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Based on the short story "Berenice" by E. A. Poe. Berenice suffers from an unnamed illness. Only her teeth are healthy and shiny. Egaeus (plagued by nightmares) is madly in love with Berenice and is downright obsessed with her. As dreams and reality seem to blur more and more, the evil side of human nature breaks out in him.

  • Tim Luna
    Director
  • Tim Luna
    Writer
  • Karyna Martinez
    Producer
  • Carlos Melendez
    Producer
  • Michael Cholewa
    Producer
  • Harrison Jones
    Key Cast
    "Egaeus"
  • Lili Juarez
    Key Cast
    "Berenice"
  • Thomas Mattern
    Music composed by
  • Arturo Chu
    Director of Photography
  • Wilhelm Teepe
    Costume Design
  • Daniel Raboldt
    Visual Effects
  • Nash Basso
    Makeup Design
  • Reyna Aurora
    Makeup Design
  • Tim Luna
    Art Director / Production Design
  • Lex Ortega
    Sound Design
  • Luis Flores
    Sound Design
  • Beatrice Festerling
    Editing
  • Alberto Ayala
    Gaffer
  • Jeronimo Tamez
    Assistant Director
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:66,1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Tim Luna

Tim Luna is an award-winning German producer/director based in Mexico City. He directed music videos, commercials, documentaries, short films and produced independent feature films that have been released internationally. Started early to work as an art director for his own (and other) productions. Not a film school graduate. He is passionate about movies, music, animals and coffee.

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Director Statement

It's an approach to Edgar Allan Poe.

In analyzing his short story (“Berenice”, published in 1835 in a daily newspaper), it was interesting for me to reflect on the times and circumstances in which Poe wrote this story, given the prevailing moral values at the time.

The publication of Berenice proved scandalous and Poe later censored parts of his own story in a new edition.

The film is an interpretation of the story and also a vision… to delve deep into the dark atmosphere of an E. A. Poe story - as an expressionistic noir.