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Last Survivors

In a post-apocalyptic world Troy raises his grown son, Jake, in a remote cabin far from civilisation. When Troy is wounded, Jake is forced to travel to the outside world to find life-saving medicine. Ordered to kill anybody he encounters, Jake defies his father by engaging with a mysterious woman, Henrietta. Despite his father’s orders, Jake continues this forbidden relationship, but Troy will stop at nothing to protect the perfect utopia he created. Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) star in this beautifully shot thriller, filmed in the breathtaking wilderness of Montana during the pandemic.

‘I’ve always been fascinated with how our experiences shape our perspective, and how easily that perspective can diverge from the truth. Last Survivors is a story about isolation and how it can warp the mind. My favorite films are classic thrillers with larger than life emotional stakes like The Shining and In The Bedroom… To me, there is nothing more exciting than a character drama that slowly twists an extreme knife of tension. With Last Survivors, my intention was to create a film that has the classic high-stakes storytelling I crave, while digging into how isolation can affect us all.’

Drew Mylea, Director