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What If the Future Never Happened?

2025

A restless, dreamlike plunge into a young musician's head, where memory and fantasy collide like feedback.

Overview: From the mind of Daniel Johns, "What If The Future Never Happened?" is a genre-bending, semi-autobiographical featurette that puts reality and fantasy in a hyper-speed spin cycle.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, absurd and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Identity, madness, memory, music
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
madness
memory
music
coming-of-age
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, music, science fiction
Directed by: James Medlam
Written by: Heath George, James Medlam
Starring: Rasmus King, Daniel Johns, Lockie Ranson, Christopher Jarrett, Charlie Farmer, Kobi Williams, Quinlan Deakin, Autumn Fawn
Cinematography: Miller Best
Country: Australia
Languages: English