Apollyon

 

Director Biography - Bret Miller

Bret Miller is a Detroit filmmaker. He has directed two feature films: Some Are Born, and Chasing The Star. His short film Red Skies premiered at the Umbertidead Film Festival in Italy, and has screened in Paris, Los Angeles, and even Transylvania. It also screened locally at the Capital City Film Festival, Desmond District Demons, and the world-renowned Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival. It won the award for Best Scare at the Bloodstained Indie Horror Festival and Best Short Film at ArtPrize 9, the largest-attended art festival in the country.

 

His script, 'Alone in Black', was optioned to Hideout Pictures in Nashville, TN July of 2017. 'The Garden' was optioned by Dune Grass Pictures in 2018.

 

Director Statement

'Apollyon' is my most personal film yet. I was inspired by the seemingly inconceivable current political climate, and the people who are most effected by it. I wanted to showcase those who are systematically oppressed in a narrative, so my team and I created our 'monster' - The void. Each lost soul is unique in their own way, representing a member of the community otherwise forgotten; a drug abuser, a murdered Cop, even a battered woman. My general desire is for audience members to recognize that, and hopefully discuss what each individual embodies at the conclusion of the film.

 

The idea of the void was to represent a black hole, sucking people in who have no way to defend themselves. This is their purgatory, whether they like it or not. This is an important distinction, because There is always a feeling of ‘choice,’ like the souls approaching the void. But, in reality, there is no choice. Society has chosen that for them.

 

I love film, and I love what film can teach us. I’m hopeful that audiences will leave the theater both entertained and left with a level of cogitation. We’ll see. But, at the very least, I think we have one hell of a monster movie here.