Escape Attempt
Directed by Daniel Shapiro, Alex Topaller
Hosted by Director/Writer/Producer Alex Topaller, Director/Writer/Producer Daniel Shapiro, Producer (Executive) Jacek Kulczycki, Producer Klaudia Pachuta, Producer Milena Drincic
Official selection
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2023
FilmQuest 2023
Landshut Short Film Festival 2024
Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2024
Honors
Grand Prize - FilmQuest 2023
Best Sci-Fi Short - FilmQuest 2023
Navigator Award for Best Sci-Fi Film - Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2024
Director
Daniel Shapiro, Alex Topaller
Executive Producer
Jacek Kulczycki, Daniel Shapiro, Alex Topaller
Producer
Lukasz Tomasz Koltunowicz
Writer
Christina Lazaridi, Daniel Shapiro, Alex Topaller
Cast
Anna Burnett, Andrzej Chyra, Ieuan Coombs, Piotr Witkowski
Cinematographer
Pils Kajetan
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Aggressive
Daniel Shapiro and Alex Topaller, founders of the Aggressive design studio, deliver the US/Polish co-production ESCAPE ATTEMPT based on the Strugatsky Brothers’s novella of the same name. It’s a visually sumptuous creation, with shadows of Soviet sci-fi and a considerable degree of philosophical urgency. Best not to spoil the plot, other than to say that it concerns a man striving to get to an uninhabited planet. – Mitch Davis