A film by Stas Mareev Science fiction / Action thriller
Everyone has a price.
Survival takes two.
Two former spouses. One survival game. A city paid to stand in their way.
The rules sound simple: reach the destination before time runs out.
But strangers receive your photograph — and a financial incentive to help you, or stop you. Every street becomes a trap. Every encounter becomes a wager.
Thrown into the game together, two former spouses must move beyond old grievances and learn to trust each other again. In a world that turns human lives into transactions, their best chance of survival is each other.
An early glimpse of the film’s atmosphere.
Existing promo presented under the title OVERSTAKE.
Shorts / OVERSTAKE
The latest reels and short journeys into the film’s world — its people, machines and places.
Faces of the game
Signals from the city
An existing live-action film.
A radically reimagined cinematic world.
HANDICAP 2.0 expands the original film into an industrial, retrofuturistic universe — rebuilding environments, extending action and reshaping the visual experience around its human story.
The production combines live-action performance with generative filmmaking. The actors, their voices and the emotional foundations of the film remain at its heart.
Production approach Hybrid live-action + GenAI
Original → Reimagined
Watch the live-action source and its reimagined counterpart. Each version plays independently.
Before Original live-action
After HANDICAP 2.0
Before Original live-action
After HANDICAP 2.0
Before Original live-action
After HANDICAP 2.0
A working city of towers, railways and harbours.
Humans and machines. Surveillance and survival.
Former spouses become reluctant allies. Their shared history can divide them — or keep them alive.
Behind the screens, the game turns the city into a controlled route of risks and rewards.
Ordinary people become participants. The difference between an ally and a threat is an incentive.
Selected concept slides from the film’s visual development. Places imagined for the expanded world of HANDICAP 2.0.
Street life beneath layers of industrial architecture.
Rides, market stalls and the sea beyond.
Ski infrastructure at the edge of an immense landscape.
Ships, industry and life along the waterfront.
A world of workshops, machinery and human activity below the city.
A wall of images. A city under observation.
Dragan, developed for the reimagined universe. Explore his face, costume, equipment and cinematic presence.
Character development artwork for HANDICAP 2.0.
Stas Mareev / DirectorFilm director · GenAI director · Composer
The story comes first.
Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Stas Mareev brings his background in film and television to a production approach that combines practical filmmaking with generative tools.
With HANDICAP 2.0, he is rebuilding the world of his original film around the performances, relationships and dramatic tension at its core.
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Currently seeking international distribution, streaming, licensing and sales partners.
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