PAUL OWENS HAS BEEN MAKING DOCUMENTARIES FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, INITIALLY FILMING BEHIND-THE-SCENES ON FILMS LIKE THE OSCAR-WINNING PRECIOUS AND DIRECTING THE FESTIVAL-DARLING REFORMAT THE PLANET, WHICH PREMIERED IN 2008 AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.

BEGINNING LIFE AS A SIDE PROJECT AWAY FROM THAT SORT OF WORK, OWENS’ FIRST FEATURE LENGTH NARRATIVE LANDLOCKED COMBINES ELEMENTS OF HORROR, SCI-FI AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING, WINNING ACCLAIM FOR ITS UNIQUE TAKE ON FOUND FOOTAGE AND ITS PRESCIENT VIEW ON THE DANGERS OF NOSTALGIA.