In Development


Skeletons for Sadness

genre: thriller
In 1981, Edward Casement is sailing towards the pacific via cape horn and calls in at the disputed Falkland Islands. Things do not go to plan as his crew is deported. He decides to make a deal with the Islands' government in return for a replacement crew, he'll transport the nurse to the outer settlements. It is a fateful deal which puts both their lives in mortal danger.

Based on the novel, the film is set in the magnificent landscape and wildlife haven of the southern archipelago.


Weeping Trees

genre: psychological drama
Adam is a beautiful young man living in London but he doesn’t belong in the city. He dreams of his island home, a paradise, rich and strange and of an exotic woman with emerald green eyes. Haunted by memories of the terrible events that drove him away, he is forced to return in order to reclaim what is his.

This is an original screenplay exploring themes of love, loss and redemption. Weeping Trees is set in an exotic location where things are not what they seem.


Night Arrow

genre: horror
Giving up a promising trade, a young man takes a job at the local railway depot. The woman living with him has begged him to deliver a message to one of his new colleagues, an experienced train driver who drinks to forget. With the message delivered, we learn who she really is and how they can be together...

Set in the early 1960s, this original screenplay explores guilt and the power of love... across space and time.


The Lovers

In a freezing winter of mid-victorian London, Marigold, a young flower seller is plucked off the streets to model for the leading painter of the day. Removed into an unfamiliar world, she is exposed to the hypocrisies and temptations of a gilded society.




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