Narrative Feature
Heartworm
(Post-Production, USA)
Production Company: Normandie Films
Director: Miriam Louise Arens, Mitchell Arens
Written by: Miriam Louise Arens, Mitchell Arens
Producers: Miriam Louise Arens, Mitchell Arens, Sultan Pirzhan, Flavia Amon, Nancy Foy, Melanie Ramos
Cinematographer: Mitchell Arens
Synopsis: Plagued by isolation, Avena, a bereaved mother, battles to wake her grief-stricken husband from NeuraLife, the virtual technology dominating their world. As she unravels her family’s tragic past, she discovers the true depth of NeuraLife’s power. Spanning Reality, Virtual Reality and Memory, Avena’s journey blurs the lines between what is real and what is artificial, reflecting our own fraught technology driven society and revealing the astonishing power of what it means to be human.
