Eventide
ROLE
SCREENPLAY
GENRE
SCI-FI
YEAR
2024
FESTIVALS
Berlinale
Toronto
The Eventide is a science fiction film about isolation and survival at the edge of space. A lone astronaut drifts aboard a silent vessel, waiting for a signal that may never arrive. Surrounded by machinery and darkness, he confronts both the vast unknown outside and the fragile limits of his own endurance.
The film builds its tension not through action but through atmosphere. Minimal dialogue, slow pacing, and claustrophobic framing convey the fragility of human presence in the infinite void. The sterile corridors of the spacecraft become a psychological landscape, reflecting the thin line between resilience and despair.
Themes
- Human solitude against the immensity of the cosmos
- Technology as both protector and prison
- The ambiguity of hope in extreme isolation
Reception
Premiered at Sitges Film Festival in 2025, Eventide was praised for its stark imagery and meditative approach to science fiction. Critics highlighted its visual restraint, emotional depth, and ability to turn silence into a narrative force.
