In Development
Sacred Land
Documentary Proposal
60 minute documentary proposal suitable for BBC Urgent Stories or Big Names Strand
Presenter
Confirmed:
Andy Sturgeon, international award winning garden designer, author and tv presenter on BBC Chelsea Flower Show looks to take a step away from presenting gardening programmes to explore mental health, drawing on animism and his Japanese research in how nature quiets the mind.
Interviewees & Guests
Confirmed:
Philip Carr-Gomm, chief druid, psychologist, author and so-urologist working in mental health; Mark Horton, Professor of archaeology, author and tv presenter on Coast; Satish Kumar, former monk and peace activist; Mark Townsend, Anglican Vicar and hedge priest; Richard Williamson – Guardian of Kingly Vale; Michael Standish – art director, meditation teacher and owner of listed Henry Williamson Writer’s Hut (author of Tarka The Otter)
TBC:
mental health experts, mental health sufferers, mental health practitioners, wild swimmer, expert archaeologist, representative from Samaritans and MIND
Logline
Since mental health and suicides are on the rise we look to find solutions to well-being in nature as our ancestors did.
Synopsis
Covid-19 has seen a rise in mental health sufferers and suicides. This film seeks solutions in sacred landscapes as our ancestors did. Just being in nature helps us re-connect with mother earth, bringing about a much-needed sense of peace and healing.
Audience
7 years old to 100 years old – anyone interested in mental health, the outdoors, history and nature.
Writer Sara Proudfoot Clinch ©
Producer/Director Sara Proudfoot Clinch
Click here for 1 Page Treatment
Seeking TV commission and funding
Further Information – contact:
Sara Proudfoot Clinch
07887 721 508 or sara@proudfootfilms.com
Ashes To India
Feature Film Proposal
90 minute feature film.
Logline
Anglo Asian farce of young love transcending cultures spiced with dark humour.
Synopsis
Disappointed with her sweetheart Raj, English born Suni embarks on a journey to discover her Indian roots. Unbeknownst to her, she is accompanied by the ghost of Raj’s deceased mother, Mrs Shankar, who delights in rediscovering her native land. Along the way Suni discovers she is pregnant and meets a rich widow Mrs Chatterjee, who soon becomes the host body for Mrs Shankar with intriguing consequences. When newly wed Raj and his father turn up in India can Suni find it in her heart to forgive them? And how does Mrs Shankar’s ghost get back to the afterlife? Can Suni and her baby restore equilibrium in this hilarious Anglo Asian farce.
A chic dark rom com, this is a tale of unconventional love transcending cultures, spiced up with laughter, tears, birth and death, set against the backdrop of vibrant Brighton and colourful India.
Writer Sara Proudfoot Clinch ©
Director Sara Proudfoot Clinch
Feature Screenplay Available
Short Film Available
Marketing Pack Available
Budget Available
Seeking Producer, Finance, Distribution
For Further Information:
Contact Sara Proudfoot Clinch
07887 721 508 or sara@proudfootfilms.com
Short film Four Brothers And A Funeral on which screenplay Ashes To India is based. NB Cast will be different in 2019/20 Film Project
PROPOSED CAST
(The following cast are attached to Ashes To India subject to availability and contract)
Suni Singh – Mandeep Dhillon (forthcoming After Life, Zapped, Good Karma Hospital, City And The City, Dr Who, Inspector George Gently)
Mr Shankar – Nitin Ganatra (Hellboy, Eaten By Lions, EastEnders, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Bride And Prejudice)
Mrs Shankar/Ghost & Mrs Chatterjee – Nina Wadia (forthcoming Alladin, BBC’s EastEnders, Still Open All Hours, Holby City, Bend It Like Beckham, Goodness Gracious Me)
Raj Shankar – TBC
Mrs Singh – TBC
Mr Singh – Adil Ray OBE (forthcoming Blythe Spirit, Viceroy’s House, Beecham House, Ackley Bridge, Citizen Khan)
PROPOSED CREW
(The following crew are attached to Ashes To India subject to availability and contract)
Producer – TBC
Producer – Sara Proudfoot Clinch (Four Brothers And A Funeral)
Writer – Sara Proudfoot Clinch (Four Brothers And A Funeral)
Director – Sara Proudfoot Clinch (Four Brothers And A Funeral)
Production Design – Michael Standish (Victoria & Abdul, Oscar Nominated– The Danish Girl, Zero Dark Thirty)
Costume Design – TBC
Makeup & Hair Design – Colette King (Dark Corners, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, One More Kiss)
Composer – Stephen Warbeck (Oscar winner – Shakespeare In Love, Billy Elliott)
Sound Mixer – Martin Beresford (Danish Girl, Paddington 2, Death Of Stalin, BAFTA Nominated – Wallander)
Assistant to Sara Proudfoot Clinch – Elodie Taylor (NFTS graduate in Production Management)
Director of Photography – TBC
Editor –TBC
The Chaperone
- Feature Film
Proposed 90 minute feature film.
- Log Line
A storm brews when mother and daughter spend Christmas on an enchanting Greek island, one looking for love, the other hiding from it. What strange twist of fate do the Gods have in store for our native New Yorkers?
- Synopsis
Magic happens in this enchanting rom com set on a Greek island at Christmas. The Chaperone tells the story of Diana, a fire fighter wrapped up in her hobby archaeology and all the mysteries that surround it, forsaking herself, romance and her vivacious daughter, Sarah, who has been invited to spend Christmas on the island with her new boyfriend Niko. The only snag is Niko’s traditional Grandmother has insisted on a chaperone, and although not her first choice, Sarah persuades her neglectful mother Diana to accompany her. Whilst there, Diana digs up fragments of an ancient statue, invoking interest from the Gods and the wrath of a local fisherman who secretly watches her and finds himself becoming attracted to her. Ironically it is her passion for archaeology that leads Diana to the very thing she is hiding from – love.
What strange twist of fate do our naughty Greek Gods hold in store for our native New Yorkers?
- Writer Sara Proudfoot Clinch ©
- Director Sara Proudfoot Clinch
- Feature Screenplay Available
- Marketing Pack Available
- Seeking Producer, Finance, Distribution
- For Further Information Contact Sara Proudfoot Clinch
- 07887 721 508 or sara@proudfootfilms.com
