Flasheforward Films has a slate of projects in development.
Beneath The Surface
Feature film: biographical, historical, investigative journalism drama. Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Fiona Ashe.
* DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FROM SCREEN IRELAND *
* PROOF OF CONCEPT FUNDING FROM SCREEN IRELAND *
* DIRECTOR’S LAB, NATIONAL TALENT ACADEMIES *
The shine comes off gold medals when a journalist scratches beneath the surface of elite sport in Ireland.
Status: proof-of-concept, pitch deck, look book, and first draft screenplay available.
Dark Road
TV drama series: crime thriller. Directors: Maurice Sweeney, Fiona Ashe. Screenwriter: Paul FitzSimons.
* Selected for SITGES ONLINE PITCHBOX 2021: SCRIPTED SERIES *
When a celebrated rugby player is killed on Dublin’s most fashionable road, investigative journalist Claire Goodwin comes up against its powerful and sinister residents. She soon finds everything hanging in the balance – her career, her family, her life.
Status: pilot script and series bible available.
Cracks In The Ice
Feature film: thriller. Director/Screenwriter: Fiona Ashe.
* QUARTERFINALIST, ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS IN SCREENWRITING *
In 1999, Lexie Turner, a daring New York journalist, haunted by her failure to save a girl from rape and murder during the Rwandan genocide, returns to Africa – this time to war-torn Sierra Leone – in the hope of breaking a society-changing story to purge her guilt. She discovers the corrupt, megalomaniac President of neighboring Liberia is brutalizing Sierra 
Leone’s population and stealing blood diamonds to fund a major terror attack against the US. To silence Lexie permanently, the President lays a lethal trap by kidnapping her cameraman’s 10-year-old daughter. Lexie must choose between risking her life to save the girl or breaking the story to save her country.
Status: final draft screenplay available.
Battle For Life
Feature film: drama. Director/Screenwriter: Fiona Ashe. Ukraine Consultant: Lana Turianska.
* FINALIST, VIRGIN MEDIA DISCOVERS 2023 *
An Irish couple, whose 8-months-pregnant Ukrainian surrogate Lyudmyla is trapped in Mariupol when Russia invades, must get Lyudmyla and their unborn twins to safety.
Status: synopsis, pitch deck, and look book available.
Click here to listen to a radio interview with director/screenwriter Fiona Ashe about ‘Battle For Life’.
If you would like to have a discussion about co-producing these films, please contact us.