Embers

Claire Carré reinvents the post-apocalyptic genre in this imaginative scifi triumph that imagines a dystopian world robbed of memory. Set in a bleak and eerie wasteland that was once Indiana, “Embers” follows several survivors of a devastating virus that causes both short and long-term memory loss. Two lovers wake up as strangers every morning in each other’s arms; an orphan wanders in search of a parent; a violence-prone young man does whatever it takes to survive. Meanwhile, a professor desperately searches for a cure, while a girl trapped with her father in an underground bunker—protected from the virus, memories intact—must decide whether it’s worth risking infection to regain her freedom. This haunting, thought-provoking film raises questions of identity, connection, and our place in the world that are impossible to forget. Scheduled to Appear via Skype: Claire Carré.