Eureka
London, United Kingdom | Film Short
Thriller, Sci-Fi
We've never been more connected, virtually; yet disconnected, emotionally. The boom of social media and VR now means many young people must untangle their real lives from their online persona. What is 'real' in this new frontier?
Eureka
London, United Kingdom | Film Short
Thriller, Sci-Fi
1 Campaigns | Scotland, United Kingdom
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We've never been more connected, virtually; yet disconnected, emotionally. The boom of social media and VR now means many young people must untangle their real lives from their online persona. What is 'real' in this new frontier?
About The Project
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Mission Statement
The Story
Eureka is a thriller about a man who wakes up from a coma and must reconcile a relationship with his girlfriend before her imminent departure for another planet.
Our main character, Paul, wakes up alone and find little solace in a mysterious text message with directions to a meeting point. His girlfriend, Sara, promises to be there. The film is set mostly along this long drive where he must piece together elements of the deserted world around him and his relationship to understand where he is going.
This film poses the question: what do you do when you realize you feel most alone with the person you claim to love the most? It can quickly start to feel like the world around you is falling apart. For Paul, this is quite literally the case.
Eureka is a film about loneliness, friendship, determination, loss and true love. Through our main character’s perspective you will face the same dilemmas and encounter diverse characters with conflicting opinions. We explore these ideas in a Sci-Fi setting inspired by the present day technological allure towards social media, virtual reality and digital personas as a vehicle for happiness or even love. Can you crack the code? You may agree or disagree with the characters, but their actions are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat but will most importantly allow you to form your own relationship with the film.
Director’s note
Why this?
Eureka is set in a world, much like ours, where technology has torn down all physical obstacles and unlocked the key to happiness. Social media and heightened reality reign supreme. The flip side of this innovation is that many young people now have to find ways to piece together their very real lives through a spiderweb of reality and their digital presence.
Why us?
We explore this world through the eyes of a character who wakes up from a coma, alone, with no sign of his girlfriend. Paul hasn’t seen these technological changes happen progressively; he spawns in the middle of this chaos. This presents him with a uniquely clear moment to choose the life he wants - albeit still while under the delirious influence of powerful sedatives. This project is also in the continuation of my short film, CURTAIN CALL. It builds upon the filmmaking approach and tone which inspires me.
Why now?
The goal with Eureka is also to lay the tonal and visual groundwork for an attached feature length screenplay. Eureka is set in a fully immersive, rich and thought-provoking environment. This film is fun and entertaining for wide audiences; but if you choose to dig deeper, there are plenty of layers to discover. The main characters are complex and harbor conflicting opinions; and this allows the audience to form their own relationship with the film.
Budget: Production
We will be shooting in the south of England from May 16-19. During this time, we will accommodate a full cast and crew with lodgings, food and transportation. Owing to fluctuations of the conversion rate, we have estimated a 1.3:1 rate from US Dollars to GB Pounds.
Stretch Goals: Post-Production
Should we acquire the totality of our financial needs, we still have an entire post-production campaign to run - any help now would be multiplied later on as we can support both production and begin our contributions towards the post-production campaign.
Visual Aesthetic
The essence of the film revolves around the capturing of a particular aesthetic and cultivating it to a standard through VFX in which the central point of the conceptual piece can be exposed - what happens when we cannot differentiate between that which is real and that which is not? What constitutes illusion and what constitutes actuality?
By capturing our subjects with cutting-edge filmography techniques and manipulating them with state-of-the-art VFX, we hope to create the aesthetic representation of this blurred state in which one must question the existence of the reality they are witnessing. In doing so, we aim to capture this tension within this Schrodinger's Box of uncertainty.
Previous Short Film
CURTAIN CALL (2023)
Thriller, Drama
Two actresses compete for the lead in a musical.
Premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival, Best Short Film Winner ARFF Paris, Best Short Film Winner Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival, Best Cinematography Winner Milan Independent Film Festival, Best Short Film Finalist Jane Austen Film Festival and 3 other nominations.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Cast
Costs $2,000
Help us cover the cost of the value-add of using professionals.
