International title: The Incident
Spanish title: El Incidente
Genre: Science fiction - Drama
Production company: Yellow Films
Country of production: México
Running time: 100 mins
Shooting format: Red EPIC 5K
Distribution and exhibition format: DCP 2K / Blu Ray
Audio final mix: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spoken language: Spanish
Subtitled in: English
Date of production: October 2013
Date of completition: September 2014
Distribution Company in Mexican terroitory: Cine Canibal
Theatrical Release in Mexico: September 2015
Worldwide sales (international sales agent): Shoreline Entertainment.

Cast  & Crew
Director: Isaac Ezban
Screenwriter: Isaac Ezban
Producers: Salomón Askenazi, Miriam Mercado, Isaac Ezban, Andrea Quiroz
Executive Producer: Salomón Askenazi, Miriam Mercado
Director of Photography: Rodrigo Sandoval Vega Gil
Production Design: Adelle Achar
Editor: Salomón Askenazi
Original Music: Edy Lan
Sound Design: LSD Sound Studio (Lex Ortega / Luis Flores)
Visual effects: Marius Henry Hoyo
Cast: Raúl Méndez, Nailea Norvind, Hernán Mendoza, Humberto Busto, Fernando Álvarez, Gabriel Santoyo, Paulina Montemayor, Héctor Mendoza, Leonel Tinajero, Marcos Moreno, Luciana Villegas.

• "A potent and ingenious riddle and a promising debut for Isaac Ezban... A complicated idea but very well structured... A great debut! Very, very ambitious and still it achieves everything it wants. Ezban is a necessary director in genre films in Mexico."

  
  - Guillermo del toro

• "A film that folks will be talking about for years and years to come in terms of engrossing ideas and innovative ideas about space and time. El Incidente is the type of sci fi that would make Bradbury, Serling, and Wells stand up and cheer. I was in awe of how clearl writer/director Isaac Ezban makes these complex and abstract concepts easy to follow without dumbing things down one bit. Blending sci fi, philosophy, psychology, and horror gently, expertly, and skillfully, El Incidente is a masterpiece in modern science fiction and should not be missed."

  
  - Aint it cool news
  http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69779#1

• "Ezban is a thoughtful, resourceful, and adept director. Using a budget that must have been a mere fraction of a fraction of, say, Christopher Nolan’s undue Inception, Ezban takes an infinitely more imaginative and precarious approach, with a far better payoff. While it may not be of the same calibre of Tarkovsky’s Solaris or Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Incident is of the same lineage, and for a first effort, Ezban shows great potential. Ezban’s got a long career ahead of him, and it’s a thrill to see his first flight." 

  
  - Vivascene

• "The Incident is one of the most intriguing Mexican films of the year... one must applaud Ezban and his crew for making an interesting and believable science fiction effort with few resources. The Incident is bright and concise, perfectly expressing its director's (very human) concerns while also offering an exciting alternate world."                                                                                         

                                       
   - Twitchfilm
   

• "Think an ultra-dark remake of Groundhog day produced by Damon Lindelof and directed by the ghost of Rod Serling, and you’re in the thematic neighborhood."

  
  - Fangoria
   

• "It’s been a while since I’ve witnessed the uncomfortable confusion and frustration that accompany nightmares put to film in such a way. This is Mexican director Isaac Ezban’s first feature film, and I can’t wait to see what he’s got in store next"

  
  - The guardian (UK)

• "The Incident is a beautiful mindfuck. It’s a heart-pounding, frantic and disconcerting journey for audiences and characters alike as the action moves to a conclusion that is both terrifying and strangely hopeful. One of the scariest movies I’ve seen all year. The performances are top-notch and transcend the subtitles."

  
  - Westender
  http://www.vancourier.com/the-incident-is-a-beautiful-mindfuck-1.1421119

• "Reality, time, and the cyclic nature of human existence are all explored in the intense sci-fi thriller The Incident. Ezban paints a mostly pessimistic picture of life. The main message of this mindbendingly entertaining picture is the even those who do know history are doomed to repeat it."

  
  - Haps magazine
   

• "A mind bending tale that has yet to leave my mind."

  
  - Alex white
  http://www.larry411.com/blog/post/alex-whites- top-10- films-of- fantastic-fest- 2014

• “Ezban’s influences, which range from Philip K. Dick to Rod Serling, are readily apparent, but there is a very original vision at work here. The Incident is an ambitious, puzzle-like film from a rising new talent.”

