The Modern Prometheus
Psychological Thriller/Horror, 2025
FILM PRODUCTION DETAILS
Graduation Festival
AFDA Study Year: 4
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Horror
Running Time: 24
Rating: V
Viewing Restriction: 16
In a tightly controlled small town where patriarchal traditions dictate women’s choices, a young artist trapped in a suffocating marriage discovers a hidden pregnancy and a sinister betrayal, pushing her to take drastic action to escape and reclaim her freedom. The Modern Prometheus is a psychological thriller and feminist horror story set in a claustrophobic small-town society, echoing Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in spirit but centring the modern female struggle for bodily autonomy.
CAST
Steph-Mari Marais - - Sloane
David-John Templeton - - Vic
Jayli Syms - - Jane
CREW
Writer - Jessica Shanda Royan
Director - Muhammad Zaakir Tregonning
Executive Producer - AFDA
Associate Producer - Steven William Henry
Associate Producer - Christopher van Doorn
Cinematographer - Muhammed Imraan Vallie, Tiro Tshetlo
Production Designer - Carien Jordaan
Costume, Make-up and Styling - Abigail Beekmans
Editor - Exonia Willemse
Sound Design - Bryoni Baxter
Composer - Janco Mouton
Visual Effects - Exonia Willemse
Data Wrangler - Carlton Kok
Colourist/Grader - Gemma Mantle