Camera
Costs $1,500
Give us the focus to blur the line between real - and not real.
Lighting
Costs $1,600
Help us to capture the most of our subjects in their environments.
Sound Recording
Costs $1,300
Give us full control over the audiovisual experience of the film.
Hair and Makeup
Costs $780
Help our stars look their best on production day.
Wardrobe & Car Rental
Costs $975
We cannot get there naked and on foot, after all. Plus, the car is a star.
Production Design
Costs $1,250
Ensure that we have the right people calling the right shots at the right times.
Food, Travel & Accomodation
Costs $1,000
Help make sure our crew are well fed, well rested and comfortable during production.
Insurance
Costs $500
We are hoping that everything goes off without a hitch - help us in the most unlikely of cases
Cash Pledge
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About This Team
Nicholas Lazović
Writer, Director
Nicholas’ 2023 writer-director debut short film, CURTAIN CALL, premiered at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
He evaluated screenplays for commercial and creative potential at various film markets – including Cannes.
He also worked at Icon Film Distribution and with Lloyd Levin at Shadowplay Features on screenplays and other development work.
Allegra Venturi
Producer
Allegra’s debut short film 'Last Night' premiered in 2021, taking on roles as a co-writer, producer, and actress.
She has starred in numerous short films in both the US and UK that have successfully entered the festival circuit.
She will also make her directorial debut in the coming months with the short film ’Sick Enough’. It features among a range of other projects currently in development.
TJ Kalunga Jones
Producer
TJ’s 2017 debut short film, WITH LOVE, MY DARLING, premiered at London ShortFilm Festival.
His 2019 short film, FINAL GIFT, premiered at HBO’s Academy Award qualifying Urbanworld and Lift-Off Global Network.
TJ and Nicholas are also currently developing two feature films.
Cooper Tweedie
Cooper's 2017 debut short film, 'About Us,' premiered at the Livermore Valley Film Festival.
He has starred as an actor in a number of film, advertisement and TV roles in California and the United Kingdom.
His debut as an auteur will be 'The Immortal Game,' set to release in April 2024 and enter the festival circuit.
Cast
Charlie Field
Charlie Field is an actor and writer born in Germany. He made his theatre debut at the Park Theatre in London, the production later transferring to New York in 2017. He has starred in Genius (2017) for National Geographic, Poldark (2015) for the BBC, Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal (2019) for Lifetime and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) for Amazon.
India Mullen
India Mullen was born in Dublin, Ireland. She has starred in Normal People (2020) for BBC, The Peripheral (2022) for Amazon Prime and Red Rock (2020) for BBC.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Eureka is a thriller about a man who wakes up from a coma and must reconcile a relationship with his girlfriend before her imminent departure for another planet.
Our main character, Paul, wakes up alone and find little solace in a mysterious text message with directions to a meeting point. His girlfriend, Sara, promises to be there. The film is set mostly along this long drive where he must piece together elements of the deserted world around him and his relationship to understand where he is going.
This film poses the question: what do you do when you realize you feel most alone with the person you claim to love the most? It can quickly start to feel like the world around you is falling apart. For Paul, this is quite literally the case.
Eureka is a film about loneliness, friendship, determination, loss and true love. Through our main character’s perspective you will face the same dilemmas and encounter diverse characters with conflicting opinions. We explore these ideas in a Sci-Fi setting inspired by the present day technological allure towards social media, virtual reality and digital personas as a vehicle for happiness or even love. Can you crack the code? You may agree or disagree with the characters, but their actions are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat but will most importantly allow you to form your own relationship with the film.
Director’s note
Why this?
Eureka is set in a world, much like ours, where technology has torn down all physical obstacles and unlocked the key to happiness. Social media and heightened reality reign supreme. The flip side of this innovation is that many young people now have to find ways to piece together their very real lives through a spiderweb of reality and their digital presence.
