Meet Lambert (Julian Sands) - a man searching for something more in his life. He meets Kellan (Art Malik) who makes an incredible offer - Lambert can escape to the world of his deepest desire, his most secret fantasy, all he has to do is hand over everything he owns. Lambert returns to his every day life of comfortable domesticity with Sarah (Olivia Williams) and workplace stress. As dark clouds gather in his life we wonder if Lambert will take Kellan's offer and what is it, exactly, that he's escaping from?

The directorial debut of two-time Oscar® winning visual effects artist Paul Franklin (INTERSTELLAR, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, INCEPTION), photographed by Academy Award® nominee Michael Coulter BSC (LOVE ACTUALLY, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY) and featuring music by Andrew Kawczynski (DUNKIRK, WONDER WOMAN, INTERSTELLAR), The Escape asks us what really matters in life and what is it that we really dream of?

Director: Paul Franklin
Screenplay: Paul Franklin
Starring: Art Malik, Julian Sands, Olivia Williams, Ben Miller
Adapted from "The Store of the Worlds" by Robert Sheckley
Director of Photography: Michael Coulter
Producers: Jessica Malik, Jessica Parker
Associate Producer: Lorena Wright
Production Designer: Morgan Kennedy
Editor: Pani Ahmadi-Moore
Music by Andrew Kawczynski
Costume Designer: Charlotte Morris
Hair and Make Up Designer: Karen Hartley
Executive Producer: Celine Haddad
First Assistant Director: Matthew Carver
Art Director: Daisy Mason
Production Sound Recordist: Nigel Albermaniche
Sound Designer: Rob Ackerman
Colourist: Tom Russell
Script Supervisor: Lucy Noble
Supervising Location Manager: Georgette Turner
Supervising Lighting Technician: Harlon Haveland
Key Grip: Mark Morley
Visual Effects Designer: Shahin Toosi
Visual Effects by Milk Visual Effects, DNEG, Jacqueline Lockley
Post Production Services by Lipsync Post

Screenings:
2017 Leeds International Film Festival
2017 Raindance Film Festival
2017 Rhode Island International Film Festival
2017 Palm Springs International ShortFest
2017 Tribeca Film Festival