Textured with russet reds and pollinic yellows, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s spellbinding allegory gleans an atmospheric folk tale from a rural idyll. As landowners sow the seeds of modern capital, Sean Price Williams reaps horror and beauty from the earth with swirling, immersive cinematography.

With a stellar cast spearheaded by Saoirse Ronan & Gemma Arterton as blood-thirsty mother-daughter vampires, Neil Jordan (Interview With a Vampire) directs a swirling, time-travelling fantasy tragedy, tingled with romance. A dark tale, set within the apocalyptic landscape of a rundown coastal town.