Nouvelles Vagues
Nouvelles Vagues

Edition 2026

THE UNDERTONE

Ian Tuason

Canada 2026 94 min English
(c) Condor Distribution

Evy, the host of a podcast dedicated to paranormal phenomena, returns to her childhood home to care for her dying mother. One day, she receives a series of strange recordings. As she plays them on her show, Evy realizes that the events described in the tapes seem to be bleeding into reality. The sounds becomeincreasingly disturbing, as though something was trying to communicate with her. Each time she plays them, the threat draws closer… 

Crédits

Interprètes

Nina Kiri, Michelle Duquet, Keana-Lyn Bastidas 

Screenplay

Ian Tuason

Image

Graham Beasley

Editing

Sonny Atkins

Sound

David Gertsman

Music

Shanika Lewis-Waddell

Production

Cody Calahan & Dan Slater

Ian Tuason

After directing several acclaimed short films between 2009 and 2018, Canadian filmmaker Ian Tuason makes his highly personal feature debut with Undertone, shot in his childhood home and inspired by his experience caring for his parents. He is currently developing the next installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise and is preparing, with A24, a prequel to Undertone, the second chapter in a planned trilogy.