Syd March, an employee at the Lucas Clinic, sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. He also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans and must now unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
2012 – Canadian Screen Awards
NOMINATED Achievement in Production Design (Arvinder Greywal)
NOMINATED Achievement in Make-Up (Catherine Davies-Irvine, Trason Fernandes)
NOMINATED Achievement in Music (E.C. Woodley)
NOMINATED Achievement in Overall Sound (Philip Stall, Ian Rankin, Lou Solakofski, Jack Heeren)
2012 – NOMINATED for Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes Film Festival
2012 – WINNER Gold Hugo Award, After Dark Competition, Chicago International Film Festival
2012 – WINNER Best Canadian First Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival
2012 – WINNER Citizen Kane Award to the best debut director, Sitges Film Festival
2012 – WINNER Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best Sitges 45 In Competition Official Fantàstic feature film, Sitges Film Festival
