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  • The Engine of a Film (2025)
  • Short | 13 min | Short, Thriller
The Engine of a Film (2025)
Short | 13 min | Short, Thriller
The Engine of a Film is a psychological drama that explores identity, guilt, performance, and the cost of chasing artistic immortality. A once-famous actor, now a washed-up has-been, is offered one last chance at redemption: a role in a ...See moreThe Engine of a Film is a psychological drama that explores identity, guilt, performance, and the cost of chasing artistic immortality. A once-famous actor, now a washed-up has-been, is offered one last chance at redemption: a role in a mysterious and emotionally demanding film. Isolated in his brutalist home, he's haunted literally and psychologically by the weight of his past: broken dreams, addiction, domestic violence, and deep-seated regret. As the actor is pulled deeper into surreal, stage-like visions orchestrated by a domineering, unseen director, the line between performance and reality begins to blur. See less
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Director
Levi Moreira (director)
Writer
Levi Moreira (writer)
Producers
Christian De Guzman (producer) | Jeeya Sidhu (producer)
Cinematographer
Maalik Gowralli (director of photography)
Editor
Jem Moon (lead editor)
Casting Director
Anna Ungless (casting director)
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Release date
Aug 14, 2025 (Canada)

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Ishmael Gowralli
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Igless Rutayomba
The Wife / The Woman The Wife / The Woman   See fewer
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Bernardo Silva
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