Ashley Connor Cinematography

Directed by Maximilla Lukacs and Sarah Sophie Flicker Produced by Samantha and Patrick Pleet Director of Photography - Ashley Connor Editor - Maximilla Lukacs Original Score by Sky Country Additional Score by NUG Clothes - Samantha Pleet Spring/Summer 2014 collection Shoes - Wolverine 1000 Mile by Samantha Pleet Headpieces done in collaboration with Hannah Metz DJ for Premiere Party - Tennessee Thomas Cast Emily Theobald - Aglea (explorer) Carlen Altman - Niad (magical teacher) Andrea Estella - Flora (twins) Hannah Metz - Fauna (twins) Sarah Sophie Flicker - Gaia (fertility goddess) Landon Metz - as himself (river god) Arrow - Syrinx (shaman staff bearer) Tennessee Thomas - Narrator Set Designer - Chelsea Maruskin Assistant Set Designer - Keren Weiss 1st A.D. - Lucy Munger Stylist - Hannah Metz Hair - Travis Speck Makeup - James Boehmer Production Assistants - Amber Day and Lauren McFadzean Poster Photo by Agnes Thor Thank You Deluxe Digital Studios, Mahesh Moorjani, Mona and Val Wilson, Jacqueline Dimilia, Turner, Tara Violet Synopsis “Arcadia” is a female explorer’s journey to a mythical island paradise. The narrative is inspired by stories from Darwin's journals written during his early voyages to the uncharted islands of Tiera del Fuego and the environment of the film explores themes of Arcadia, as brought to life by the paintings of Gauguin and Rousseau. The film is a dreamlike exploration of the universal quest for an ideal paradise that is only found through an open mind and a taste for adventure. The mythical Arcadia of this film is more specifically a place of feminine healing and liberation, and the island's inhabitants embody an effortless connection with nature, magic, and the feminine divine that is exactly what our protagonist was in need of finding. On the island, she is liberated from the stiff, and proper way that was expected from her in the modern, conformist society from whence she came. Arcadia has represented a sort of Eden to so many great artists and writers throughout history where free thought, peace, and sensual pleasure are the preferred currency. The film poses the question If you actually got to this mythical place would you ever want to leave? or If you were in Arcadia, would the human tendency for adventure lure you away? Is the adventure, the journey, the search for Arcadia, in fact what is being sought?