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The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate bordeom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (writer/director Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette (Nora Zehetner, BRICK, IFC's "Maron"), he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim (Dan Gill, THE WEDDING RINGER) and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen, CALIFORNIA SOLO) - so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives.
 
Directed by Benjamin Dickinson
Written by Benjamin Dickinson & Micah Bloomberg
Produced by Craig Shilowich & Melody C. Roscher
Produced by Mark De Pace & Zachary Mortensen
Executive Producers Cameron Brodie
Greg Steward
Emily Wiedemann
Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
Edited by Megan Brooks & Andrew Hasse
Sound Design By Paul Hsu
Music By Dražen Bošnjak
Production Design by John Furgason
Costume Design by Gina Correll
Design, Visual Effects, and Animation by Mathematic, Paris
BENJAMIN DICKINSON (David)
NORA ZEHETNER (Juliette)
DAN GILL (Wim)
ALEXIA RASMUSSEN (Sophie)
REGGIE WATTS (Reggie Watts)
PAUL MANZA (Govindas)
GAVIN MCINNES (Scott)
HIMANSHU “HEEMS: SURI (Reny)
JAKE LODWICK (Gabe) |
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“A contemplative tone, a zigzagging narrative, superb widescreen black-and-white cinematography and an infusion of dry humor make it feel genuinely fresh.” – Ben Kenigsberg, Variety
“A stylish parable of our tech-mediated existence.” – John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
“'Creative Control' is a Fresh and Exciting Sci-Fi Cautionary Tale” – Eric Kohn, Indiewire
“A whip-smart comedy… Creative Control has a knowing, caustic wit” – Josh Kupecki, Austin Chronicle
“Well-acted, quietly funny, and with enough meat to keep a thinker satisfied, Creative Control pushes against just being beautiful to look at and manages something more.” – Bill Graham, The Film Stage
“A quirky black comedy that takes place mere minutes in the future, and it proves to be both funny and darkly prophetic.” – Adam Patterson, Film Pulse
“With an ability to make us laugh the whole way through and then force us to think at the very end, Dickinson shows an impressive command of his material and his audience.” – Matt Oakes, Silver Screen Riot
“Astute portrait of modern young romance.” – Mike S. Ryan, Hammer to Nail
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