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In Development

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 *Knitted hat in Ukraine ruins

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.

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