“Coyote”, the British sci-fi feature film debut from American filmmaker Dustin Curtis Murphy, is slated to screen as part of Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, And Horror Film Festival on Saturday, October 28th at 1pm at the Vets Cinematheque.
“Coyote” is a story of forbidden love in a dystopian future where teleportation technology enables two refugees to escape genocide. When they trust the wrong back-alley teleporter, Ekaterina (Wilson-Read) and Anya (Stratieva) are separated. In a desperate attempt to be reunited, our heroines are entwined in an insidious human trafficking ring involving corrupt politicians.
The film, which was recently nominated for a National Film Award, stars “The Witcher” actress Therica Wilson-Read and “Absentia” actress Borislava Stratieva and was co-produced by Addy Raja and Chris Kyriacou.
The cast also features BIFA winner Ruhtxjiaih Bellenea (“The Last Tree”) and Ailish Symons (“The Importance of Being Earnest”), Tian Chaudry (“You Were Never Really Here”), Beruce Khan (RSC Live: “Twelfth Night”) and Richard Glover (“Censor” & “Rogue One”). The film had its international premiere on March 24th at the Phoenix Film Festival and enjoyed a further sold-out screening at the festival on April 2nd. The film was released in the US on June 20th, 2023. A UK release is yet to be announced.
Speaking about the screening, Murphy had this to say:
“It’s extremely exciting to screen Coyote at Flicker’s Vortex. Their programming team has always been supportive of my work, although this is the first time a film I’ve directed has actually made it to their audiences. I’ve been submitting my short films to their festival year after year, and always walked away with Semi-Finalist status, so to get to actually screen with my debut feature film is a dream come true. There is a big audience for genre films, and sometimes it feels like the prestige awards would rather exclude genre filmmakers, so it’s encouraging to see an Academy Award qualifying festival offer a genre sidebar.”
Watch the trailer for Coyote below –
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