DESPITE THE NIGHT

20’ | 2026

Months after a distant volcanic eruption, a cloud of ash continues to loom over northern Australia, plunging the region into an eternal night. Its inhabitants flee south, leaving behind a city where days bleed into nights. Trapped inside an apartment sealed from the collapsing world outside, two brothers care for their ailing grandmother. Between them, a quiet struggle unfolds. Bound by illness and duty, they navigate the slow erosion of body and city alike, one longing to flee, the other clinging to what remains.

Director/Writer: Archie Hancock, Jack Zimmerman

Cast: Ed Oxenbould (Wildlife, The Visit), Joe Bird (Talk to Me)

DOP: Sean Ryan (The Moogai)

Producer: Patrick Graham (Dipped in Black), Zac Perry (Space Rats), Maisie Watkins, Luca Blades