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Fearing the loss of his 60-million-year-old mother, a boy marooned by time and place refuses to believe he is alone.

Synopsis

In the depths of a natural world untouched by humankind, the impossible has emerged: a young boy and his mother living alone in a sphere.

The boy has never seen another human being — not even his father who died before he was born. And fearing the inevitable solitude should he outlive his mother, the boy spends his days searching for a second impossibility: others like them.

Could others have defied all odds to emerge from a sphere like theirs? A sphere buried deep in hibernation underground to outlast an extinction event. A 60-million-year-old catastrophe from which the planet has healed through time. Time taken to expel their sphere from the earth and into a new world. A lonely world that sends a desperate boy on a bold journey to a surprising fate beyond his own imagination.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Mark Tenn – Writer/Producer
Mark is a British-American writer-producer based in NYC whose storytelling experience spans international film development, production and distribution. He is a 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist and NALIP Latino Media Market Fellow with his feature screenplay, Bountiful. He co-wrote/produced the award-winning short film, Midnights, which aired in the Voce Nuevas 2020 series on Cine Sony from Sony and NALIP. Mark supported international film acquisitions and distribution of critically-acclaimed films from bold visionaries such as Kenneth Branagh, Terry Gilliam and David Twohy, and intimate storytellers like Jonathan Glazer, Francois Ozon and Zhang Yang. His film and TV production and distribution credits include Jonathan Teplitzky’s Australian drama Burning Man (10 Australian Academy Award nominations 2013), Mia Hansen-Løve’s French drama, Eden (Toronto IFF 2014) and Comedy Central’s Important Things With Demetri Martin exec- produced by Jon Stewart.

Alvaro Donado – Director/Producer
Originally from Colombia, Alvaro is an NYC-based director/producer, a Sundance Producer’sLab Fellow, and a NALIP Latino Media Market Fellow who has led projects across the US, Central/South America, Europe and Africa. He was awarded Best Direction for Drama at the New York Television Festival 2018 for his directorial short film debut, Midnights. The film was selected by Sony/NALIP for the Voces Nuevas 2020 series broadcast on Cine Sony. Alvaro produced the short films, La Milpa, Family Portrait (Dir: Patricia Riggen) and Zen & The Art Of Landscaping (Dir: David Kartch) which collectively received two Student Academy Awards, a Sundance Jury Award, and a Mexican Academy Award. His production credits include the features Eden (Dir: Mia Hansen-Løve), Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief (Dir: Christopher Columbus) and Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (Dir: Sidney Lumet), as well as TV shows for HBO, Sony, CBS and Warner Bros.

Oderay Game – Producer/Executive Producer, Ecuador
Specializing in international film co-production, Quito-based producer, Oderay Game, has executive-produced numerous renowned feature films from Ecuador to be recognized by leading film festivals worldwide. Most recently this includes the feature drama, Hiedra, directed by Ana Cristina Barragán which received the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival 2025. Other notable feature film credits include Lo Invisible directed by Javier Andrade (Toronto IFF 2021) which was Ecuador’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Awards; LA Piel Pulpo by Ana Cristina Barragán (San Sebastián IFF 2022); AL Oriente by José María Avilés (Venice FF 2021); and Tito Jara’s thriller, EL Rezador (Locarno FF 2023). Oderay is currently in post-production on the psychological thriller, Los Ahogados, from Juan Sebastián Jácome and is in development on a new horror film, Fango, from Diego Araujo.

Daniel Andrade – Cinematographer/Producer
Daniel shot and produced the feature drama, Lo Invisible (dir: Javier Andrade) which was Ecuador’s official entry for the 2023 Academy Awards, Spain’s Goya Awards and Colombia’s Macondo Awards having premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. Based in Quito, Ecuador, Daniel’s 15-year cinematography career spans international film, TV, documentary, music video and over 600 TV commercials worldwide. Feature film credits include Shaman (Dir: Antonio Negret), Pescador (dir: Sebastián Cordero), Maria Y El Arana (dir: Maria Victoria Menis) and Ochentaisiete which he co-directed with Anahí Hoeneisen. Daniel holds an MFA from the American Film Institute where he received an Honorable Mention from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) for his work on the short film, On Wee! (Dir: Azazel Jacobs).

Alicia Herrera – Production Designer
Alicia production designed the feature film, A Son Of Man (Dirs: Luis Felipe Fernández Salvador & Pablo Agüero), which was Ecuador’s official entry for the 2019 Academy Awards. Further production design and art direction feature credits include Heart Of The Earth (Dir: Alberto Muenala), Dolores (Dir: Patricia Yallico), and Los Napoles (Dir: Santiago Paladines). Alicia has also production designed/art directed over 300 commercials worldwide for brands such as Coca-Cola, Unilever and Diner’s Club.

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