| Timescape | |
| Director: | Aristomenis Tsirbas |
| Producer: | David-Alexandre Coiteux |
| Music: | Mateo Messina |
| Cinematography: | Martin Bouchard |
| Editing: | Aristomenis Tsirbas |
| Distributor: | TVA Films |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $300,000 |
| Gross: | $960,000 |
Timescape is a 2022 Canadian action-adventure science fiction film about two young strangers discovering a mysterious spacecraft that catapults them millions of years into the past. The film was written, edited, and directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas. It premiered on July 31, 2022, at the Fantasia Film Festival,[1] where it won the Silver Audience Award for Best Quebec Feature.[2] Its theatrical rollout began on August 19, 2022[3] in the province of Quebec, Canada before expanding to the rest of the world.
Jason, a brilliant but misunderstood young boy, discovers a mysterious spacecraft that crash-landed in a nearby forest. Inside he meets Lara, an equally curious girl who discovered the alien craft moments before. While attempting to figure out how to operate the vessel, the two are catapulted back in time to final days of the great dinosaurs. The vessel is indeed a Time Machine. With the help of MIA, the ship's floating mobile intelligent assistant, the adventurers race against time to repair the ship and return home before the spectacular impact of a historic asteroid.
On August 19, 2022, TVA Films released Timescape theatrically in Quebec, Canada in 44 theaters, where it became the province's most successful family film of 2022.
On June 29, 2023, Timescape began its international theatrical rollout where it over-performed at Russia’s box office. TIMESCAPE was sold in France, Italy, Spain, UK, Hungary, CIS, India, Indonesia, Greece, Japan, Middle East, S. Korea, Taiwan, Latin America, S. Africa, Australia / NS, Mongolia, Canada, and USA.
On March 23, 2023, XYZ Films released Timescape on TUBI for the USA, along with VOD on AppleTV, Google Play, and VUDU.
Timescape's combined worldwide theatrical box office is $960,000 against a budget of $300,000.
As of its first week in release, the film received positive reviews from critics. Province-wide Quebec publication Le Soleil gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "A new classic"[4] (Translated from French). Otaku no Culture gave it 4 out of 5 stars, concluding that "I can watch this movie repeatedly".[5] The Montreal Gazette credited Timescape with, "This is the real deal, with CGI special effects to rival the best in the biz”[6]