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PROJECTS
In The Lives of Goldfish
(Feature Film)
Tagline: We.Are.The.End.
Genre: Gritty Psychological Drama
Budget: 500k - 1mil
Synopsis: Once a convicted felon with "disassociative amnesia" is released home to the aftermath of his actions, and its effects on a small arctic town, he tries to piece together memories of what happened and navigate a perilous last chance at redemption as his former high school’s new security guard; all over the course of the island’s annual 30 days of night.
Comparison: “’Our Town" for amnesiacs in Hell.
Stage: Development
Dreams Of the Youth
(Feature Film)
Tagline: Get good with god.
Genre: Surreal/Dark Coming of Age, Family Drama
Budget: 500k - 1mil
Synopsis: Five alienated teens try to wrench their lives and their “coming of age” free from the maelstrom of their capsizing families, as they shatter against a cataclysm of secrets amidst the backdrop of the Seattle Grunge Scene and parallelling the chaotic world events of 1991.
Comparisons: A "Breakfast Club" for orphaned hearts at the end of a world.
A high speed, head-on collision of the religious horrors and coming-of-age questions of Ingmar Bergman and John Hughes with touches of Edward Albee’s magical surreality and Scorsese’s sparkling rage sprinkled over the mangled remains.
Stage: Early Financing
A Portrait of a Grassy Hill
(TV Pilot)
Tagline: Always the Left. Only the Left.
Genre: Violent Crime Thriller/ Period Piece
Budget: 150k-200k
Synopsis: A meek, black Shipyard owner enlists an exiled IRA operative turned “serial mercenary” to help defend his business and avenge his family amidst a deadly siege of assaults in 1920s Boston.
Comparisons: Peaky Blinders meets Dexter.
Stage: Early Financing
Para La Paz (for peace...)
(Feature Film)
Tagline: The Future Welcomes You.
Genre: Sci-Fi "Neo-Noir" urban odyssey, cloaked as a nightmarish political/psychological thriller, with touches of stylized 80's retro punk cinema
Budget: 3m
Synopsis: In a theoretical near future, a mysterious space shuttle launch marks the economic union and opening of borders between Mexico and the United States, to avoid a mutual financial collapse. Over the course of one night, the lives of seven people, serendipitously and intricately intertwined, are irreversibly changed forever.
Comparisons: “Blade Runner has a drug fueled orgy with After Hours, Traffic, and L.A. Confidential to a mix CD of Vangelis and Goblin, while The Warriors videotape the whole thing.”
Stage: Financing (it has received developmental financing!)