Vice Media creates 3 short films documenting events leading up to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Twentieth Century Fox partnered with Vice Media’s Motherboard to release three short films documenting the 10 years between the films Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The Before the Dawn short films show fans what happened during that decade, which led to mankind’s descent into destruction. The short films include “Quarantine,” documenting year one, “All Fall Down” at year five, and “The Gun,” 10 years after the viral pandemic known as the simian flu began, when only humans immune to the virus survived.

In Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar and his army of apes are threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. Apes and humans are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes hits theaters on July 11th.

Watch the short films below:

Spread of Simian Flu: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 1)

Amidst a widespread viral outbreak known as the Simian Flu, a mother is quarantined after testing positive for the virus, leaving her husband and daughter to fend for themselves. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes presents this moving short film directed by Isaiah Seret in a series inspired by the ten years between The Rise and The Dawn Of The Planet of the Apes.

Struggling to Survive: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 5)

Five years after the Simian Flu all but wiped out humanity, an orphaned teenage girl survives by bartering things she has stolen from dead people’s homes. This short film was directed by Daniel Thron.

Story of the Gun: Before the Dawn of the Apes (Year 10)

The journey of a shotgun through the hands of several ill-fated owners as the ‘Simian Flu’ ravages the world around them. The makers of Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes present this ambitious short film directed by “thirty-two” – Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace.