Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Mayday will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 31 december 2020

An unusual storm is approaching, and it’s about to change everything for Ana (Grace Van Patten). After a short circuit at her workplace mysteriously transports her to an alternate world, she meets a crew of female soldiers caught in an endless war. Along a strange and rugged coastline, men face the stark truth lurking behind damsels who appear to be in distress. Under the leadership of Marsha (Mia Goth), Ana trains as a sharpshooter and discovers a newfound freedom in this uninhibited sisterhood. She soon senses she may not be the ruthless killer they expect, though, and time is running out for her to find a path home.

Unafraid of pushing cinematic boundaries, writer-director Karen Cinorre stylishly blurs genres and draws us into the unique realm of her remarkable debut, where possibilities multiply and women take control of their own destinies. Both a feminist fever dream and an ambitious reimagining of a war film, Mayday detonates expectations to question where empowerment truly lies—and firmly brands Cinorre as a filmmaker on the rise.

Synopsis :
Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war along a rugged coast. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize that she's not the killer they want her to be.

Mayday (USA)
Written and directed by Karen Cinorre
Produced by Jonah Disend, Lucas Joaquin, Karen Cinorre, Sam Levy
Co-Producer : Amanda Messenger
Production Designer : Ivan Velja?a
Costume Designer : Ola Staszko
Executive Producers : Gabriella Ludlow, Oscar Boyson
Starring Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Havana Rose Liu, Soko, Théodore Pellerin, Juliette Lewis
Music by Colin Stetson
Cinematography : Sam Levy
Visual Effects Supervisor : Andrew Lim
Edited by Nicholas Ramirez
Distributed by Mayday Pictures, LLC
Release date : January 31, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 100 minutes

Premiere : jan. 31 - 9:00pm // Second screening : feb. 2 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)