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Here are some of our UPCOMING TV AND FILM projects.
PIPE DREAM
LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION TV DRAMEDY
Logline
A struggling painter finds new inspiration when she is visited by animated versions of the male figures from her past, forcing her to empower herself and become the painter she always imagined to be.
Story
Estella ‘was’ a successful painter, but after many years of failed paintings she gets dumped by her Art Agent who then banishes her from the art world. Then one day out of Estella’s blank canvas a Chimera superhero version of herself in animation. She then learns that by using her imagination as animations, she can paint better than before getting her Drag-Queen best friend to present the paintings to her old art agent. But these empowered superheroes represent trauma of the past relationships in her life, and through them Estella must learn some big lessons and become more like her empowered animation, leaving her old self behind
Writer:
Olivia Simone
SHOOTING STAR
A BIG HEARTED TV COMEDY
Logline
Aj is the most talented 8 year old the world will ever see but him and his mom Silvie decide to move from Country Australia to LA, they realize it may not be as easy as they think for Aj to be a star. When Aj befriends the old man upstairs, their unlikely friendship helps Aj discover a secret talent in stand up comedy that takes him in a new direction to stardom.
STORY
8-year-old AJ has it all: he’s uber-talented, cute as a button, ever-charming and naturally very funny.
Only thing is he lives with his penniless mother Silvie, in a small country town in Australia with no visibility. Silvie is an ex-actress who had done the LA stint 20 years before and failed miserably. Yet because of this she is vicariously living through her son and supports him at all costs, writing the wrongs of her own failures.
So, when Aj wins money at yet another talent contest, they decide it’s time to throw everything into him becoming a star. They quickly sell their limited belongings and purchase two one-way tickets to LAX. Armed with his winnings and stars in their eyes they embarking on a risky adventure to find AJ stardom and hopefully give them a more secure future. Silvie is also secretly wanting to relive her dream of getting another chance at being a great actress.
CAST:
Jj Pantano
WRITER:
Olivia Simone
ROSA
FEATURE FILM SET IN SOUTHERN ITALY
Logline
A week before her wedding, Rosa decides to leave her fiancé and go on her honeymoon to Italy alone to find her father. There she ends up discovering a whole family in the South of Italy that she never knew.
Story
Rosa’s mother has lied to her for years, telling her she doesn’t know where her father is. So when Rosa gets wind of the idea her real father is in italy, she leave her fiancé and fleas Australia to go to Italy alone to find him. Her mother has always told her, “there is no more family there, everyone has died,” but Rosa thinks that she will heal herself by learning about her Italian roots. Rosa then discovers she has a whole family in Southern Italy she never knew and that her mother has lied to her. Rosa now has to discover who she really is and make some big changes.
CAST:
Olivia Simone
WRITER:
Olivia Simone
PRODUCERS:
AUSTRALIA:
Olivia Simone
Mark Overett
ITALY:
Unattached
UNEXPECTED TV COMEDY
Logline
Two friends decide to have sex and try their best to stay unattached. They soon realize that through their intimacy they are both confronting the very darkest parts of themselves.
Story
We follow Charlotte and Kamron on a risky adventure through sleeping with each other, giving advice on their dating life post coital, hiding their sexual escapades from their friends and trying their best not to hold each other after sex.
Soon the characters get confronted by their feelings and use many subconscious tactics to avoid intimacy. Marking these moments is a comedic freeze frame and voice over that tells the audience the phycology of why they are having these reactions and how their past traumas and upbringing have shaped their current lives.
WRITERS:
Iman Nazemzadeh and Olivia Simone
Azzurro
AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM BASED ON THE UPCOMING FEATURE ‘RUNNING ON PERFECT TIME.’
Gloria is being driven around Southern Italy when the car breaks down. Her driver Claudio pleads with her to wait at the beach, while he gets the car repaired. Now truly alone, Gloria's grief is transformed by the blue Ionian Sea.
CAST:
Olivia Simone
Giacomo Gianiotto
WRITTEN BY
Olivia Simone
PRODUCERS:
Olivia Simone
Mark Overett
AWARDS:
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, ‘SANTA MONICA FILM FESTIVAL’