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Steve (Gary Sweet) arrives home from the office and has trouble getting into his house. Finally entering to find the vestibule dark and quiet, he smiles to himself, thinking he’s about to encounter a surprise birthday party. But when he finds no-one in the living room he is baffled and quickly starts to feel uneasy. The main room is dark, the light switch doesn’t work and a video camera is set up on a tripod in the middle of the room.
Curator’s notes
This is the mysterious start of a gripping second act, the moment when Steve starts to discover the disturbing nature of the surprise birthday present left for him by his wife Alexandra. The first part of the surprise is the absence of Alexandra and their two children. The surprise – the 'project’ of the film’s title – will unfurl in many stages, maintaining a high degree of tension throughout.
