“Darkside” by Spencer Zimmerman
After a devastating tragedy, an astronaut struggles to complete his interstellar mission to rescue a lost crew.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“It's difficult to put into words what the enormity of this experience has meant for me. It's been almost 4 years since the first draft of the script was written in 2019. From there it took 16 shooting days, spread out over the course of a year and a half, followed by a post period that lasted almost 9 months. It is easily the most ambitious project I've ever done, and I think a lot of the crew feel the same way, so it's incredibly gratifying to finally see it out in the world.
Darkside, beyond its sci-fi shell, is a meditation on loss, grief, destruction, creation, and the everlasting power of love. It aims to explore the origins of life, the existence of life on other worlds, and the interconnection between man, technology, and nature. I think there’s a harmony between life and death, the processes of creation through destruction. It’s this process that makes life meaningful.
It’s this process that produces suffering in our lives, but it’s love that makes that suffering tolerable and worth enduring. I hope that in some small way, this strikes a chord with those who watch it and maybe provides some comfort that, despite how small we sometimes feel in light of the immensity of time and space, it's these fleeting moments of connection we have with the people we love that will only ever matter.”
-Spencer Zimmerman
CREDITS
Starring
Blakely David - Sam Bowman
Siobhan Connors - Sarah Bowman
Roland Almon - Roland Bowman
Written & Directed by Spencer Zimmerman
Produced & Edited by Braiden Van Grootel
Executive Producers // Jason Hamborg / Jim Hawtin / Dorothy Hawtin
Associate Producer // Olly Bian
Cinematographer // Liam Meredith
Production Designer // Raine Lemay
Costume Designers // Tabeni Lightheart / Alexandra Godlewski
Composer // Greg Andersen
Sound Designer // Henrique Andrade
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