LUKA

By Jessica WOODWORTH

BO FILMS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2023

In a distant future, a young soldier, hungry for battle, embeds himself in an isolated fort where men wait in vain for an enemy to strike from the north.
An epic tale of suspended lives, Fortress illuminates how friendship can transcend and topple even the greatest of illusions.

Festivals
& Awards

Rotterdam IFFR 2023
Big Screen Award (nom)
Sofia IFF 2023
Closing film
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, BULGARIA, ARMENIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jessica WOODWORTH
    • Writer(s)
    • Jessica WOODWORTH
    • Producer(s)
    • Peter BROSENS (BO FILMS), Flaminio ZADRA (Palosanto Films), Denis VASLIN (VOLYA FILMS BV), Maarten D'HOLLANDER (Krater Films), Diana ELBAUM (BELUGA TREE), Mira STALEVA (SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / ART FEST LTD.), Anzhela FRANGYAN (DOKINO)
    • Synopsis
    • In a distant future in an unnamed place, Luka, a young soldier, struggles across a desolate landscape in search of the legendary Fort Kairos. Having barely survived his journey, he discovers that Kairos is hardly the stuff of legend. The regiment is small, dysfunctional and lorded over by a High Command of eccentrics. Luka learns the astonishing truth that nobody has ever seen the enemy. He wants to flee this bastion of absurdity but instead, he falls under the spell of Kairos. He is drawn, heart, body and soul, into a friendship with an enigmatic radar engineer, Konstantin. When Luka's loyalties are tested, one tragedy leads to another until he finds the courage to crack the illusions of Fort Kairos.