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They stole his heart and left him to die...
IO
A SHORT ANIMATED FILM
BY NIR YANIV & LAVIE TIDHAR
The war around Jupiter has raged for longer than anyone can remember, waged by machines. When a battle-scarred robot crash-lands on Jupiter’s moon Io, he is robbed of his memories by a gang of bandits and must travel across the war-ravaged landscape to retrieve them, accompanied by an alien creature. As he encounters the strange denizens of the moon, the robot must piece together his own past – but with tragedy dogging his step, could he finally find a modicum of peace?
Produced in the US, 2026. Language: English. Length: 42:04min.
Directed by Nir Yaniv
Written by Lavie Tidhar
Produced by Nir Yaniv & Lavie Tidhar
Original Soundtrack by Nir Yaniv
Featuring a special musical performance by Hila Plitmann,
a piano performance and arrangement by Ruy Folguera,
and electric guitar by Ron Freund
IO: THE OFFICIAL TRAILER
IO: SCREENER (PASSWORD-PROTECTED)
“Tidhar is one of the great writers of my generation.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, novelist and producer, Mexican Gothic
“I cannot be a man who countenances Tidhar.”
Charlie Kaufman, writer/producer, Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
CREATIVE TEAM
Lavie Tidhar, writer/co-creator
Writer, The Violent Century, Central Station, By Force Alone, Neom, nominated Philip K. Dick Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award, winner World Fantasy Award, Campbell, Neukom, British Fantasy, British SF Award, Jerwood Prize. Previously/currently in development: The Violent Century (DNA; Pure Fiction), Adler (Objective Fiction), Selfies (Puma in a Tank).
Nir Yaniv, director/co-creator
Director, composer and animator of Loontown, Mars Machines, Addict, Microtime, Liftoff, The Voice Remains. Winner, Paris Independent Film Festival Best Animated Short 2018, Genre Celebration Festival Best Score 2018, LifeArt Festival Best Sound & Vision 2020.
Author of The Love Machine and Other Contraptions, The Good Soldier.
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