Neither Heaven nor Earth

Afghanistan, 2014. As the withdrawal of French troops approaches, Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antares and his men's determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, his soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear. In his first feature, Clément Cogitore transforms the dusty Afghan landscape into a setting for a breathtaking metaphysical thriller, recalling the eerie mystery of Picnic at Hanging Rock and the paranoid horror of John Carpenter’s The Thing.

"...gripping mash-up of LONE SURVIVOR, THE THING, and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT that pits a squad of French soldiers against a supernatural menace far deadlier than the Taliban." – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

"Clement Cogitore's striking debut puts an inventive fresh, uncanny spin on the War in Afghanistan soldier study." – Guy Lodge, Variety

FESTIVALS
Winner! Best First Feature - COLCOA, L.A.
Winner! Special Jury Prize - Sarasota Film Festival
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection - New Directors New Films