Set in Mexico City sometime in the future and starring US actor Brian Petsos and Mexican actress Sofia Sisniega, SUNDAYS is an ambitious philosophical science-fiction proof-of-concept short. The end of the world seems like a nightmare to Ben. A memory of a past life that doesn’t belong to him. When Ben starts to remember Isabelle, the only love he’s ever known, he realises she’s missing in his life. An existential descent into confusion and the desperate need to find out the truth begins. This reality depicts a stunning, surprising and dark world. A world that is clearly not his.
Direction
Rozema's confident maximalism in 14 minutes—every shot a desktop wallpaper.
Visual Effects
Feature-quality apocalypse on a short film budget. Unfair, honestly.
Cinematography
Mexico City reimagined as decaying tech-noir cathedral.
Director
Mischa Rozema
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mischa Rozema made this as a proof-of-concept for a feature that Warner Bros. bought but never produced—this 14-minute short remains the entire story.
The film's corporate memory-manipulation concept predates both Blade Runner 2049's memory themes and Westworld's host loops—released in 2015, it was eerily ahead of its time.
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