CHIMERA
UAE, USA, 2018, 80’
Regia / Direction: Maurice Haeems Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Maurice Haeems Produttore / Producer: Jay Sitaram, Eric B. Fleischman, Maurice Haeems Interpreti / Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Kathleen Quinlan, Erika Ervin, Jenna Harrison, Karishma Ahluwalia Fotografia / Cinematography: David Kruta Musica / Music: Aled Roberts Scenografia / Set Designer: Suja Ono Montaggio / Editor: Fritz Feick, Brian Scofield Produzione / Producer Company: Praxis Media Ventures Contatti: chimerathemovie.com
Premi / Awards: Best Picture, Boston International Film Festival, Best Sci-fi Feature, Phoenix Film Festival, Best Production design & Best Costumes, NYC Independent Film Festival
Imagine a world without aging, injury, disease or death. Quint’s obsession with this utopian dream pushes him to the edge of his sanity. Rather than risk losing his dying children, Quint decides to freeze them alive, thereby preserving them in a cryonic ametabolic state. Meanwhile he feverishly researches genetic modifications that would give them the regenerative abilities of the “immortal” Turritopsis jellyfish. Quint’s experiments require human embryonic stem cells and this sets him on a collision course with his Masterson, a shadowy figure, whose bizarre motives trigger a chain of events with far-reaching consequences.
Maurice Haeems has a Bachelor's degree from the VJTI School of Engineering of the University of Mumbai and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has enjoyed successful careers in mechanical/fluid engineering, investment banking, and software entrepreneurship. In 2014, Maurice decided to pursue his fourth career (and first love) - storytelling and filmmaking. After taking a few online and evening classes, he wrote the screenplay for Chimera, and collaborated with former investors and business partners to raise the capital for the project. Chimera was shot in Fitchburg, MA and will be completing post-production by early 2018. Chimera is Maurice's first feature film. He continues to be enthralled by advancements in biotechnology, the extension of human lifespans, and the science/ fiction of immortality and transhumanism. He has begun development on his second feature (The Archetype) which further explores these themes and their impact on the human experience.
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