Vesper

• Lithuania-France-Belgium.
• Direction: Kristina Buožyté, Bruno Samper.
• Production: Asta Liukaityté, Daiva Varnaité-Jovaišiené, Alexis Perrin, Kristina Buožyté / Natrix Natrix, Rumble Fish Productions.
• Coproduction: Benoit Roland, Florent Steiner, Guillaume Natas / 10.80 Films, EV.L Prod.
• Screenplay: Brian Clark, Bruno Samper, Kristina Buožyté.
• Photography: Feliksas Abrukauskas.
• Music: Dan Levy.
• Edition: Suzanne Fenn.
• Cast: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake, Melanie Gaydos.

Two fantasy geniuses. Two dystopian visionaries (although deep down, finely utopian) have created an outstanding film, a favourite at Bucheon. Their names: Kristina Buožyté and  Bruno Samper, the makers of 2012's peerless Aurora. Together they threw us into the universe, between analogue and digital, verdant and yet barren, which is/will be left after all our attempts to save the planet have failed. Among the survivors, the dominant few live satisfied lives in isolated and well-stocked enclaves, while the rest of us live by the law of the jungle in a dark, dangerous, green, swampy world. Vesper makes the very most of its budget. They say it has reinvented science fiction. With its dark fairytale styling, somewhere between mediaeval, retro-futuristic and steampunk.