  
  - Rodney Perkins, Fantastic Fest
  http://fantasticfest.com/films/the-incident- el-incidente/

• "Opening in bombastic fashion with a symphonic overture and a dizzying array of disconcerting images, The Incident wastes little time in putting you on edge and offering a tantalizing glimpse of the cosmic discord that’s to come.  There are images here that would likely elicit a double-take from Alejandro Jodorowsky. Remarkably, just when its seems that conventional wisdom has completely unravelled, a sweeping, epiphanic climax ties the two storylines together in a manner that seemingly makes perfect sense. Or perhaps you’ve just finally attuned yourself to Ezban’s particular brand of metaphysical madness."

  
  - Curtis Woloschuk, VIFF
  http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f13000-the- incident

• "Estamos ante la obra de un visionario que ha creado una cinta importante, destinada a convertirse de culto y que servirá de ejemplo a futuros realizadores."

  
  - Cinefagia
   

Awards

• Best Project Presentation (Pitch), Fantastic Market
  Fantastic Fest (Austin, Texas, EUA,) (2013)
• Best Feature Film Screenplay
  National Screenplay Competition, GIFF (Guanajuato International Film Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico,) (2013)
• Best Feature Film
  Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (Buffalo, NY, USA) (2014)
• Best Director
  Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (Buffalo, NY, USA) (2014)
• Best International Feature Film
  Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (Buffalo, NY, USA) (2014)
• Best Cast in international film
  Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (Buffalo, NY, USA) (2014)
• George Pal Visionary Award
  Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (Buffalo, NY, USA) (2014)
• Mexico Primero Fox Award
  Los Cabos International Film Festival (Baja California, Mexico) (2014)
• Best Feature Film Screenplay
  Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (2014)
• Press Award
  Morbido Film Fest (Mexico City) (2014)
• Best International Film
  Sydney Fantastic Planet Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) (2014)
• Special Mention for Best First Feature Film
  Mérida and Yucatán Film Festival (Yucatán, Mexico) (2015)
• Best Latin American Film
  Fantaspoa (Porto Alegre, Brazil) (2015)
• Philip K. Dick Award for Best Film
  The Philip K. Dick Film Festival (New York, USA) (2016)
• Audience Award
  San Francisco Indie Fest, San Francisco (California, USA) (2016)

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Festivals in Official Selection

• Cannes Film Festival, Blood Window Midnight Galas - France, May (2014)
• Fantastic Fest, Austin Texas, USA. September (2014)
• Busan International Film Festival, South Korea. October (2014)
• Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, October (2014)
• Sitges: International Festival of Cinema Fantastic of Catalonia, Catalonia, Spain, October (2014)
• Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October (2014)
• Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, Buffalo, NY, USA, November (2014)
• Los Cabos International Film Festival, Baja California, México, November (2014)
• Morbido Film Fest, Mexico City, November (2014)
• Denver International Film Festival, Denver, USA, November (2014)
• Sydney Fantastic Planet Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, November (2014)
• Hermosillo International Film Festival, Opening Film- Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico, December (2014)
• Masacre en Xoco / Closing Film- Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City, December (2014)
• San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego, California USA, March (2015)
• International Film Festival, Cleveland, USA, March Cleveland (2015)
• Vilnius International Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania, March (2015)
• Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium, April (2015)
• Chicago Latino Film Festival, Chicago, USA, April (2015)
• Gold Coast Film Festival, Gold Coast, Australia, April (2015)
• Hola Mexico Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, May (2015)
• Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May (2015)
• London Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, London , UK, June (2015)
• Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Australia, July (2015)
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Peru, November (2015)
• Merida & Yucatan International Film Festival, Yucatán, Mexico, January (2015)
• Guadalajara International Film Festival, México, March (2015)
• Guanajuto International Film Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico, July (2015)
• L ´etrange Film Festival, France, September (2015)
• Festival Nacional de Cine de Torreon, Torreon, Mexico, September (2015)
• Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, October (2015)
• Puerto Rico Horror Fest, Puerto Rico, October (2015)
• Zinema Zombie Fest, Colombia, October (2015)
• Cellar Door Film Festival, Canada, November (2015)
• Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, Philadelphia, EUA, November (2015)
• Philip K Dick Film Festival, NY, EUA, February (2016)
• Other Futures Sci-Fi Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February (2016)
• San Francisco Indie Fest, California, EUA, February (2016)