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Completed - ENGLISH - Thriller - 84 minutes

Log Line

A tense, found footage thriller. Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb… But when one soldier escapes, their world turns upside down as they soon realize nothing is what it seems.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2013 (Premiere)
  • Toronto 2013 (Line up)
  • AFM 2013 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Matthew THOMPSON
Writer(s) : Matthew THOMPSON, Kent MURRAY, Scott BOLGER
Cast : Jennifer MORRISON, Josh STEWART, Stephen RIDER, James FRAIN

Producer(s) : Christine ALDERSON (Ipso Facto Films), Lars WIEBE, Thomas STERCHI

Synopsis

Set in a military medical facility in Washington DC, EVENT 15 tells the story of three soldiers recently returned from active duty in the Middle East. Suffering from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, they are undergoing treatment for the condition under the supervision of military doctors. As the three soldiers leave the medical facility one afternoon, they take the same elevator, excited to return to friends and family and a life away from the war zone.
When the elevator unexpectedly jams between floors, they are shocked to discover that Washington D.C. is under terrorist attack from a series of bombs causing a city-wide evacuation. There will be no assistance to get them out. Isolated and faced with the prospect of death by radiation, the highly stressful situation brings previous wartime experiences to the surface. Oblivious to the dark and controlling forces at work outside the elevator, the soldiers turn on each other in a desperate attempt to take control but, as conditions in the elevator deteriorate, a brutal battle for survival ensues which only one of them will survive.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

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