Jan-Willem van Ewijk

Wandering through the American West with his teenage daughter, a Dutch father slowly descends into madness after a violent shooting incident.

Daniel is on a road trip through the American West with his teenage daughter Artis. They live in a golden bubble, camping and enjoying the landscape. But whenever people approach them, Artis runs off, leaving Daniel to search anxiously for her. As they cross the Great Plains and head into the Rocky Mountains, Artis starts to disappear more and more, slowly turning Daniel’s dream bubble into a nightmare. PACIFICA. is a film about loss, denial and America’s complex relationship with guns.