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A new SF feature, Vesper’s Seeds, will start filming in Lithuania next month.

Deadline is reporting that Eddie Marsan, Raffiella Chapman, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake and Melanie Gaydos will be starring, in the movie, written and directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper.

Vesper (Chapman) is a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses her survival skills to subsist in the decaying remnants of the collapsed world with her ailing father, Darius (Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (McEwen), alone and disoriented after a jet crash, she agrees to help her find her missing companion in exchange for being taken to the Citadel – the dark central hub where oligarchs use genetic technologies to rule the world. Vesper soon discovers her evil neighbour, Jonas (Marsan), may be responsible for the tragedy of Camellia’s crash. Forced into a dangerous adventure culminating in a violent showdown, Vesper must rely on her wits and bio-hacking abilities to unlock the key to creating an alternate future.

According to the producers: “As European filmmakers, Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper bring a unique combination of extraordinary imaginations, a mastery of genre codes, and strong visual sensibilities, they are, our opinion, auteurs in the full sense of the term. By blending their vision of future technology, nature and hope, anchored around strong feminine figures, they refresh classic sci-fi themes to create a truly original universe.”