TURBO KID

By Anouk WHISSELL, Yoann-Karl WHISSELL, François SIMARD

EPIC PICTURES GROUP - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA / FIN

Action/Adventure - Completed 2014

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2015
Midnight
Sitges - Intl Fantastic FF of Catalonia 2015
Oficial Fantastic Best Music Award & Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Film
SXSW 2015
Dallas International Film Festival 2015
Imagine Film Festival 2015
Little Rock Film Festival 2015
Seattle international Film Festival 2015
Sydney Film Festival 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure, Comedy
    • Countries
    • CANADA, NEW ZEALAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 89 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Anouk WHISSELL, Yoann-Karl WHISSELL, François SIMARD
    • Writer(s)
    • Anouk WHISSEL, Yoann-Karl WHISSEL, François SIMARD
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/A81B-0DF8-527A-EC07-2FC6-J
    • Producer(s)
    • Anne-Marie GELINAS, Ant TIMPSON, Jason EISENER, Tim RILEY, Patrick EWALD (Epic Pictures Group), Shaked BERENSON (Epic Pictures Group)
    • Synopsis
    • Set in the post-apocalyptic year of 1997, turbo kid is a retro-futuristic nostalgic tribute to 80’s action-adventure films that follows a teenager who goes on an adventure to save the girl of his dreams. Winner of the Audience Award at SXSW & Fantasia and winner of Best Death and Best Actress at Frightfest.