Background: It began with a two part pilot script called Ascendants.  The shorts, film Anthology and webisodes lay the foundation for the feature film/pilot both in style and substance and were quicker to produce. In December 2012, we produced our first short based in this world. Set 15 years before the feature and just two days after the shocking announcement that only a few will ascend, this short – called “Serein” follows an Ascendant woman who loses her mind deciding between leaving to be with her kind and staying with her Biomass wife and infant child.  Shooting took place in January and February of 2013 with a large volunteer crew.

The second short film in the anthology – “Ascendants: Raven” – was completed in February, 2015, and the third, “Ascendants: Day’s End,” in July, 2015.

A thirty minute film, “Ascendants: Horizon,” was awarded a production grant by the town of Dover, VT thanks to the Independent Television and Film Festival.

Voiceover: Johnny Lee Davenport