Midlands Spotlight on Midnight

midlandsmovies • April 8, 2020

Midlands Spotlight on Midnight

Midlands Spotlight on Midnight from AR Ugas

A new project is coming from writer-director AR Ugas called Midnight which has been created as part of the Back In film development programme.

The dark story follows a young couple who have a daughter that falls ill owing to an incurable disease. In utter desperation, her mother decides to take horrific steps.

She decides she has to turn her daughter into a vampire in order to save her daughter's life but that comes with a terrible price.

Ugas is working with director of photography James Alexander Barnett for his tale of the macabre and film is being executively produced by Punch Records & Daniel Alexander Films.

Starring Adaya Henry, Ben Thorne, Mathias Andre, Mo "Neemo” Mohamed and Amiyah Warsame Midnight continues six months later with the couple taking turns to feed their daughter with their own blood.

Seeing no other way out, the father is conflicted with what the couple are having to do for their child but returns home earlier than expected one day and stumbles upon something he was never supposed to see.

“My aim was to create a supernatural film that felt grounded with real individuals having to make real choices”, says Ugas.

He adds, the father “is then left to make a choice between saving his conscience or saving his daughter”. 

Watch the full short below on YouTube and also follow the filmmaker at @arugasuk on all social media platforms for the latest updates, films and casting opportunities.


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