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Remnants is a festival favorite that secured two "Best Film" awards and "Best Director" during its 15 festival run. The film follows three post-apocalyptic survivors as they trek north in search of a safer life.

Remnants is a festival favorite that secured two "Best Film" awards, "Best Director", and "Best Editing" during its 15 festival run. The film follows three post-apocalyptic survivors as they trek north in search of a safer life. It was shot over the course of eight years and is novel in that it includes flashback scenes in which both the protagonist (Mason) and actor portraying him (Jack Roberts) are 8 years younger. The film opens on an intense and striking POV sequence in which a woman attempts to escape a strange creature. When we meet the main protagonists, it seems they have recently escaped a city and in transit. Cash and Mason wait for their travel partner Kyla to wake up so they can get started on the road for the day. The group avoids highways instead using the rural back roads of the east coast. When the group stops to fix a tire, Mason goes for a walk and encounters another survivor. We later find out that they are heading north to colder climates in order to avoid people and "vapes" which are a deformed infected human, when they stop at an abandoned beach house. Having never seen the ocean, the group enjoys the rest stop a little longer than intended and struggle with the idea of continuing their journey. We slowly learn more about vapes and the strange dystopian society the protagonists live in. We also get to know each of the characters as they open up, revealing they are all broken and hurt people in their own ways. Kyla decides to enjoy the beach and soak up some R&R, while Cash and Mason choose to scour nearby houses for potential supplies. Soon enough, the group discovers their newfound camp is not as safe as it seems.