2025 SelectionList

VANISHING VULTURES

Country	France
Director	Jean Philippe BOUIX
Producer	Jean Philippe BOUIX
Production Company	Fascinahouse
Format	DCP \| Color \| 110min
Genre	Thriller, Psychological Drama

Synopsis

Four passengers miraculously awaken from a coma after a devastating plane crash. Victoria, a mother haunted by the trauma, struggles to reconnect with her teenage children, Eliott and Charlie, who barely recognize her. As authorities scramble to uncover the crash’s cause, a mysterious pack of vultures silently descends on the nearby town. Obsessed with the survivors, they close in with sinister intent. Who are these vultures, and what do they want from the four survivors?

Director

Jean Philippe BOUIX

Jean Philippe BOUIX, inspired by Hitchcock and Murnau, built a dual career in film and video games (Space Marine 2, A Plague Tale). He directed MOIRES (2020), a sequence-shot horror short selected at Sitges, and RONCES (2024), a ghost story on domestic violence, screened at global festivals and part of Méliès d’Argent contenders. Blending realism with the supernatural, he’s now developing VANISHING VULTURES, a psychological thriller drawn from personal experience.

Producer

Jean Philippe BOUIX

Jean Philippe BOUIX, inspired by Hitchcock and Murnau, built a dual career in film and video games (Space Marine 2, A Plague Tale). He directed MOIRES (2020), a sequence-shot horror short selected at Sitges, and RONCES (2024), a ghost story on domestic violence, screened at global festivals and part of Méliès d’Argent contenders. Blending realism with the supernatural, he’s now developing VANISHING VULTURES, a psychological thriller drawn from personal experience.

Production Company

Fascinahouse

Fascinahouse is a France-based film production company founded by J.P. BOUIX to support short films and the development of feature-length projects (writing, R&D, visual design). Following MOIRES (Sitges, 2020) and RONCES (Imagine NL, 2024), Fascinahouse is currently developing VANISHING VULTURES, the first feature film written and directed by J.P. BOUX.