| The Wanting Mare | |
| Director: | Nicholas Ashe Bateman |
| Producer: | Nicholas Ashe Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, Lawrence Inglee |
| Music: | Aaron Boudreaux |
| Cinematography: | David A. Ross |
| Editing: | Nicholas Ashe Bateman |
| Distributor: | Gravitas Ventures |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Wanting Mare is a 2020 science fiction film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman.
In a post-apocalyptic realm called Anmaere, an annual drive ships wild horses from a rundown city called Whithren to another, far-off city, Levithen. Many denizens of Whithren hope to board the boat with the horses and travel to Levithen, which they believe holds a more promising future for them.
The Wanting Mare is Bateman's first feature-length film; he did not attend film school and worked independently on the film's development, part of which was funded through a campaign on the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo. Shane Carruth was involved with executive production for a time, but he removed his name from the project in 2020 after accusations of abuse against him were made public. Bateman shot much of the film in a storage unit in Paterson, New Jersey;[2] [3] other shots were filmed along the coast of the northeastern United States and in Nova Scotia, Canada.[4]
The film received a positive review from Wired,[5] and mixed reviews from IndieWire,[6] RogerEbert.com,[7] Variety,[8] and Polygon.[9]