Canada’s Peterson Polaris Boards ‘What’s Left Of Us’ From Filipino-American Filmmaker Tyrone Acierto

EXCLUSIVE: Calgary-based Peterson Polaris Corp has come on board dystopian motion horror characteristic What’s Left Of Us, directed by way of Filipino-American filmmaker Tyrone Acierto, along the Philippines’ Fusee and Acierto’s CineBandits.

The venture lately gained the TAICCA Focus Asia Co-production Award on the Far East Film Festival’s All Genres Project Market in Udine, Italy. 

Set to be filmed within the Philippines with a global solid, the tale follows a circle of relatives suffering to continue to exist in a global haunted by way of a memory-erasing an infection, the place the battle for survival turns into a fight for identification, fact and the remnants of historical past.

Acierto, whose paintings frequently explores identification, survival and socio-political topics, has prior to now directed two options, The Grave Bandits and Watch Me Kill, and based CineBandits to concentrate on genre-driven tales rooted in Southeast Asian narratives.

Peterson Polaris Corp is headed by way of award-winning manufacturer and director Michael Peterson, whose credit come with Bloodthirsty, which closed Fantastic Fest in 2020, and Harpoon (2019), which premiered at Rotterdam and was once named some of the most sensible horror motion pictures of the last decade by way of Rotten Tomatoes. 

His upcoming tasks come with Rob Grant’s This Too Shall Pass and Lowell Dean’s Dark Match. As a director, Peterson’s credit come with Lloyd The Conqueror, Knuckleball and exorcist horror Shadow Of God, picked up by way of Shudder this 12 months. In 2022, he was once nominated for the CMPA Indiescreen Established Producer Award.

What’s Left Of Us is produced by way of Wilfredo Manalang, founding father of Manila-based manufacturing outfit Fusee, recognized for bridging North American and Asian markets. The corporate’s fresh tasks come with Cannes Un Certain Regard 2022 variety Plan 75, directed by way of Chie Hayakawa, whose 2d movie Renoir is premiering right here in Cannes pageant; Duong Dieu Linh’s Don’t Cry Butterfly, which premiered in Venice Critics’ Week, and Richard V. Somes’ motion characteristic Topakk, which premiered at Locarno. 

“Tyrone and Will have created a rich action-horror script that we are proud to be involved with,” stated Peterson. “Bringing the creative teams from both Canada and the Philippines is something we have been exploring for a few years, and this is the project that can showcase the creative power this collaboration can conjure and create movies that will attract global audiences.”

Acierto stated: “I’m beyond thrilled that Peterson Polaris Inc is coming on board as part of the producing team for What’s Left Of Us. Their support means the world to us, and having partners who truly believe in the vision makes this journey even more powerful. We can’t wait to bring this story to life together.”

“What’s Left Of Us is a deeply personal and timely project for us,” stated Manalang. “It’s a dystopian reimagining of the search for truth in an age when reality itself feels increasingly unstable. In a world overwhelmed by disinformation and blurred narratives, memory, identity and even history are constantly under siege. Though the film lives in a speculative space, it is a powerful reflection of the anxieties we face today. We are incredibly proud to be telling this story alongside our visionary collaborators at CineBandits and Peterson Polaris.”

Fusee managing director George Sommerrock emphasised the importance of increasing Canadian-Philippine movie partnerships: “After our fresh sure enjoy with Le Foyer Films, a Montreal-based manufacturing corporate, at the but to be launched movie Elsewhere At Night by way of Marianne Métivier, we’re delighted to have discovered some other Canadian corporate to provide with. 

“Since Fusee has been working closely now with North America and Asia, it makes sense for us to bridge our efforts to ensure a wider audience for the projects in our pipeline.”