The Alternate

The Alternate is now out on all digital platforms!
Watch it on Tubi / Apple TV /Amazon Prime / Vudu
Buy the DVD with 2x Commentaries, deleted scenes and other special features on Amazon now!
Check out our Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Scroll down to see what the critics are saying!
The Alternate follows Jake, a videographer who discovers a portal to another dimension in which he has everything he has always wanted: the perfect version of his wife Kris, the filmmaking career of his dreams, and the daughter he never had.

Jake quickly starts traveling back and forth between these two worlds - spying on his other self, falling in love with the alternate Kris, and getting to know his daughter. Jake soon sees that his alternate is not as perfect as he seems and decides to change places with the alternate Jake and take the good life for himself.

AWARDS/Film Festivals

Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest - Italy - Winner Golden Ring International Feature Competition

Arizona Underground Film festival - Winner Best Narrative Feature

Atlanta Underground Film Festival - Winner Best Sci-Fi Feature

Melbourne Underground film festival - Winner Best Actor, Ed Gonzalez Moreno, Winner Best Cinematography

The Scarefest Horror & Paranormal Film festival - Winner Best Actor, Ed Gonzalez Moreno, Nominated Best Kill

Berlin Sci-Fi Film Festival - Semi-Finalist Best Feature, Semi-Finalist Best Director, Nominated best cinematography

Heartland International Film Festival - Nominated Best Horror Feature

Chicago Horror Film Festival - Nominated Best Cinematography and Best Writing

FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival - Nominated Best Director, Best SciF/Fantasy Feature, Best Ensemble cast, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress. Best Special Effects and Best Sound Design

Dances with Films

The Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival

Oakland International Film Festival

Cinequest Film Festival

Studio City International Film & TV Festival

Shockfest Film Festival

Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival

Other Worlds Film Festival

Soho Horror Film Festival

New York Horror Film Festival

Beloit International Film Festival

Phoenix Film Festival - Winner Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film!

AV Film Fest - Winner Audience Award!

REVIEWS

“The Alternate by Alrik Bursell is pure genre cinema, an independent sci-fi full of heart that transports us on a journey between parallel dimensions in the intimacy of the life of a videomaker by reworking the 80s styles in a modern and passionate way.” - Click here for the full review!

“The film has an impressive storyline of scares and surprises, but it was the deeper themes that really resonated with me.” - Click here for the full review!
“There are twists and turns in The Alternate that are actually hard to predict, which is a mark of quality in a genre and plot told time and again throughout science-fiction history.” - Click here for the full review!

“Director Alrik Bursell has come out of the gate very strong here after a run of short movies and pulled a low key epic spectacle out of the bag.” - Click here for the full review!

The Alternate is currently seeking distribution and we will have updates on our release in 2022.

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