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Isabelle

A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.

  • Rob Heydon
    Director
    Ecstasy
  • Donald Martin
    Writer
    Milton's Secret, Dim Sum Fruneral, Toto,
  • Rob Heydon
    Producer
    O.G., The Crescent, The Journey Home, Ecstasy,
  • Joni Sighvatsson
    Producer
    Wind River, Killer Elite, Brothers, K-19, Wild at Heart
  • Sid Ganis
    Producer
    Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Iron Man (2008) and Little Nicky (2000)
  • Adam Brody
    Key Cast
    "Matt Kane"
    The OC, Jennifer's Body, Mr and Mrs. Smith
  • Amanda Crew
    Key Cast
    "Larissa Kane"
    The Haunting in Connecticut, Silicon Valley, The Age of Adeline
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    10,000,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Busan Film Festival, South Korea
    Busan
    Korea, Republic of
    October 6, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Scanbox
    Country: Denmark
  • Ecstasy Film Inc
    Country: Canada
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: Norway
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: Finland
    Country: Iceland
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Rob Heydon

Rob Heydon is an award-winning filmmaker of international acclaim whose credits span directing, writing, and producing. Rob was born in Toronto, Canada. He honed his producing sensibility at the renowned Norman Jewison Canadian Film Centre for Advanced Film Studies working as a PM and producer. Recently, Mr. Heydon directed the production of ISABELLE which he produced with Joni Sighvatsson and Sid Ganis.

Mr. Heydon produced and directed Ecstasy based on the #1 bestselling novel by Irvine Welsh. Also, he won a Juno Award for Best Music Video for Edwin's Alive, which also won People's Choice Award at Much Music Video Awards. One of Mr. Heydon’s first positions in film was assisting Allen Yamashita in a number of ride-film projects and installations. Allen Yamashita was the producer of Special Effects for Doug Trumbull and Richard Yuricich on Blade Runner.

After directing and producing over 100 music videos and commercials, Heydon went on to shoot the new film Go Further starring Woody Harrelson (Audience Award runner up prize at Toronto Film Festival). He went to produce and direct Rippin, a documentary on professional snowboarders which aired on Movie TV and City TV, as well as Pleasure Force on the Toronto dance scene. Furthermore, he directed the City TV/Space Network television series, Electric Playground. The Magic, his short film premiered at Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Taos, New Mexico and showcased on Head F*!K on Sci-Fi Network in UK, Viva in Germany, MTV, M2, Much Music and VOLT on TVO in Ontario. Recently, was invited to attend the first Producer's Network during the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.

Rob Heydon Productions Inc. is in post production on the feature documentary on legendary Producer’s Rep - Jeff “The Dude” Dowd the inspiration for the Coen Brothers’ film The Big Lebowski and he has sold and marketed some of the biggest independent films ever, such as The Blair Witch Project, Blood Simple, Gandhi, The Black Stallion, Chariots of Fire and many, many more.

He helped to produce Save My Lost Nigga Soul which Won, Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. As well he produced, Stories from the Land of Cain which Won, Best Western Canadian Short at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Mr. Heydon attended workshops including: Film Marketing and PR at SXSW, Co-Productions at The Toronto Film Festival, HOT DOCS, HBO Doc PITCH session at Sundance Film Festival. In 2009 he participated in Mannheim Meetings in Mannheim, Germany. In 2011 he participated in Trans Atlantic Partners in Berlin, Halifax during Strategic Partners and New York during the IFP.
Heydon regularly attends Strategic Partners at the Atlantic Film Festival, Banff Media Festival, Producer’s Network at the Cannes Film Festival as well as Berlinale and the American Film Market.

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Director Statement

Producer/director Rob Heydon made his decision to join the team based on the strength of the script. “I just couldn’t stop reading it. I kept turning the pages, wanting to find out what happens next. Donald Martin mastered the twists, the turns and the surprises. I was in.”

Heydon describes Isabelle “as a psychological thriller about a husband and wife who lose a child, and must deal with the wife’s psychological crisis that follows; it’s about a marriage falling apart, and it’s also about the mother and daughter next door and their impact on the couple.”

Even with its mysterious occurrences, the filmmakers agree that Isabelle is at its core a meditation on grieving and longing. “Take away the scares, the shadows, the sounds, and this is about a married couple dealing with the loss of their unborn child,” offers Heydon