BEFORE THE WORLD SET ON FIRE
(2023)
When Before The World Set on Fire was green-lit for production by SagAftra it was one of the first 12 productions that resumed during the summer of 2020.
At a time when all life stopped, producer Rebecca Morandi with director Jaclyn Bethany came up with this film to be shot for the first time in a hybrid way.
First of this kind, half of this film was shot remotely on Zoom. Following a group of Philosophy students stranded in their dorms due to a mysterious virus, the movie moves to an in-person traditional narrative when weird things start happening during a video class and the school has to investigate.
Exploring themes of misogyny, trauma, and mystery this movie was able to collect an amazingly talented ensemble of actors and it's set to premiere in 2023 to then be distributed in North America in 2024.
Director Jaclyn Bethany hasn’t let coronavirus quarantine orders and strict on-set safety protocols get in the way of starting production on her third movie, Before the World Set on Fire, toplined by Brooke Bloom and Minyan star Samuel Levine.
The pandemic-inspired drama — set in a fictional Northeastern U.S. college where everyone is self-isolating — began rehearsals and production this week without a big crew, cameras, sound or major sets. “The campus is experiencing a quarantine that is parallel to what we’ve experienced worldwide,” Bethany tells The Hollywood Reporter.
