“Carré weaves from her ensemble amnesi-apocalypse a reflection of the human condition as philosophically compelling as it is emotionally intelligent... No film has either moved or provoked me as much this year.”

“A triumph of the creative process that will restore your faith in artistry... It will live with you for the rest of your life, cemented in your consciousness.”

“The question of who we are without our memories is raised with impressive skill and depth of feeling by director Claire Carré in this superb debut...A powerful, thoughtful and moving work of science-fiction that engages the head and the heart.”

“This female-directed film breathes new life into scifi... and smartly does it on a small scale to create something just as effective, unique and powerful as many of its big budget Hollywood counterparts.”

“Filled with intense performances and breathtaking cinematography, this is the rare science fiction film that excels in its lack of exposition. An atmospheric tone poem in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Embers captures the human condition, stripped away of everything but personality and instinct.”

“With nothing more than performances and ruins, [writer/director Claire Carré] creates a convincing and enthralling world. More importantly, she achieves that to which the best sci-fi aspires: She probes the nature of what it is to be human. She examines the quixotic nature of memory as both enlightenment and burden, moral boundary and source of pain. Each character treads a different path in this amnesiac’s Divine Comedy, and each finds a different meaning in this meaningless world. In that ambiguity, she finds tragedy, poignancy, and even optimism.”