About this project

Are you forgetful? Have you had experienced a deja-vu? Have you ever felt disconnected from your family? Deja-vu is a story about a young scientist, who dives into his warm childhood memories after his father has a heart attack. A father films his son growing up and now a son, 20 years later, records his father, fearing that he needs to collect as much data before it is too late. A film that sits at the interface between the science of memory and the experience of memory.

Deja-Vu is a NYU Graduate Film Second Year project. Deja-Vu is co-produced by Imaginal Disc (http://www.imaginaldisc.com), a science and film production and for-profit branch of Imagine Science Films (http://www.imaginesciencefilms.com), dedicated to disseminating science through film via an annual festival and various initiatives.

Deja-vu will be shot on location in New York and be in both English/French. Written and directed by Dr. Alexis Gambis (www.alexisgambis.com) and shot by Pedro Gomez-Millan (http://www.pedrogomezmillan.com/), respectively 2nd and 3rd year students in the prestigious NYU Graduate Film Program .

The film is produced by :

Matt Reeve, independent producer/director and board member of the Christoper and Dana Reeve Founduation, enrolled in the dual MBA/MFA program at NYU Stern School and Tisch School of the Arts.

Emily Driscoll, a science-video producer, based in New York City, currrently in a Science Documentary Production from NYU. Her goal of making science accessible to the public

The film will blend and contrast beautiful Canon 7D high-def with archival Hi8 footage.

Film will be eligible to be part of NYU’s First Run Film Festival in May of next year, an annual festival meant to showcase and celebrate NYU student film work and connect talent student filmmaker with the film industry. It is considered to be the pinnacle project of the NYU Film program.

The Film shoot is in 2 months from Nov 11-16 and be shot in both Paris and New York.

Locations include:

Garches Hospital, suburbs Paris
Paris
Downtown Manhattan
Brooklyn – Smith & 9th Street Subway Stop
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Neuroscience Laboratory (NYU)
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital (NYC)