Selected narrative film projects in development and pre-production.
Selected Projects
WOMAN (short film, pre-production)
Logline: A short experimental psychological thriller about a closeted gay man who must confront the parts of himself he’s learned to fear in order to survive intimacy.
Stage: Late development/Early Pre-production
Scale: Small to mid-scale
Audience: Festival audiences, adults
Tone / Effect: Uncomfortable, implicating, emotionally raw
Rating: R
In pre-production with attached composer and post-sound collaborators.
http://www.girlsforoldrichmen.com (feature film)
Logline: After being raped by her best friend’s husband, a fractured young sex worker spirals into increasingly dangerous encounters to reclaim control, while tethered to the only person she still trusts — her best friend, who sided with her rapist.
Stage: Rewriting / mid-development
Scale: Mid-scale
Audience: Indie and festival-focused audiences, female-oriented
Tone / Effect: Intimate, disturbing, emotionally suffocating
Rating: R / 18+
Early Development
SEX (working title, short film)
Logline: A young couple struggles to stay emotionally connected when sex brings him closer and leaves her feeling further away.
Stage: Early development
Scale: Small-scale
Rating: 15+
HOTEL (working title, short film)
Logline: When a young man plagued by violent hallucinations locks himself in a hotel room with his partner, he must confront whether their love can survive if it is slowly destroying them both.
Stage: Writing (second draft)
Scale: Small-scale
Rating: 15+
Maria Calado 