THE ATOMIC DREAM

Winner of Best Sci-Fi Short at the British Short Film Awards, the Oscar® and BAFTA-qualified short film THE ATOMIC DREAM is praised as an “undeniable connection to these very times” (Richard Propes/The Independent Critic) and “fantastically sharp and clever” (Calum Cooper/Flickfeast). Set in the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination and the era’s pervasive nuclear fears, and described as “a film that gets under your skin” (Steve Kopian/Unseen Films), 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 ATOMIC DREAM serves as an allegory for our troubled modern times.

Winner of 22 festival awards, with 34 nominations.