AION

A short feature film by

Giulio Meliani & Loren Semmens

**Is time travel possible?**

Aion is a story about a single father and his ill son defying the unstoppable power of time through their relationship and love for each other.
When space-enthralled Theo is told he cannot go to the space museum because of his health condition, Theo is crushed. But Theo’s father Dylan uses that as an opportunity to create a new life-long memory for his son during this difficult time. The story captures the raw emotions of parenting without all the answers and the joy of childhood innocence. Its message encourages all of us to be intentional about the time that we have with our loved ones.

Director / Writer

Giulio Meliani

Giulio Meliani is a Los Angeles-based Brazilian-American filmmaker. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Giulio attended art school where he discovered his passion for image-making and storytelling. After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, he completed his photography education at Santa Monica College in 2010 and began pursuing filmmaking assisting for commercial productions in LA. In 2012, Giulio started his own production company Joy Per Second where he is a director, DP, editor, and colorist for commercials, music videos, and mini-documentaries. AION is his narrative short film debut as both writer and director.

Production Company / Producer

Loren Semmens

Loren Semmens began his career producing and editing branded narrative content and live events for companies such as Adidas originals, SanDisk, Hitachi, Nike, Razer, G-Technology, Goldenvoice, SpaceX, Riot, MSG, Apple, and more. Founder of Showdown Digital, and has executive produced numerous feature films including All Cheerleaders Die, which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival to positive critical reception; Lucky McKee’s The Woman, which made its world premiere at Sundance; Ghoul, an NBCUniversal co-production, writer/director Chad Crawford Kinkle’s Jug Face, which won the Slamdance Screenwriting Competition; and Dead Season which premiered on SyFy. Semmens has also produced successful digital series including Oishi High School Battle (Seasons 2, 3 & 4 Defy Media), 16 Bit High School (Defy Media), Dinglesworth and Laurie the Lousy Fairy (DreamworksTV). He is an Emerson College alum, holding a B.F.A. in Visual and Media Arts.