back

  • Featured

  • Financing

  • In Development

Byzantium

A young man wakes up in a strange rural town with no memory of who he is or how he got there. With the help of the local townsfolk, he attempts to piece together the mystery of his past. But in Byzantium nothing – and no one – is as it seems.
Writer/Director: Cris Jones Producers: Melanie Coombs, Alicia Brown, Mish Armstrong Budget:US $2.5 mil
Byzantium is a absurdist drama about a man exploring the truth of who we are, what we are doing here and why anyone should care. Cris and Melanie have successfully collaborated on THE FUNK which has screened at over 60 international film festivals, won significant awards and been distributed by shorts distributor Interfilm Berlin. www.myspace.com/crisjonesfilms

Developed with Screen Australia

WATCH other acclaimed and award winning shorts written and directed by CRIS at: http://www.youtube.com/user/OPTIMISMFilm

The Heisenberg

Principal Excursion

  • Financing

The Road Home Based on the Award winning short film, The Road Home is an adventure road movie about two young runaways who escape the terror of boarding school only to get sucked into a wild chase by terrorists. They trek over mountains;… (More)
roadHome_webSite_optimism_alicia_640_400

  • In Development

Barking Love Henry is chronically scared of dogs, Esther is a vet who’s sworn off love forever and Peg is the little dog who is going to bring them together. Barking Love is a contemporary romantic comedy about learning to trust your… (More)
dogdaze

  • In Development

Step 13 Step Thirteen     Brad, Dawn and Giselle are an aimless recovering-alcoholic threesome. All share a house, a bed, and a surreal take on the world. They live with their husky Slash on the deserted backwater of the Isle of… (More)
step

  • In Development

The Bunyip of Berekley’s Creek BUNYIP emerges from a waterhole not knowing who he is, what he is or how he came to be. “Who am I?” he asks the Platypus, Kangaroo, and Emu. Only little Spinifex Hopping Mouse POPPY is brave enough to journey… (More)
Bunyip2

  • In Development

Controlled Burn In 1869, Morag, a young Scottish Maid seeking revenge travels to the other side of the world, assuming her English mistress’ identity along the way, only to learn she must face the crimes of the past, and forgive, in order… (More)
byanyothername