Critical response Embers received wide critical acclaim including positive reviews in
The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, and
L.A. Weekly. Eric Kohn of
IndieWire dubbed
Embers, "the best science fiction discovery of the year," and Don Simpson writing for Smells Like Screen Spirit called
Embers, "one of the most memorable independent science fiction films in the last decade.” ''
Sight & Sound's
Anton Bitel lauded the direction, saying, "Carré weaves from her ensemble amnesi-apocalypse a reflection of the human condition as philosophically compelling as it is emotionally intelligent." The Italian film journal Cine Lapsus described the film as, "Beckett absurdly suspended halfway between Memento and City Lights.” Variety criticized Embers
, saying it "could be described as a mass-scale Memento'', but that thumbnail sketch misses both the pic's impressive conceptual breadth and its numbing dramatic stasis."
Accolades Director Claire Carré received nominations for the
Someone to Watch Award at the 2017
Independent Spirit Awards and the Spotlight On Women Directors Award at the
Gotham Awards.
Embers was nominated for Best Production Design for Chelsea Oliver at the inaugural American Independent Film Awards.
Embers received numerous festival accolades including Best Feature at
New Orleans Film Festival,
SciFi London, Feratum Film Festival, and Oxford Film Festival, where Carré also was given the
Alice Guy-Blaché Award. At
Newport Beach Film Festival,
Embers won both Best Feature and Best Director, and the film received awards for Best Feature and Best Editing at Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival.
Embers also received Best New Director at
Brooklyn Film Festival, and both the Juice Award and Special Jury Prize at
Sarasota Film Festival.
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival in Italy awarded
Embers the prestigious Asteroide. == References ==