Written by: Anouk Whissell, François Simard & Yoann-Karl Whissell
Cast: Michael Ironside, Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Aaron Jeffery
The RKSS, short for Road Kill Super Stars, is a collective of three filmmakers: Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell. They co-write and co-direct all their films - over twenty shorts in the last ten years, many winning awards at various international festivals, including LE BAGMAN, TOTAL FURY et DEMONITRON: THE SIXTH DIMENSION. LE BAGMAN is said to be the first horror/slasher/gore film from Québec. It was sold across Europe and was even dubbed in German. The RKSS also wrote and directed the short film T IS FOR TURBO, which was originally made as a submission to THE ABC’S OF DEATH contest. Although the film was not chosen for the first anthology, it won the People’s Choice Award for the contest. Inspired by the characters of the short film, TURBO KID is their first feature film.
Turbo Kid
2015
Where to Watch
- Apple TV
- Amazon Prime (USA)
Decades after the apocalypse, the world has been left in a permanent nuclear winter. A lonely young orphan called The Kid roams the wasteland scavenging for comic books and paraphernalia from the 80s. After bumping into arm-wrestling champion Frederick, the Kid sees a glimpse of the exciting world he’s been hiding from all these years. His routine existence is disrupted when he runs into the mysterious Apple. Just as Apple starts to bring The Kid out of isolation with unflappable humour and goofy behaviour, she is kidnapped by Zeus, the sadistic and overly-garrulous leader of the Wasteland. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbocharged weapon, The Kid must confront his fears and embark on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and to save the girl of his dreams.
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival, Utah, January 2015
South by Southwest, Austin, Texas; winner of the audience award, March 2015
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, April 2015
Phoenix Film Festival, April 2015
Imagine Festival, Amsterdam, April 2015
CPX PIX, Denmark, April 2015
Dallas International Film Festival, April 2015
Haapsalu Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, Estonia, April 2015
Seattle Film Festival, May 2015
Little Rock Film Festival, May 2015
Fantaspoa Film Festival, Porto Alegre, Brazil; winner of the best art direction award, jury award for best film
Sydney Film Festival, Australia, June 2015
Edinburg International Film Fest, Scotland, June 2015
Art Film Fest, Trencin, Slovakia, June 2015
Neufchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, France, June 2015
Awesome Fest, Philadelphia, July 2015
Puchon International Film Festival, Bucheon, South Korea; winner of the best director prize, July 2015
New Zealand International Film Festival, Auckland, July 2015
Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal; winner of the audience prize (best Canadian film), august 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, August 2015
NextFest, Los Angeles, August 2015
Con Film Fest, Chicago, August 2015
Total Film FrightFest, London; winner of the best actress prize (Laurence Leboeuf) and best on-screen death
L’Estrange, Paris, France, September 2015
Motel X, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2015
Horror Hound, Indianapolis, September 2015
Knoxville Film Festival, September 2015
Sydney Underground Film Festival, Australia, September 2015
Strasbourg Film Festival, France, September 2015
Utopia, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2015
Yellowknife Film Festival, September 2015
Milwaukee Film Festival, September 2015
Saskatoon Film Festival, September 2015
L’absurde séance, France, September 2015
Feratum, Tlalpujahua, Mexico, October 2015
Sitges Festival, Spain; winner of the jury prize and the best music prize, October 2015
Proxy Film Fest, San Francisco, October 2015
Adelaide Film Festival, Australia, Octobre 2015
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan, Octobre 2015
Vermont International Film Festival, Octobre 2015
Morbido Film Festival, Puebla, Mexico, Octobre 2015
MAMI, Mumbai, India, October 2015
San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, Spain; winner of the audience award (best film), October 2015
Science + Fiction Festival, Trieste, Italie, November 2015
Olympia Film Festival, November 2015
Mollins de Rei, Spain; winner of the audience award (best film), November 2015
Mini Indie Film Festival, Madison, November 2015
30 Dies Festival, Andorra : winner of the best film and best directing awards, November 2015
FANCINE Festival, Malaga, Spain; winner of the audience award (best film) and best screenplay, November 2015
Catcumba, Espagne, November 2015
Chicago Film Festival, December 2015
Screenwave Festival, December 2015
QuebecCine MX, Mexico, February 2016
IF Istanbul, February 2016
Future Gate, Prague, Czech Republic, March 2016
Victoria TX Indie Film Festival, Texas; winner of the best actor prize and the jury prize, March 2016
Québec Cinéma Gala, Montréal; winner of the best makeup prize, March 2016
Fanter Film Fest, Caceres, Spain, April 2016
CinePal, Palaiseau, France, April 2016
Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary; winner of the audience award
48 images / sec, Budapest, Hungary, April 2016
Academy of Science-Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA; winner of the Saturn award for best international film
Distributor in French Canada: Filmoption International
Distributor in English Canada: Raven Banner
International Sales: EPIC Pictures Group
Distributor in the USA: EPIC Pictures Group
Distributor in the UK: LionsGate UK
Distributor in Japan: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai
Distributor in Spain: A Contracorriente Film
Distributor in Australia: Transmission
Distributor in Finland: Atlantic Film
And many more...