Starring Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir (A Better Life), BEACON is a psychological thriller filmed in Newfoundland and directed by Roxy Shih, whose directorial effort, List of a Lifetime, was nominated for a Critics Choice Award. Featuring performances from only two actors, the film is a mind-bending exploration of what happens when disaster strikes, and the only hope of survival depends on a stranger whose decades-long isolation on a remote island reveals cracks in their psyche.

Synopsis: Emily (Julia Goldani-Telles), a young solo female sailor, finds herself shipwrecked and badly hurt on a remote island. She is rescued by the island’s lone inhabitant, Ismael (Demián Bichir), the operator of the world’s most isolated lighthouse. Due to the stormy conditions a rescue from the mainland will have to wait, so Emily recuperates with the help of Ismael. but as the rescue date approaches Ismael seems to begin to act increasingly erratic, and Emily begins to suspect that Ismael may have intentionally disabled his lighthouse to entrap her, and others before her. But Ismael has his own suspicions of his unexpected guest and what brought her there. As tensions between them rise, Emily slowly loses her own tenuous grip on reality. Increasingly unsure of herself, she must find a way to survive and escape from this distant island prison.

Cast:

Demián Bichir (A Better Life; The Hateful Eight; Weeds; Let the Right One In)

Julia Goldani Telles (The Girlfriend Experience; The Affair; Slender Man)

Sub-Categories: Mysticism, Psychological Thriller

Runtime: 90 min