Simon Ryninks
United Kingdom
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2026
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90'
A 16 year-old girl in a small seaside town in Wales in 1999 becomes convinced her father was abducted by aliens. Alongside her skeptical best friend she enlists a local UFO expert to solve the mystery
Original title
Out there
Chromaticity
Color
FoRM
Fiction

DIRECTOR

Simon is an award-winning filmmaker with more than a decade creating work that is tender, funny, and gently political. His work walks the line between drama and comedy, combining the pulp of genre with domesticity and empathy to tell stories about human connection and the imagination. His short films include Sundance London-nominated THE ELEVATOR PITCH, CONTRACTOR 014352, which screened on Canal+ internationally, and BAFTA long-listed THE PLUNGE.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Plunge (2018); Contractor 014352 (2017)
CREDITS
DIRECTOR
Simon Ryninks
SCREENPLAY
Simon Ryninks
CAMERA
Catherine Goldschmidt
EDITING
Hiran Balasuriya, Rachel Durance
PRODUCER
Tibo Travers, Katie Dolan
MUSIC
Sami El-Enany
CAST
Aneurin Barnard, Michael Sheen, Nerys Amber Stocks, Iwan Rheon
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Phoebe Anne Harris
PRODUCTION
Sweetdoh Films, Bad Cat
RIGHTS HOLDER
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