Vernon Films

In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.

16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.

Counterpart follows Alex, a young estate agent who lives in a flat with his girlfriend, Lily, a former stripper. They spend most of their time sunbathing or having sex. But someone is watching them from a home across the street. The voyeur is a disabled man who helps the young couple make a life changing discovery

He is the champion. Not only of his sport. But for people. Now someone want's to destroy everything he has fought so hard to create. This evil comes in two forms, one human the other a walking nightmare. There is no turning back now. Hammerhead Jones is about to meet his destiny face-to-face inside an arena from which there is no escape.

Erica is 23. She has a beautiful, neutral face and speaks with a synthesized voice. She has a degree of autonomy – but can’t move her hands yet. Hiroshi Ishiguro is her ‘father’ and the bad boy of Japanese robotics. Together they will redefine what it means to be human and reveal that the future is closer than we might think.