The Eye is a psychological thriller directed by Daphne Schmon and written by Emily Carlton, starring Shruti Haasan and Mark Rowley. Produced by Melanie Dicks for Fingerprint Content, with Argonauts Productions, the film follows a bereaved woman who returns to a Greek island and encounters a belief that her husband can be brought back to life through another person’s death.
Plot Following the drowning of her husband, Felix, Diana returns to the Greek island where he died to scatter his ashes. Staying with a local family, she begins to suspect that they were involved in his death. An elderly woman, Koraki, introduces her to a local belief surrounding the evil eye: Felix can be brought back to life, but only if Diana takes another person’s life in exchange.
Diana becomes convinced that her host, Fenia, sacrificed Felix to restore the health and mobility of a young boy, Aki. Intending to kill Fenia, Diana confronts her aboard a boat. During their struggle, Aki is accidentally knocked overboard and becomes entangled in a fishing net. Diana dives into the water and frees him, but when she brings him back aboard, he appears to be dead.
Returning to shore, Diana goes to Koraki’s home intending to kill her instead. Ultimately, however, she stabs herself. During a near-death experience, she encounters Felix, who urges her to return to her life.
Diana awakens in hospital, where a visit from Aki reveals that he survived. She apologises to him and subsequently scatters Felix’s ashes into the sea from the roof of a church they both loved, accepting his death.
Cast Shruti Haasan as Diana
Mark Rowley as Felix
Anna Savva as Fenia
Linda Marlowe as Koraki
Christos Stergioglou as Spiros
Elpida Stathatou as Erika
Aimilios Garipis as Aki
Production
The film was produced by Melanie Dicks, with Yu-Fai Suen and Jess Hines serving as executive producers. The production company was Fingerprint Content, in association with Media Finance Capital and in co-production with Argonauts Productions. Filming took place in Athens and Corfu in 2022.
The production worked with sustainability consultancy Greenshoot on measures intended to reduce its environmental impact. Local reporting described initiatives addressing water management, pollution, carbon emissions and sustainable production practices.
Release The Eye won Best Film and Best Director for Daphne Schmon at the Greece International Film Festival, and Best International Feature at the 2024 London Independent Film Festival. At the 2024 UK Film Awards, David Schweitzer won Best Music and James Chegwyn won Best Cinematography for their work on the film.
The film was selected as the opening feature of the fifth Wench Film Festival in 2025, marking its Indian premiere. It received a digital release in the United Kingdom and the United States through Apple TV and Amazon Video. Freestyle Digital Media released it in North America on 20 January 2026, on digital platforms and DVD.
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