Festivals - Gerardmer 2021: Come true will be screened

By Mulder, 20 january 2021

Come Tue is the new feature film by Canadian visual effects specialist and musician Anthony Scott Burns (Our House, Holiday's Father's Day segment) and produced by cult director Vincenzo Natali, director of Cube, Splice and Netflix's In the tall Grass. A dark exploration into a world of nightmares, fears and inner monsters, the film is a production of Copperheart Entertainment and Angel Entertainment. Burns wrote, directed and shot the film, with music by Electric Youth (Drive) and Pilotpriest. Produced by Steven Hoban (Ginger Snaps, Splice), Mark Smith (In the tall grass, Darknet), Brent Kawchuck (In the tall grass), and co-produced by Nicholas Bechard (Our House). Andrea Hatzinikolas, Chris Wallace, Bob Crowe and Karyn Nolan were the executive producers, in addition to Natali.

From an early age, Anthony Scott Burns was immersed in the film industry - his father worked in the industry - and spent his youth glued to a computer, learning about filmmaking on his own. He finally began a career in graphic design, before making his breakthrough in advertising by creating special effects and packaging for the MTV channel. After signing dozens of multi-print advertising campaigns and a few shorts, he directed his first feature film, the horror film Our House, in 2018. Come True is his second film.

Synopsis :
Sarah (Stone), a high school student, is at her lowest ebb when she runs away from home and finds herself without anyone to rely on and struggling with recurring nightmares. She embarks on a university sleep study that offers her the promise of safety and money and brings her an unexpected friend and confidant in the person of supervising scientist Jeremy (Liboiron). But there is something curious about the procedures, and being under observation seems to make Sarah's disturbing dreams even worse. As darkness begins to set in, it soon becomes clear that Sarah has unknowingly become the conduit for a terrifying new discovery?

Come True
Written and Directed by Anthony Scott Burns
Produced by Steven Hoban, Mark Smith
Starring Landon Liboiron, Skylar Radzion, Julia Sarah Stone, Tiffany Helm, Tedra Rogers, Chantal Perron, Carlee Ryski, Marla Renae, Michelle Rios
Executive producers: Andrea Hatzinikolas, Vincenzo Natali, Christopher Wallace
Music by Anthony Scott Burns, Pilotpriest, Electric Youth
Cinematography: Anthony Scott Burns
Edited by Anthony Scott Burns
Production companies : Reel Suspects
Release date: March 12, 2021 (USA)
Running time: 105 minutes

(Source: press release)