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“If you’re honest about what you want, astonishing things can happen…” Variance Films has revealed the official trailer for O Horizon, an indie drama from filmmaker Madeleine Rotzler as her latest indie project that she has written and directed. This first premiered at the 2025 Santa Barbara Film Festival last year, and it also played at the Lighthouse Film Festival as well. Ready for a theatrical release in limited theaters in June / July during the summer. O Horizon stars Oscar nominees Maria Bakalova & David Strathairn as daughter and father. A neuroscientist mourning the loss of her father is suddenly able to speak with him through a new technology, causing her to question everything from her relationships to her life’s work. The cast includes Adam Pally, Maggie Grace, Avi Nash, and Paulina Porizkova. It’s yet another artificial intelligence drama about using AI software to recreate your deceased loved one. But this has been done so many times over and over recently, so many films are doing this exact same story. This has the more upbeat comedic vibes of Her, with a few twists thrown in as the story plays out with a new bf & dead dad calling her. // Continue Reading ›
