Cosmica Productions

The witching hour is upon us—please enjoy the official trailer for Into the Thicket ✨

After a stellar festival run, including an Oscar-qualifying festival, five award nominations, and one win for “Best Fantasy Short of the Year,” INTO THE THICKET is finally available to stream on Vimeo: vimeo.com/808918727 ✨

First look at some of the amazing stills that our incredible unit stills photographer Vinh Pham took while on set for EX MEMORIA 📸

EX MEMORIA is officially wrapped! Here is some BTS from our incredible photographer, Vinh Pham.

It was through her film courses that she first fell in love with movies and began enrolling in acting classes. These days, Athena continues to take college courses in Philosophy, Calculus and US History as she pursues dancing, martial arts and acting on a more full-time basis.

Athena Elling is a second-degree black belt in taekwondo and the youngest graduate to earn an Associate’s Degree from Irvine Valley College, where she took classes in everything from Computer Science to Contemporary Literature and Abnormal Psychology.

We are pleased to share the final cast announcements for EX MEMORIA 🥀 And lastly—introducing the incredible Athena Elling as “Young Isabelle” 🖤

TV credits include co-star roles in Bosch: Legacy (Amazon), and Wild West Chronicles, (NBC/Peacock). Studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Upright Citizens Brigade and has trained with Lesly Kahn, Anthony Meindl and John Markland.

Justin Powell is an award winning actor and director. Recent credits include leads in the upcoming features Rolling, and Big Rage as well as performing in Not Another Midsummer which was nominated for Best Play at the prestigious Broadway World’s Los Angeles Theater Awards.

We are pleased to share the final cast announcements for EX MEMORIA 🥀 Introducing Justin Powell as “Mr. Whitbury,” Isabelle and Luke’s father, a well respected family man who harbors a dark secret.

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We are elated to announce that INTO THE THICKET is chosen as an “Official Selection” for the 16th Annual Burbank International Film Festival! We will be screening on September 28th @ 10 AM at the Burbank AMC 16 Theatres as part of the “Fantastic Films by Women #1” block ✨

Prelim Scout for EX MEMORIA ✅ Never been more in love with a location before. Locations have always been at the heart of my storytelling. I wanted the house to be a living entity in its own right. A house that would intimidate, a presence that would linger, a welcomed haunting.

The INTO THE THICKET team having a blast at Picture’s Up! Film Festival this past weekend ✨ Thank you PUFF for the nomination and to all who came out to support 🤍

We are SO elated to announce that PUFF has nominated INTO THE THICKET for the “Best Cinematography” Award ✨

Elise has dedicated her career to uplifting the work of female filmmakers and is a member of Women in Film.

Her projects have been featured on Amazon, HBO, and multiple top tier film festivals including Hollyshorts. Her most recent acting credits include Shameless (Showtime), Chicago PD (NBCU), Nobody Wants This (Netflix), and The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+).

We are thrilled to announce that Elise Greene (@elise_greene_) has joined the Ex Memoria team as lead producer 🖤

We are thrilled to announce that INTO THE THICKET has been selected to screen at Picture’s Up! Film Festival in WeHo! We will be screening on August 24th @ 6 PM at the historic Lee Strasberg Theater as part of the “Searching” block: filmfreeway.com/PicturesUpFilm…

In 2023, they released the short film Blends, which has won multiple awards and has been selected in over a dozen global film festivals. Learn more by visiting CatPalmProductions.com 🖤

CatPalm Productions is an American indie film company founded by director and writer Ioannis Argiris. CatPalm’s projects focus on short horror and speculative films, alongside zines weaving offbeat tech, mental health, and working-class narratives.

Please join us in welcoming Ioannis Argiris to the Ex Memoria team as our newest executive producer. We are thrilled to be partnering with his production company CatPalm Productions on this film!