Cranked Up Films is kicking off its 2024 slate with the North American VOD release of “Reflect,” the feature film debut of writer, director, and star Dana Kippel. The film will arrive on Digital VOD platforms on January 9, 2024, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu.
“Reflect” is a sci-fi metaphysical thriller that follows a group of friends who take a road trip to Sedona, AZ, for a spiritual obstacle course, hoping to improve their lives. Upon arriving, they are greeted by their uncanny host, Hermes, who leads them into the vast desertscape, which becomes the foreground for the interdimensional game show they are unknowingly participating in.
Transported, they begin a colorful, surrealistic journey of the soul, diving into issues surrounding trauma, mental health, and female relationships, unaware that they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies.
Kippel headlines the film as Summer, rounded out by a cast that includes Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone. Kippel produced under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach, and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of COTU Media served as executive producer.
“Reflect” world premiered at Chandler International Film Festival and went on to screen at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Sydney Science Film Festival, and the ETHOS Film Awards International Film Festival.
