Nine Days

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

Will is watching the lives of random people unfurl on TV sets. When a new “vacancy” pops up, he submits the candidates’ unborn souls to 9 days of tests. Only one soul is allowed to make the transition to life, while the rest are sentenced to eternal oblivion. Meanwhile, Will experiences an unexpected inner cleansing, as he meets Emma, a free-spirited contestant. A meditative and innovative parable on the drama of existence and the eternal mystery of life.

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Direction: Edson Oda

Script: Edson Oda

Cinematography: Wyatt Garfield

Editing: Michael Taylor, Jeff Betancourt

Music: Antonio Pinto

Actors: Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Bill Skarsgård, Tony Hale, David Rysdahl

Production: Juniper Production, Mandalay Pictures, Nowhere, Macro Media, The Spaca Program

Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Matthew Lindner, Laura Tunstall, Datari Turner

Co-producers: Yira Vilaro, Patrick Raymond, David Horwitch

Sets: Dan Hermansen

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 124'

Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment

Contact: Sony Pictures Classics

Awards/Distinctions: Screenwriting Award – Sundance 2020

Edson Oda

Edson Oda is a Japanese Brazilian writer/director based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of São Paulo with a bachelor's in advertising and completed his master of fine arts in film and production at the University of Southern California. Oda wrote, directed, and supervised projects for Philips, Telefonica, Movistar, InBev, Whirlpool, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, and Nokia. He's a Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab alumnus and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video.