One film we’re eager to talk about is UNIVERSE25, the debut feature from Richard Melkonian. The film follows Mott, an angel from the future sent to Earth on a holy mission. With the world set to end by the next Sabbath, he must complete three crucial tasks—but his journey is anything but divine. As he navigates a gritty, violent world, Mott is forced to confront his faith, humanity, and the very purpose of his existence.
This compelling feature will make its World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival, with Melkonian and others in attendance. We’ll be live on location at Slamdance 2025, so stay tuned for our review, and read ahead for details on how to purchase festival and screening tickets. UNIVERSE25 stars…
UNIVERSE25 World Premiere at Slamdance. A young employee in a UK dead letter office reads a mangled treatise from an author who claims to be Mott, an angel from the future, sent to earth on a holy mission. On splattered, crumpled pages, Mott tells his story: he receives messages from an ominous, unknown entity via cryptic phone calls, but this much is certain: Mott must do three things before the next Sabbath, when the world will end. He is to: find the saint—he does not know that he is holy; find the sacrificial lamb and offer its blood for the sacrament; and write a scroll and record in it all that he sees and experiences on Earth.
His gritty, violent journey takes Mott from the UK to Romania and back, so thoroughly disillusioning him on the way he wishes to renounce his immortality in hopes of becoming human. Is Mott telling the truth about his identity and his quest? It is now up to the postal worker to get Mott’s to its intended destination. Moody, dark and atmospheric, boasting an all-original soundtrack, UNIVERSE25—a musical drama in the director’s words—shows the human side of divinity.
Sunday, February 23rd, 6:45 PM @ Panasonic LUMIX Theater
Monday, February 24th, 8:00 PM @ LA Times Theater
Virtually on slamdancechannel.com from February 24th – March 7th.
Ticketing Options HERE.
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