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The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (writer/director Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign, featuring musician/comedian Reggie Watts, for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette (Nora Zehetner, BRICK, IFC's "Maron"), he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim (Dan Gill, THE WEDDING RINGER) and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen, CALIFORNIA SOLO) - so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives.
 
Directed by Benjamin Dickinson
Written by Benjamin Dickinson & Micah Bloomberg
Produced by Craig Shilowich & Melody C. Roscher
Produced by Mark De Pace & Zachary Mortensen
Executive Producers
Cameron Brodie
Greg Steward
Emily Wiedemann
Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
Edited by Megan Brooks & Andrew Hasse
Sound Design By Paul Hsu
Music By Draž en Boš njak
Production Design by John Furgason
Costume Design by Gina Correll
Design, Visual Effects, and Animation by Mathematic, Paris
Line Producer Aidan Sleeper
Unit Production Manager Alexandra Byer
First Assistant Director Josh Hartsoe
Second Assistant Director Jeremy Westphal
Casting By Eve Battaglia, CSA
Karin Sibrava, Associate
David - Benjamin Dickinson
Juliette - Nora Zehetner
Wim - Dan Gill
Sophie - Alexia Rasmussen
Supporting Roles
Reggie Watts - Reggie Watts
Govindas - Paul Manza
Scott - Gavin McInnes
Reny - Himanshu “Heems” Suri
Hollis - Jay Eisenberg
Becky - Meredith Hagner
Gabe - Jake Lodwick
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“'GRADE: A. A MESMERIZING SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER. Visually scrumptious, it cleverly envisions a tech-dominated society that’s right around the corner.” – Eric Kohn, Indiewire
“A WHIP-SMART COMEDY with a knowing caustic wit.” – Josh Kupecki, The Austin Chronicle
“GENUINELY FRESH” – Ben Kenigsberg, Variety
“A stylish parable of our tech-mediated existence.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
"A very original and funny movie" - Woody Allen
“VIRTUALLY PERFECT. The most elegant vision imaginable of a world in the process of losing its moorings.” – David Edelstein, New York Magazine
“A sci-fi tale that’s both fantastical and unnervingly familiar.” – Entertainment Weekly
“STUNNINGLY IMAGINATIVE” - Matt Shiverdecker, Austin American Statesman
“This stylized beauty is a frisky, formidable temptation. Director Dickinson is a protean talent.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“SMART, FUNNY AND WONDERFULLY FILMED. This is the movie Steve Jobs should have been.” - Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
"Captivatingly confident and unsparingly wry. The rare blast of speculative fiction that has the temerity not to limit itself to rhetorical questions.” - David Erlich, Slate
“FUNNY AND IMAGINATIVE. Fresher than the competition.” –Noel Murray, LA Times
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