Lucid Set To Appear At Sitges Film Festival

Filmoption International have announced they have boarded genre feature Lucid. This news comes ahead of its international premiere at Sitges Film Festival in Spain.

There the horror will compete for the Noves Visions Award. It will also have its US premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival this month. Lucid, written and directed by Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall, had its world premiere to a sold out crowd at the Fantasia Film Festival this summer. The film’s screenings in Spain and New York are also sold out. Filmoption has boarded the film as Canadian Distributor and will be handling world sales.

Lucid follows Mia, an art student who is on the verge of expulsion from school. She finds her last hope for combating her creative block in a magical lucid dreaming elixir. In addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious. One of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy monster that Mia is forced to confront.

A dreamlike and surreal universe shot in 35 mm and Super 8. Lucid is a trippy 90s art-punk genre film starring Caitlin Acken Taylor (Pistol), Georgia Acken (The Sacrifice Game), Amber Dandelion, John Luna and Vivian Vanderpuss (RuPaul’s Drag Race) who also designed and wears the hair monster costume.

Lucid shot in Victoria, British Columbia.

Originality and Unique Vision

“As the film’s Canadian distributor and international sales agent, we are proud to champion a film that is so clearly resonating with audiences. Lucid’s originality and unique vision is what drew us to the project and we look forward to launching it globally through festivals, followed by a theatrical release in Canada,” says Filmoption’s Vice-President of Distribution, Isabelle Legault.

Deanna Milligan is a veteran Canadian actor with dozens of film and television credits. As a director she is known for her visceral, emotionally charged storytelling rooted in the beautiful grotesque. Her collaborator, co-director and co-writer Ramsey Fendall is a cinematographer and visual artist. His credits include Seymour and Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy, who often shoots on 35mm and 16mm.