Neon Tilapia
Tony Koros, Writer/Director
Elizabeth Charles, Producer
Sloan Grant(s) Received: 2020, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca Film Institute
Project Type: Feature
Genre: Dramedy
Length: 96 pages
Field of Science: Biology
Stage: Development
Synopsis
When a dangerous water-weed threatens to take over his lake and livelihood, a fisherman in rural Kenya forms an unexpected alliance with his estranged granddaughter to fight back using glowing, genetically modified fish. As strange lights appear in the lake, chaos erupts in the village, and the two are challenged to reach a new understanding of each other.