Feature Films
The Straightwire ethos is to make films that have a resounding impact across the globe, films with a heart and soul, which will maintain their longevity for years to come.
We specialize in the development, structuring, financing, and above all the successful management of international feature film co- production.
PLEASE NOTE. WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING ANY SCRIPT SOLICITATION, DUE TO HAVING A FULL ROSTER OF PROJECTS
Where Love Reigns (AKA Sabina)
'Where Love Reigns' (AKA Sabina) is a film based on the true story of Sabina Spielrein, a Russian Jewish patient, who in 1904, at the age of 18, was referred to Carl Jung. During her treatment, she and Jung would embark upon a passionate and forbidden love affair. The main body of the story concentrates on the love affair between Sabina and Jung, covering the period between 1904 and 1911, from the moment they first meet to the decline in their relations and eventual split, finally returning to Russia where Sabina's ultimate destiny awaits her.
Adapted from Snoo Wilson's play 'Sabina,' the film has the love affair between Jung and Sabina at its epicentr. The film begins and ends in a dream, allowing Sabina's ghost to come back and tell her tale, vividly exposing the passion, dreams, and significant inspiration she represented to one of the 20th century's most influential figures - an archetypal tragic-heroic tale of madness, genius and sacrifice.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
FORMAT: SUPER 35MM
LENGTH: 100 MINS (APPROX)
FILMING LOCATIONS: UK/SOUTH AFRICA
POST PRODUCTION: CANADA
RELEASE: THEATRICAL
Gnaw
‘If you go away for the weekend... be prepared for a big surprise ...‘
In this dark, tongue in cheek, British Horror, six friends take a holiday in the heart of the English countryside which turns into a culinary nightmare when they discover that their hosts are a sadistic family of cannibals, set on turning their guests into their next meal! It's nice to have your friends for dinner...
FANGORIA calls it "Intense and Extreme!"
TECHNICAL DETAILS
FORMAT: HD
LENGTH: 85 MINS (APPROX)
FILMING LOCATIONS: UK
POST PRODUCTION: UK
RELEASE: THEATRICAL
WEBSITE: http://www.gnaw-movie.com/
VIEW TRAILER HERE: http://www.gnaw-movie.com/trailer.htm (Not Safe For Work Trailer)
Dreams
Michael is a gifted 10-year-old boy with a dream. He wants to write the first opera for puppets - a fascination he has inherited from his beloved grandfather. He is just like any other 10-year-old. He enjoys playing with his friends, although at times they let him down. He loves his mother and father, although at times they aren't very good at being parents.
In a cruel twist, fate makes him unwell. His doctor and everyone who know him, quickly realise what a good person he is, that he is special. He is blessed with a quiet ability to heal other people's troubles, to make their lives better.
Everyone has a dream and it is Michael's greatest wish that they fulfil their dreams as best they can. For Michael, he finds a voice with his puppets that become as real as the people in his life, and they become an escape from the harsher realities surrounding him.
'Dreams' is the story of a whole wonderful life accelerated by a cruel illness into a few short months and a boy who never loses sight of his humour and grace and who becomes a source of joy and happiness to those around him.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
FORMAT: SUPER 35MM/Film
LENGTH: 100 MINS (APPROX)
FILMING LOCATIONS: LONDON, UK
POST PRODUCTION: LONDON, UK
RELEASE: THEATRICAL
Death Penalty
2015. Nevada, Texas. Gabriel Angel, is an innocent man...but guilty in the eyes of the law. He takes his final breath as he's injected with a lethal poison...Seconds later it's all over for Gabriel.
Or so he thinks...
He awakens on a bus traveling at high speed through the darkness, and he's not alone. There are others with him, including Silus and Jai. All are dressed in matching prison attire; shackled together, disorientated. The bus slows and pulls into a huge darkened military compound...This is Fort Morville.
The Prisoners step off the bus where they're greeted by scores of military guards, then General Maddox, takes the stand, “No doubt the believers amongst you, thought you’d be in heaven by now...But let me make it plain. You’re all in hell!”
2 months later, Gabriel, Silus, and Jai, have settled into some kind of normality in their brutal prison world. They work out every day and bust there asses on the factory floor...But questions remain unanswered...Why are they here? And what the hell is going on?
One thing the prisoners do know is that they were all SUPPOSED to die!
Then one day, General Maddox picks Gabriel, Silus and Jai for a 'special outside expedition'. It's the first time the prisoners have seen light since they've been at Fort Morville, and what a surprise...The prison is surrounded by miles upon miles of endless desert...Fort Morville is Alcatraz in the Sand!
Eventually their bus pulls up in the middle of nowhere and dumps the prisoners on the lonely desert road. They're shackled together to a telegraph pole, in sight of a CCTV camera which watches there every move. Then the guards order the prisoners to repair the potholes, before boarding the bus and disappearing off into the distance, leaving the prisoners all alone.
Hours pass...sweat pours off the dehydrated prisoners in the burning desert heat, there's no sign of the guards returning...The prisoners have been left for dead.
Tensions start to boil as they hammer away at the road. Then suddenly their shackles break free! The prisoners look at one another stunned...has God just given them a second chance? Or is this some kind of sick joke??
Welcome to the lawless world of Death Penalty...Let the games begin!
Love Motel
"Wild Thing", Tokyo's most notorious Love Motel is a haven for hedonists, a carnal pleasure palace where anything goes!
But "Wild Thing" has a secret buried deep within its walls ...
When TAK SHINTO checks in for the night, all Hell will break loose!
The tortured soul of his Father's dead mistress is about to seek her revenge ...
If sex is the first thing on your mind ...
Death will be your last!