The Atomic Dream
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Directed by | Angad Aulakh |
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Written by | Angad Aulakh |
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Music by | Tim Despic |
Cinematography | Charlie Wuppermann |
Edited by | Savreen Gal |
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Running time | 10 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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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 |
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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 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "25th SCAD Savannah Film Festival - 'The Atomic Dream'" filmfest.scad.edu, October 29, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Short Film ‘The Atomic Dream’ From Angad Aulakh Getting Oscar-Qualifying Run Via Filmocracy & iGems" Deadline.com, September 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The Atomic Dream" Shorted.com, October 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Atomic Dream (2022) Savannah Film Festival" Unseenfilms.com, October 26, 2022
- ↑ "SCAD Celebrates 25 Years of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival With A Thrilling Programming Line-up and Honors to Janelle Monáe, Eddie Redmayne, and More" Awardsdaily.com, October 3, 2022
- ↑ "The SCAD Savannah Film Festival Ended its Weekend with More Exciting Programming & Screenings" filmfestivals.com, October 31, 2022
- ↑ "2022 IFS Los Angeles Film Festival Program Lineup" ifsfilm.com, September 2022
- ↑ "ISFMF 2022 SELECTED LONG-LIST" isfmf.com, September 25, 2022
- ↑ "Falcon International Film Festival Award Winners" fifflondon.org, August 2022
- ↑ "Film Threat Review: The Atomic Dream" filmthreat.com, November 1, 2022
- ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes: The Atomic Dream" rottentomatoes.com, 2022
- ↑ "Cult Critic Movie Awards Jean Luc Gudad Award Nominees 2022" hlc-cultcritic.com, 2022
- ↑ "IndieFest Nominees" theindiefest.com, 2022
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- 2022 films
- 2020s American films
- 2022 drama films
- 2022 sci-fi films
- American drama short films
- Films set in 1963
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- American mystery thriller films
- American science fiction thriller films
- American science fantasy films
- Alien visitations in films
- Films about extraterrestrial life
- Films based on science fiction short stories
- Films about conspiracy theories
- Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
- Cultural depictions of Lee Harvey Oswald
- Cultural depictions of Jack Ruby
- Cold War films
- Films about John F. Kennedy
- Films about the assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Films set in the 1960s
- Films about families