Directors' Statement

DISTANCE began with a break-up, a trip to Ecuador, and an act of terrorism. It began as a story of escape and a longing to return to the safety and comfort of the familiar when the world around us was broken beyond repair.

As the story of DISTANCE has evolved, first in Ben’s telling and later in Trip’s screenplay, it’s taken on a heightened significance. Global environmental disaster looms large. Humanity has largely turned away and thrown its collective hands up at the threat. DISTANCE flashes forward to a not unrealistic future. A future where science, politics and terrorism are failing. The only success is collapse.

Why do we feel we have to tell the story of DISTANCE? Simply put, the time is right. We’ve been using our visual storytelling gifts in support of other people’s dreams long enough. We surf. We’re political and environmental activists. We’re storytellers. DISTANCE is the next step in our evolution.

DISTANCE is a science fiction thriller, a story of escape, love and sacrifice. It’s exciting, relevant and intelligent. And we’re ready to tell this story.