1940, sisters Thomasina and Martha have built a machine, L.O.L.A., that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. This allows them to rock out to music from the 50s, 60s and 70s, rip off the bookies and be wild feral punks well before that movement came into existence.
But with the Second World War escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine to intercept information from the future that could help with military intelligence. The machine initially proves to be a huge success, rapidly twisting the fortunes of the war against the Nazis.
While Thomasina becomes intoxicated by L.O.L.A., Martha begins to realise the terrible consequences of its power. As their relationship falls apart, Thomasina makes a fatal error with her machine that leads to a nightmarish future. Can the sisters’ love for each other save the world they’ve lost?
Writer/Director
Andrew Legge
Starring
Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini
World premiere Locarno 2022, Méliès d’or for Best European Fantastic Feature Film of the year, Sitges Film Festival 2023- Best Score (Neil Hannon), Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2023, Best Costume Design (Lara Campbell), Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2023, Best Director, Avant-Garde & Genre, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2023, FIPRESCI Award, Ljubljana International Film Festival 2023, Méliès d’argent award , Trieste Science + Fiction Festival 2022
