifying it for the 95th Annual Academy Awards. Prior to that, the film had its US festival premiere on September 4, 2022 at the IFS Los Angeles Film Festival before joining the 25th SCAD Savannah Film Festival's After Dark program, joining four films including Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All, Mark Polish's Murmur, Mark Jenkin's Enys Men, and Eric Appel's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.[5] Filmmaker Angad Aulakh presented the film in conversation with filmmaker Mark Polish and D. W. Moffett.[6] The film was the Official Selection at the 22nd IFS Los Angeles Film Festival[2][7], the International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF)[8], Amsterdam International Film Festival,[2] 10th Sunscreen Film Festival West, Falcon International Film Festival[9], Tokyo Shorts, Stockholm Film & Television Festival, Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, and others.

Future plans to develop the short film into a feature film have been suggested, as "the final result of the film offers a single moment in time, a single conversation on a particular night. It would indeed be interesting to see it developed as a longer project."[3]

Accolades[edit]

Film Threat scored the film Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, calling it "something out of The Twilight Zone." [10][11]

Film critic Steve Kopian of Unseen Films praised it as "a lovely little poisoned confection. It's a dark tale of the end of the world with a sting in its tail" and a "film that gets under your skin." [4]

Shorted described the film as "hard to not be taken immediately by the world the film conjures" and "echoing the modern-day fears pertaining to the human race." They elaborated that "the film offers a single moment in time, a single conversation on a particular night. It would indeed be interesting to see it developed as a longer project." [3]

The film was nominated in several categories for the Cult Critic Movie Awards and the IndieFest Film Awards.[12][13]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Film Festival Recipients Result
2022 Best Short Film Amsterdam International Film Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Director Angad Aulakh Won
Best Actor Guy Kent Won
Best Actress Marchand Storch Nominated
Best Cinematography Charlie Wuppermann Nominated
Best Original Score Tim Despic Nominated
Best Editing Savreen Gal Won
Best Fantasy Short - Jury Award Falcon International Film Festival Angad Aulakh Won
Best Director Angad Aulakh Won
Best Short Film - Jury Award Hong Kong Indie Film Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Actor in a Short Film Guy Kent Nominated
Best Short Film - Jury Award Montreal Independent Film Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Director of a Short Film Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Actor in a Short Film Guy Kent Nominated
Best Short Film - Jury Prize Prague International Film Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Director - Short Film Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Ensemble in a Short Film Guy Kent & Marchand Storch Nominated
Best Actor in a Short Film Guy Kent Nominated
Best Live Action Short Film - Lion Prize Rotterdam Independent Film Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Ensemble Acting in a Short Film Guy Kent & Marchand Storch Nominated
Mai Zetterling Award for Best Short Film Stockholm Film & Television Festival Angad Aulakh Nominated
Anita Ekberg Award for Best Actress Marchand Storch Nominated
Max von Sydow Award for Best Actor Guy Kent Nominated
Best International Short Film Tokyo Shorts Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Director of a Short Film Angad Aulakh Nominated
Best Actress in a Short Film Marchand Storch Nominated
Best Actor in a Short Film Guy Kent Nominated
Best Cinematography Charlie Wuppermann Won
Best Original Score Tim Despic Nominated
Best Art Direction and Production Design Leah Berman Nominated

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