This crazy, surreal sci-fi short had studios in a bidding war

Not so long ago, if you wanted to get Hollywood bigwigs to help make your dream movie, you had to spend ages and ages pitching the concept. That’s still important today, but if you get enough support online, the studios might just come to you.

The latest example of this latter model comes in the shape of a surreal sci-fi film called Sundays, which apparently saw the likes of Sony, Fox, and Warner Bros engaging in a bidding war (Warner Bros. won out in the end).

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The project, which started out as a Kickstarter campaign, is set in Mexico City sometime in the future and stars US actor Brian Petsos and Mexican actress Sofia Sisniega. According to the film’s Vimeo description, it’s largely concerned with the struggle of Pestos’ character to come to terms with the end of the world:

The end of the world seems like a nightmare to Ben. A memory of a past life that doesn’t belong to him. When Ben starts to remember Isabelle, the only love he’s ever known, he realises she’s missing in his life. An existential descent into confusion and the desperate need to find out the truth begins. This reality depicts a stunning, surprising and dark world. A world that is clearly not his.

That goes a long way to explaining the dark, surreal scenes as well as Pestos’ narration, which sounds a little like the musings of that perpetually stoned friend we all had in university:

SUNDAYS from PostPanic on Vimeo.