22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024

Relax, I'm From The Future

Canada, 2023: 90 minutes: Alberta Premiere
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In Cinema Globe Cinema
Tue, Apr 25 6:30 PM Buy

description

RELAX, I’M FROM THE FUTURE follows Casper (Rhys Darby, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS), a charming, but embarrassingly underprepared Time Traveller, now trapped in the past.

When Casper befriends Holly (Gabrielle Graham), a jaded drifter, she helps him exploit his trivial knowledge of the future for a series of quick payouts, oblivious to the consequences they have set in motion. When Doris (Janine Theriault), a more competent Time Traveller, tracks them down, Casper and Holly are forced to figure out what they mean to each other and whether the future they’ve threatened is even worth saving. Will they embrace their fate, or do they have the courage to change it? RELAX, I’M FROM THE FUTURE is the feature directorial debut from Writer/Director/Editor Luke Higginson, based on his short film of the same name that premiered at TIFF in 2013.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Fantasia International Film Festival 2022
Blood In the Snow Film Festival 2022
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2022
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2023

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Luke Higginson is a graduate of Ryerson University’s Film program, and has written and directed several shorts. One of these was the short film version of RELAX, I’M FROM THE FUTURE, and was an official selection of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Luke also works as a professional film and TV editor. He has cut eight feature films and dozens of shorts, often appearing on-set as a creative consultant and being heavily involved from Pre-Production to Post.

press for Relax, I'm From The Future

"As an excellent mix of comedy and science fiction, neither overwhelms the other genre."
- FILMHOUNDS Magazine
"A delightful comedic romp with genuine heart."
- That Shelf

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Narrative / Sci-Fi / Comedy / First Feature

English
90 minutes

special guest

Director Luke Higginson in attendance for in-person Q&A

credits

Director
Luke Higginson

Producers
Tim Doiron
James van der Woerd

Screenwriter
Luke Higginson

Cinematographer
Russ De Jong

Cast
Rhys Darby
Gabrielle Graham
Julian Richings
Janine Theriault

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/relaximfromthefuture/

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awards

Winner, Audience Award Bronze Best Canadian Feature Fantasia Film Festival 2022

Winner, Jury Prize Best Picture, Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival 2022