DREAMOVER Official Trailer (2021) Russian Drama / Sci-Fi

Roman Olkhovka’s debut feature film DREAMOVER will screen in-person at this year’s Dances With Films (DWF 24) on Sunday, September 5 at 9:30 PM in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. A prodigious achievement for a new filmmaker, DREAMOVER charts a new direction in “lo-fi sci-fi”—using the barest minimum of digital effects and relying instead on experimental ideas and practical execution to examine the world’s “what-ifs” and how those ideas could change our lives. The film world-premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival and recently claimed the Best Narrative Feature Award at the New Hope (PA) Film Festival. DREAMOVER begins with the lonely vision of a man in a dull, quotidian existence who struggles to sleep deeply after a repetitive, bleak workday. To treat his insomnia, he turns to a researcher—after finding a card on the subway—who is experimenting with an ingenious method of sleep correction, arguing scientifically that love creates the strongest memories and accessing the