Broadcasting soon!

Cinemanifesto will be up and running again soon. We’re going through a little re-design right now. Since we’re very indie, we don’t have any cash to spend on a website. This is somewhat ironic as I’m a graphic designer by trade, but I don’t have the time to design my own website. Instead, I need to focus on the visual presentation of the film that we’re working on right now, Lullaby for a Lunatic. I’m going to TIFF in two weeks, so I need to have my website, a splash page for the film, and other materials ready. Look out for a surprise before I go (fingers crossed!).

As a money saving measure, I’ve searched and found a great WordPress theme by site5 that suits my needs and has a similar layout, and I’m going to customize it with my own imagery. WordPress is an amazing resource for indies – you can have a beautiful, functional website that you can update yourself, all for free. It would be great to take the time to build a beautifully interactive website, but I need to put that time and energy into the film.

Anyway, watch this space – it will be changing dramatically over the next few days!

Lullaby for a Lunatic

Lullaby for a Lunatic is the title of the film that we’re currently developing and plan to shoot in September 2010. The screenplay is currently in development.

Lullaby for a Lunatic is a feature length drama that deals with the topic of love. Through a series of subtle hints and symbols we realize something bizarre is in the making.

Synopsis

Lullaby for a Lunatic is a feature length drama that deals with the topic of love. Through a series of subtle hints and symbols we realize something bizarre is in the making.

Our protagonist, Liam, is laid off work and arrives home early one day to find his wife in bed with her dance teacher, Pablo. Liam begins to spiral out of control. Confused and quickly loosing a grip on reality, he chases Pablo down the corridor, where he is confronted with an image of himself in a hallway mirror. Our suspicions that something unreal is stirring are confirmed as Liam looks in the mirror, but the image does not mimic his own behaviour. It is at this point that we realize Liam has lost his mind.

As Liam descends into his subconscious he is greeted by the memory of a few of his childhood imaginary friends: A doctor named Poldy and a romantic interest; a girl-woman with false suicidal tendencies named Chunga.

Liam’s perception of reality is altered for the duration of the film as he sets off down a path of debauchery, to seek revenge against Pablo. During this degenerate, sometimes nasty, experience Liam becomes increasingly drawn towards his imaginary friend Chunga. Through the development of this relationship he comes to terms with what his wife did and he even has the opportunity to understand her position by being in a similar situation himself with his imaginary relationship to Chunga. He hopes in the end that his wife too, will forgive him for his own inability to control his emotions.