🏆 Audience Award - Riom Science Film Festival 2024
As writer and director, I designed Panic in Space as a sci-fi comedy that humorously explores the major challenges of our time: isolation, technology, community... The project, shot with about thirty actors on a green screen at the Studio Off Courts, is currently in post-production.
Discover below episode 5, "A Thousand Years of Solitude," which won the award at the Riom festival (turn on English subtitles in the menu):
Guillaume Vanhille as Danny, a very lonely space delivery man.
- Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Format: Web Series (12 x 5-8 min)
- My Role: Writer, Director, Producer
- Status: Post-production (Release scheduled for 2025)
- Festivals: Riom Science Film Festival, Nuées Ardentes, Off Courts (Official Selections)
Pitch
Distant future.
Humanity 🌍 has conquered distant galaxies and spread across the universe 🚀.
Panic in Space follows screen-to-screen exchanges 👨‍💻👩‍💻 between planets, ships, and space stations separated by thousands of light-years.
Unfortunately, distance doesn't help: between interplanetary racism 👽, out-of-control technology 💾, and a certain existential nostalgia 🥺, things aren't always easy.
But a revolution is brewing...
Episodes
1. The Racist of the Future
In the future, a ship's general requesting to land on planet Barilla 7 seems increasingly disturbed by the new planet's very open culture. Starring Nicolas Thiery, Nicolas Boulenger, and Manga N'Djomo.
2. Be Careful What You Wish For
The father of a sick little girl participates in a reality TV show that turns out to be far more invasive than expected. Starring Thomas Walser and Stéphane Allorge.
3. Ambassador McGloof's Parties
Suffering from a severe hangover, General Eral is caught up in an intergalactic plot that tests his character from the moment he wakes up. Starring Nicolas Boulenger, Lalao Pham Van Xua, Florent Martin, Alexy Grzelak, and Manga N'Djomo.
4. Planet Porn
While clipping his nails and cruising the galaxy, Jean-Paul discusses the state of the universe by mentioning his buddy Vévé's misfortunes. Starring Guillaume Bursztyn.
5. A Thousand Years of Solitude
A lonely galactic delivery man discovers that his best friend is an artificial intelligence. Starring Guillaume Vanhille, Bob Levasseur, and Khalifa Belouzaa.
6. The Anxiety Cab
A few days before war breaks out, the President of the Union is faced with a diplomatic mess that could have serious consequences. Starring Lalao Pham Van Xua, Jehanguir Byramjee, Frédéric Radepont, and Gino Civiero.
The rest of the adventure (episodes 7 to 12) is being finalized. Sign up so you don't miss the release!
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