ANYA

ANYA (2019)

What does it mean to be human?

A newlywed couple turns to a scientist for help having a baby and find themselves at the center of a genetic puzzle with far reaching implications and an ethically ambiguous solution.

Date of release
2019-11-26
TMDB
3.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Science Fiction, Romance
Director
Jacob Akira Okada, Carylanna Taylor

Casting

Interesting facts

Anya is a 2019 science fiction film directed by Jacob Akira Okada and Carylanna Taylor. It features actors Ali Ahn, Gil Perez-Abraham, and Motell Gyn Foster. The film follows a couple struggling with infertility issues as they discover some unique genetic traits related to an immigrant group from the fictional island of Narval.

Production

Anya revolves around the topics of genetics and anthropology, director Carylanna Taylor has a background as an anthropologist and Harvard researcher Ruth McCole served as scientific consultant. The genetic lab scenes in the film were shot in the real Dr. Andreas Pfenning’s genetics lab at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

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