Official Trailer for ‘Magnetosphere’ Film About a Girl with Synesthesia
by Alex Billington
July 11, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Don’t be in a hurry to grow up – it’s overrated.” Freestyle Digital Media has revealed an official trailer for the film Magnetosphere, an indie coming-of-age comedy by filmmaker Nicola Rose. It initially premiered at the 2024 Hamilton Film Festival and Dances With Films Festival last year, and is ready for release on VOD later this month. For anyone who wants to watch! It’s 1997. Comet Hale-Bopp streaks across the sky, and 13-year-old Maggie Campion is trying to make sense of a world she literally sees differently — because Maggie has synesthesia, a rare condition where senses intertwine. As she navigates a new school, quirky family drama, first love, and a chaotic theater production, Maggie begins to realize her so-called “weirdness” might just be her greatest gift. Synesthesia is a condition that makes her see sounds, hear colors, and more. Starring Shayelin Martin as Maggie, Steven He, Colin Mochrie, Tara Strong, Patrick McKenna, Tania Webb, and Debra McGrath. It looks cute & charming, but with the vibes of a made-for-TV movie.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Nicola Rose’s indie film Magnetosphere, direct from YouTube:
It’s 1997. The Hale-Bopp comet is passing by Earth, and Maggie Campion (starring Shayelin Martin) is a kid with a secret. She’s always known there’s something different about her: she can see sounds and hear colors, and her senses do all sorts of other unusual things besides. Shy & cautious, Maggie has always kept these things to herself. But when she moves across the country with her family — her goofy theatrical dad Russell (Patrick McKenna), pragmatic mom Helen (Tania Webb), mischievous little sister Evie — Maggie’s world is shaken up. When she starts school and her dad mounts a ramshackle production of “The Pirates of Penzance” at the local theatre, everything changes. Maggie meets several important people: her first love, her first best friend, a teacher who recognizes her differences, and the family’s loony handyman / exterminator, Gil, who nurses a formidable hidden talent. Together, these oddball folks will lead Maggie to the realization that her differences have a name — synesthesia. And with or without it, she’s remarkable.
Magnetosphere is written and directed by the American indie filmmaker Nicola Rose, making her second feature film after directing Goodbye, Petrushka (2022) previously, plus many other short films. Produced by Tierney Boorboor, Rebeka Herron, Drew Martin. This first premiered at the 2024 Hamilton Film Festival and Dances With Films Festival last year. Freestyle Digital Media will debut Nicola Rose’s Magnetosphere film direct-to-VOD in the US starting on July 22nd, 2025 coming soon this summer. Anyone interested?