“It is based on the psychology of a woman who was born in 1560. It is a study of the psychopathologies of perversions, specifically those of the characters Elizabeth Kane and Raymond Pope.”

Eternal is also a story of two accomplished men who have been looking forward to becoming filmmakers for many years and now that the opportunity has presented itself, have applied themselves thoroughly to the task.

Producer/co-director Wilhelm Liebenberg grew up in South Africa where television was not available, but movies were easily accessed. Weaned on a steady diet of classic film, on average four per week since he was fourteen, Liebenberg believed that a career as a filmmaker was the pinnacle of achievement, but it was not something he considered possible. After moving first to Greece and then to Montreal, his career encompassed music and up-market fashion design for clients such as Bloomingdales and Saks.

Producer/co-director Frederico Sanchez was born in the Canary Islands and grew up speaking three languages, English, Spanish and French, which opened the door to the riches of three cultures. Beginning his career writing comic books, he studied film at Concordia University in Montreal and then produced television shows before opening his own company which focused on high concept design and promotion.

It was in Montreal, twelve years ago, when Liebenberg crossed paths with Sanchez and a friendship began. Three years ago, Sanchez brought a script he had written to Liebenberg - a small, dark film about a woman who believed she was Erzsabeth Bathory, the Translyvanian countess during the 1600s who murdered 650 young women for their blood. This was the opportunity both men, who have loved film for years, to make their dream come true. It did open, and they walked through together forming WildKoast Entertainment.

“It was the right film for us,” explains Liebenberg. “We rewrote, it but it definitely came from the right seed. But at the time, I said, if we cannot go for a theatrical release and if we are not going to make something that stands up to Hollywood standards, then I am not interested.” Sanchez concurred.

“The original story was gritty, taking place in tight spaces, apartments and alleyways, but we decided to go big, make it more surreal and introduce more of the element of fantasy into the film,” says Sanchez. Together, the co-producers/co-directors wanted to bring something original to the thriller genre, to add sexuality to it, to add an element of the supernatural to it, and to give it a sense of fantasy that would transport audiences.

Working on the philosophy of ‘go big or stay in bed', they shot a 15 minute pilot in black and white and packaged it elaborately. Eternal , the pilot, was presented to potential investors in a slim, walnut case lined in deep crimson velvet. Nestled into the velvet was a custom designed silver ring of the Bathory family crest, complete with a curl of silver which extended out, fashioned like the claw Elizabeth uses to open the arteries of her victims. Beside that was a hardcover book selling the movie, complete with stills, synopsis, history and bios. This proved that WildKoast could create, package and market a movie on par with the best.