InVade
An undocumented scientist and his son try to stop an environmental disaster.
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Eunice LevisDirectorFell Ends, Keep
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Eunice LevisWriterFell Ends, Keep
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Elvis NolascoKey Cast"Ramon Luna"She's got to have it, American Crime, David Makes Man, All American, Godfather of Harlem
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Chris BeetemKey Cast"Dr. Charles Davis"As the World Turns, One Tree Hill, JAG and Pan Am
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Brian Anthony WilsonKey Cast"Mayor Ronald Green"The Wire, Creed, Oceans 8, Room 9
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Justin De La CruzKey Cast"Rudy Luna"
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Elvis NolascoProducerShe's got to have it, American Crime, David Makes Man, All American, Godfather of Harlem
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Matt GoldmanProducer
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Rachel OforiProducer
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Berman FenelusProducer
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Eunice LevisProducer
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Project Type:Short, Web / New Media
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Genres:sci-fi
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Runtime:14 minutes 49 seconds
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Production Budget:46,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:6k full frame anamorphic 2:39
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Sci-Fi London Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
May 20, 2022
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Downtown Los Angeles Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
September 17, 2022
Los Angeles
Official Selection -
Dominican Film Festival in New YorkNew York
United States
November 5, 2022
New York Premiere
Official Selection
Writer and director, Eunice Levis is a first-generation Dominican American from the Bronx, New York. Eunice's work focuses on genre-bending stories that combine her love of horror, sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy often through a diasporic lens. She is a two-time Sundance Lab Second Rounder, a Stowe Story Lab Fellow, and a NALIP Latino Lens fellow.
She recently wrote and directed “InVade”, a sci-fi short film, which made the second round of the 2020 Sundance Episodic Lab with its pilot script. Her urban gothic horror feature script “Keep” also made the second round consideration for the 2021 Sundance Feature Development program. Her folklore horror micro short “Fell Ends” was an extraordinary selection at NYX's 13 minutes of horror film festival and streamed on Shudder. Her latest film, an urban fantasy titled “Ro & the Stardust”, is part of the 2021 NALIP Latino Lens Women of Color Short Film Incubator, sponsored by Netflix.
In addition to writing and directing, Eunice teaches and cohosts Café Negro con Genre, a podcast that promotes creatives working in the genre space. Eunice is a graduate of New York University and is managed by 3 Arts Entertainment.
I am a genre junkie; sci-fi, horror, fantasy, thrillers...I consume it all in massive quantities. I love everything about it except for the lack of diversity. People of color are largely underrepresented. As a content creator I am dedicated to narrating stories of people who are overlooked and/or silenced.
"InVade" serves as an opportunity to break into the sci-fi genre with a story that follows an undocumented hero. Typically, the undocumented live silent lives – but they experience emergencies, pandemics and other civil turmoil just like other legal residents.
The subject of immigration and undocumented people particularly in the United States has always been urgent and the rhetoric largely toxic. It is easy to overlook how these people have contributed to the health and wealth of America. I feel compelled to tell this story through the narrative of characters that are typically voiceless or restricted to a small subset of genres. This story honors their existence and humanity.