Native (film)

Two pilots are sent on a long distance flight through space, they are responding to a transmission from a far away galaxy. Throughout the journey they will struggle, for one of the pilots will experience the human condition, though they seem to not actually be human. Suffering a loss, one of the pilots will lose touch with the reality he has always known. He must face this new reality.

• Rupert Graves as Cane.
• Ellie Kendrick as Eva.
• Leanne Best, Joe McAuley,
• Pollyanna McIntosh,
• Daniel Brocklebank,
• Ian Hart,
• Chiara D'Anna

Native holds a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10.[1]

The film is described as "smart" and "elegant" by Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian.[2] Kim Newman in Empire magazine describes it as "ambitious, unusual and thought-provoking".[3] In The Times Ed Potton calls it a “script full of promise, with provocative things to say about empathy, obedience and individualism”.[4]

Shot predominantly in Dagenham and Formby Beach in Liverpool in 2014, co-writer and co-producer Atkinson said in an interview with the Liverpool Echo: “Everyone at Formby beach was helpful. Dogwalkers gave us a wide berth but the problem was the tide – we had a ticking clock and finished filming with the water up to our director of photography’s knees.”[5]

The film won the feature film award at the 2016 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival. It was nominated for best film and director at the 2016 Bogotá Film Festival.

• Native at IMDb