ONE NIGHT.
ONE ESCAPE.
ONE DEVASTATING TRUTH.
The OccurrenceMicah is a 18 year old college freshman who survives a brutal fraternity initiation.
Then he escapes.
What begins as a desperate run for freedom slowly becomes something stranger. The world around Micah begins to fracture, forcing him to confront the thing he was running from—and what belonging has already cost him.
The Occurrence transforms Ambrose Bierce's classic American short story into a contemporary psychological nightmare about belonging.
The Occurrence-
HOW MUCH OF YOURSELF WILL YOU SURRENDER TO BELONG?
BELONGING
What we do when acceptance is made conditional.MASCULINITY
How young men learn to confuse pain with proof.IDENTITY
What remains when the group disappears. -
THE STORY IS OLD. THE PRESSURE ISN'T.
Ambrose Bierce wrote about a man convinced he could escape his fate.
We're taking that mechanism and placing it inside the emotional reality of a 19-year-old trying to become somebody.
This isn't a period adaptation.
It's a film about young people, identity, masculinity, friendship, and the terrifying need to belong.
And beneath the psychological thriller is a simple question:
What happens when the thing you're desperate to escape is already inside you?
Help Us Make It
$24,000
PRODUCTION TARGET
We're raising $24,000 to produce The Occurrence at the level the story demands.
That funding goes toward:
ABOVE THE LINE
Cast • Director • Producing • Development
PRODUCTION
Locations • Camera • Lighting • Art • Crew
POST-PRODUCTION
Editing • Sound • Color • Music • Deliverables
FESTIVAL + RELEASE
Submissions • Publicity • Screenings
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT NEED
$3,500
Separate from the $24,000 production target, we're also seeking an initial $3,500 development investment to bring the script to festival form and prepare the project for production financing.