Press kit
Admission
After years of building a case against her abuser, a woman with dissociative identity disorder is coerced by the FBI into an undercover sting, infiltrating his clinic to turn her trauma response into a lethal psychological trap.
The full press kit follows the shoot (November 2026). Until then, the one-sheet and the synopsis.
Downloads
- One-sheetPDF · A4↓
- Logline & synopsisPDF · A4↓
- Logline & synopsisPlain text, to copy↓
- Press stillsZIP · after the shoot
- Electronic press kitPDF · after the shoot
Synopsis
Short
I · The operationAfter years of building a case against her abuser, Ava is coerced by the FBI into an undercover sting, entering the clinic of Dr. Logan Lesnar to capture his signature phrase on a wire.
II · The sessionSeated in the clinical cold, Ava maintains absolute control while Lesnar remains unaware of who she is. Veronica holds the clinical boundary while Beth erupts into raw confrontation. The gold watch on his wrist bridges two haunting eras.
III · The admissionDrunk on power, Lesnar lets his clinical mask slip as he locks the door and leans in. The wire needs one sentence from him. Her mind against his ego.
Every word is being heard.
Long
I · The operationAva spent years building a comprehensive case against Dr. Logan Lesnar, the psychiatrist who abused her as a child and murdered her mother, and brought the files directly to the FBI. Her plan was never to step foot in his room again, but the authorities inform her it is not enough for an admissible conviction; they need his signature phrase recorded live on a wire. Following fierce pushback against facing her abuser, and eight months of grueling training, Ava commits to the undercover mission to put him away.
II · The sessionSeated across from him in the clinical cold, Ava maintains absolute psychological control while Lesnar remains entirely unaware of who she is. As he probes for his own gratification, the tension escalates. Veronica, the system’s controlling manager, holds the clinical boundary, while Beth erupts into raw, unyielding confrontation. The oppressive claustrophobia of the room tightens, pushed to the edge by the gleaming gold watch on Lesnar’s wrist that bridges two haunting eras.
III · The admissionDrunk on institutional power and believing he holds total dominance, Lesnar lets his clinical mask slip as he locks the door and leans in. The wire needs one sentence from him. Her mind against his ego.
Every word is being heard.
The filmmakers
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Saïda Fakher
Story · Director · Lead actress (Ava) · Executive producer
A Moroccan-Dutch actress, producer and director, trained at the Dutch Academy of Performing Arts and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, selected from over 100,000 applicants. Founder of Fakher Media and Executive Producer at RiverRock Films. She works in Dutch, Arabic, French and English, and plays Ava herself, after playing the cartel boss Hala in Zwijgrecht.
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Margretta Hutcheon
Screenwriter · Associate producer
Screenwriter and storyteller specializing in dark comedy, community and cultural documentaries, and dark contemporary fiction. She holds an Associate of Science in Creative Writing from Full Sail University and has been published in Adelaide Literary Magazine. She has worked in acting and stage for 24 years and on film sets for the last 8.
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Paul Bunch
President & chief creative officer, RiverRock Films
A writer-director for some twenty-five years and an executive producer alongside Bradley Cooper, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell. He oversees more than forty film and television projects in development.
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Erwin Fraterman
Head of post-production
Senior editor and head of AI and creative technology at Arcade Edit, where he built the AI division. His cutting rooms include Sony’s Bad Boys for Life, Jonas Åkerlund’s Rammstein: Paris and YouTube’s #DearMe campaign, seen on Good Morning America. On Admission he leads post-production.
Cast Dr. Logan Lesnar FPO · casting
Production notes · stills · specifications
Production notes
FPO · after the shoot
Stills
Five to eight production stills from the set photographer. FPO · after the shoot
- Running time
- 10 to 12 minutes, in production
- Format
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Press contact
Saïda Fakher, RiverRock Films · Saida [at] riverrockfilms.com · @admission.film
A RiverRock Films productionstory by Saïda Fakherscreenplay by Margretta Hutcheondirected by Saïda Fakher
The images published with Admission so far are look-development frames, made with AI from the director’s look book and location photographs, except the director’s own photographs. Production stills follow the shoot.