Cranked Up Films has today announced that they will be kicking off their 2024 slate with the North American VOD release writer/director/star Dana Kippel‘s feature film debut, the sci-fi metaphysical thriller Reflect.
According to the film’s official plot synopsis, Reflect centers around Summer (Kippel) who, not content with her current relationship, sets out on a road trip to Sedona, AZ, accompanied by her four gal pals to a spiritual obstacle course. Upon arriving, they are greeted by their uncanny host, Hermes who leads them into the vast desertscape which becomes the foreground for the interdimensional game show they unknowingly are participating in.
Transported, they begin a colorful, surrealistic journey of the soul, diving into issues surrounding trauma, mental health, and female relationships. The girls start to go missing one by one as we discover mysterious hooded figures are following them. As the tension rises, who will figure out how to escape this and become the last one standing, ultimately winning The Game of Life?
Kippel is joined by a cast that includes Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell and Joe Filippone. Kippel produced the film under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of COTU Media served as executive producer.
Reflect received its world premiere at the Chandler International Film Festival and went on to screen at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Sydney Science Film Festival and the ETHOS Film Awards International Film Festival.
Reflect debuts on Digital VOD January 9, 2024, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu.
