"Let's buy some swords"

I said, and that’s where my adventure began.  My name is Alexandra Celestin, and I’m the creator of the Tides Eye Universe. The project was born when my best friend, Ryan Chidester, was teaching me how to sword fight. The idea was to film a few scenes and have fun with it.  I had always said that if I hadn’t found cinema as my passion, I probably would have bought a boat and lived at sea, somewhere far away. An idea came to mind: “What if we film it on a real ship at sea?” It sounded crazy, but funny enough, we didn’t hesitate for a second.  Meanwhile, the world of Tides Eye just grew bigger and bigger in my head, and what started as a passion project became a whole universe and my obsession.  After surviving an absolutely insane production, with more than 80 artists, sailors, craftspeople, and crew members believing in this idea and bringing it to life with their own hands, we decided that we wanted to tell more.  Sometimes the greatest adventures begin with one reckless decision.  Mine was: “Let’s buy some swords.”