NARRATIVE THINGS

Here are some of our favorite narrative things we’ve done for much less money than our commercial things.
(...for now)

V/H/S/85 - TKNOGD | ANTHOLOGY SEGMENT

World Premiere Fantastic Fest ‘23

Streaming on Shudder

Official Trailer

Lucky | Feature

A new feature film written by Brea Grant and directed by Natasha Kermani. World Premiere SXSW ‘20.

A suburban woman fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When she can't get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands.

Streaming on Shudder

Official Trailer

IMDb

Press:

“…an unexpected subversive horror-thriller that will challenge, scare, and entertain. (It) packs a surreal punch…”
Rosie Knight, Nerdist

“It’s John Carpenter with a side order of Kafka; a feminist Groundhog Day; or Happy Death Day with something to say. If its message rubs some people the wrong way... good.”
Joel Harley, Horror DNA

“LUCKY is a stunning piece of high concept filmmaking..”
Terry Mesnard, Gayly Dreadful

“A horror movie sure to launch a thousand think pieces…”
Patrick Bromley, F This Movie

IMITATION GIRL | Feature

A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the Southwestern desert, where each step teaches her about her new world and her new body. As she assumes her new life, she discovers she has a twin with whom she shares more than just an outward appearance.

Imitation Girl was acquired for worldwide distribution by Epic Pictures through their Dread Central Presents label.

Official Trailer

• Cinequest Film & VR Festival 2017 | San Jose (World Premiere)
• Dances with Films 2017 | Los Angeles
• Milan International Film Festival 2017 | Milan (Nominated – Best Film, Best Actress)
• Horror Channel FrightFest 2017 | London
• Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017 | Philadelphia
• Boston Underground Film Festival Dispatches 2017 | Boston

Available now on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play!

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Written & Directed by Natasha Kermani
Produced by Forrest McClain & Tim Wu

Press:

“As a portrait of female identity, in all its hopes and disappointments, joys and sorrows, Imitation Girl inspires a shudderingly sublime sense of awe that is not ultimately defined by male desires and demands.”
BFI, Sight & Sound

“…a gentle tale about identity and what defines us… 2017’s gem.”
BritFlicks

“…achieves a feminist fairy-tale with a shivery existentialist twist.”
CineVue

"...a compelling examination of love, sex, race, identity and basically the human condition. All done in 84 minutes. See it. Accept no substitutes."
Electric Shadows

“…a sensitive and thought-provoking little film that deals with the biggest of themes.”
Fandom

“Imitation Girl epitomizes grassroots independent cinema at its most fragile, beautiful, and honest.”
The People’s Movies

EXPATRIATES | Feature

An adventurous biracial American woman is on a travel photography project in East Africa, when she falls for a playboy volunteer doctor on assignment in Ethiopia. Together, they embark on a life-altering motorcycle road trip from Sudan to South Africa. EXPATRIATES explores the West's relationship with contemporary East Africa and Neocolonialism in the Millennial age.

Top 5 Finalist for AT&T & Tribeca Film Institute’s 2019 UNTOLD STORIES Program

• Winner of the AT&T & TFI Film Fan Favorite Award of $50k

Written & Directed by Kaliya Warren
Produced by Tim Wu & Caroline Ngesa

This film is currently in development, if you’d like to get involved or for more information: tim@illiumpictures.com

PROGRAM | Short

A young woman goes back to redo a broken relationship with a lost love. Can they change…or will they be stuck in an endless cycle of repeating the past?

Acquired in 2019 by Gunpowder & Sky for their science fiction platform, DUST. View the whole film on their YT channel here!

Written & Directed by Gabriel de Urioste
Produced by Tim Wu