Science Fiction FILMMAKERS Carylanna Taylor & Jacob Okada bring us the IF of their new film, ANYA, a contemporary sci-fi love story about a couple whose determination to have a child leads them to a cutting-edge geneticist, an ancient outlier community hiding in plain sight in New York City, and ultimately, a life-changing question: are they willing to have a gene-edited baby, no matter the cost?

ANYA is the first narrative feature by anthropologist Carylanna Taylor, PhD (writer/producer), and documentary filmmaker Jacob Akira Okada (writer/director). Under their First Encounter Productions banner, Taylor and Okada have also produced the feature documentary PAINTING THE WAY TO THE MOON (available on Vimeo). For ANYA, they collaborated with Harvard Medical School's Wu Lab, the Personal Genetics Education Project, and Carnegie Mellon's Pfenning Lab where they filmed the lab scenes.

ANYA is now available on demand, DVD, and hosted screenings! Watch it here: https://www.anyamovie.com/watchnow

Visit anyamovie.com for the latest screenings, articles, and educational materials.

Contact info@1efilms.com to host a screening of ANYA or Painting the Way to the Moon in your community.

Subscribe to First Encounter Productions YouTube channel to see newly posted shorts, behind the scenes videos, and longer interviews. Follow and tag at:

IG: @anya.movie
Twitter: @anyamovie
Twitter: @carylannataylor
Facebook: anyamovie

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Philip & Matt