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“Excavation Point Thestias” (EPT) is an original short film - a science fiction adventure with aesthetics, practical effects and scale models inspired by 80's genre classics. It isn't just an homage to these films; EPT aims to tell this character driven narrative in a grounded, responsible and sincere way.

The story:

The excavation crew of F.E.N.D-3 have been tasked with finding and extracting historical artifacts on the desolate planet Thestias, before the Phoenix Corporation’s flagship Anthelion arrives to terraform the planet. The mission is helmed by Or'Rian, a fresh faced idealist. Leading his first mission, he faces the challenge of keeping his team safe and in line. A strange find in a cavern on Thestias threatens to jeopardize the entire mission.

EPT has two full-scale sci-fi film sets, gorgeous on-location exteriors, scale models, and a blend of practical and visual effects. The Original Score is by Ola Strandh, the award winning composer for the Division.

Are you into Sci-fi adventures? Love character driven stories? Feel nostalgic for the practical effects of 80's classics? Want more LGBTQ representation in genre films? Wanna support a passion project? ❤️💛💚💙💜

We really need your help! Please share EPT’s Kickstarter! 🚀🌖

EXCAVATION POINT THESTIAS BEHIND THE SCENES A 40min long documentary available as a pledge reward

Photo: Director Fille Kopelman watching the monitor as the camera department sets up the next shot. 📸 Thomas Williams

Welcome to Excavation Point Thestias!

We are a group of Wellington based collaborators making a science fiction short film. We just wrapped principal photography in July. There is still some exciting stuff to film ahead of us, so come along for the ride and learn about our process, our team, and the Story.

"Excavation Point Thestias" is a Sci-fi short film with a character driven narrative and retro aesthetic, currently under production. Join the crew of FEND-3 on their mission to Thestias 🚀🌖 

Follow us on social media to get updated on any news! We’ll be blasting off with some daily taster posts for the rest of this week as we count down to a big announcement in the new week. #EPTfilm

Above: Director Fil Kopelman discusses the next scene with Actor Ryan R. McIntyre on the set of the “MEV”.

UPDATE #8: Where we're at now!

M.E.V SET BUILDING ON EXCAVATION POINT THESTIAS

There has been some cool things happening behind the scenes this week. We are really hyped to share them with you but they're not ready just yet. Tonight we have another BTS short to take a look at and see a little of what went into the making of the M.E.V.

The M.E.V was one of the full scale sets used in the film and is the ship that the crew can be seen inside during the teaser trailer.

We are also going to be announcing our kickstarter very soon so stay tuned for that.

THE CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND EXCAVATION POINT THESTIAS