Why us?
We explore this world through the eyes of a character who wakes up from a coma, alone, with no sign of his girlfriend. Paul hasn’t seen these technological changes happen progressively; he spawns in the middle of this chaos. This presents him with a uniquely clear moment to choose the life he wants - albeit still while under the delirious influence of powerful sedatives. This project is also in the continuation of my short film, CURTAIN CALL. It builds upon the filmmaking approach and tone which inspires me.
Why now?
The goal with Eureka is also to lay the tonal and visual groundwork for an attached feature length screenplay. Eureka is set in a fully immersive, rich and thought-provoking environment. This film is fun and entertaining for wide audiences; but if you choose to dig deeper, there are plenty of layers to discover. The main characters are complex and harbor conflicting opinions; and this allows the audience to form their own relationship with the film.
Budget: Production
We will be shooting in the south of England from May 16-19. During this time, we will accommodate a full cast and crew with lodgings, food and transportation. Owing to fluctuations of the conversion rate, we have estimated a 1.3:1 rate from US Dollars to GB Pounds.
Stretch Goals: Post-Production
Should we acquire the totality of our financial needs, we still have an entire post-production campaign to run - any help now would be multiplied later on as we can support both production and begin our contributions towards the post-production campaign.
Visual Aesthetic
The essence of the film revolves around the capturing of a particular aesthetic and cultivating it to a standard through VFX in which the central point of the conceptual piece can be exposed - what happens when we cannot differentiate between that which is real and that which is not? What constitutes illusion and what constitutes actuality?
By capturing our subjects with cutting-edge filmography techniques and manipulating them with state-of-the-art VFX, we hope to create the aesthetic representation of this blurred state in which one must question the existence of the reality they are witnessing. In doing so, we aim to capture this tension within this Schrodinger's Box of uncertainty.
Previous Short Film
CURTAIN CALL (2023)
Thriller, Drama
Two actresses compete for the lead in a musical.
Premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival, Best Short Film Winner ARFF Paris, Best Short Film Winner Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival, Best Cinematography Winner Milan Independent Film Festival, Best Short Film Finalist Jane Austen Film Festival and 3 other nominations.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Cast
Costs $2,000
Help us cover the cost of the value-add of using professionals.
Camera
Costs $1,500
Give us the focus to blur the line between real - and not real.
Lighting
Costs $1,600
Help us to capture the most of our subjects in their environments.
Sound Recording
Costs $1,300
Give us full control over the audiovisual experience of the film.
Hair and Makeup
Costs $780
Help our stars look their best on production day.
Wardrobe & Car Rental
Costs $975
We cannot get there naked and on foot, after all. Plus, the car is a star.
Production Design
Costs $1,250
Ensure that we have the right people calling the right shots at the right times.
Food, Travel & Accomodation
Costs $1,000
Help make sure our crew are well fed, well rested and comfortable during production.
Insurance
Costs $500
We are hoping that everything goes off without a hitch - help us in the most unlikely of cases
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Nicholas Lazović
Writer, Director
Nicholas’ 2023 writer-director debut short film, CURTAIN CALL, premiered at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
He evaluated screenplays for commercial and creative potential at various film markets – including Cannes.
He also worked at Icon Film Distribution and with Lloyd Levin at Shadowplay Features on screenplays and other development work.
Allegra Venturi
Producer
Allegra’s debut short film 'Last Night' premiered in 2021, taking on roles as a co-writer, producer, and actress.
She has starred in numerous short films in both the US and UK that have successfully entered the festival circuit.
She will also make her directorial debut in the coming months with the short film ’Sick Enough’. It features among a range of other projects currently in development.
TJ Kalunga Jones
Producer
TJ’s 2017 debut short film, WITH LOVE, MY DARLING, premiered at London ShortFilm Festival.
His 2019 short film, FINAL GIFT, premiered at HBO’s Academy Award qualifying Urbanworld and Lift-Off Global Network.
TJ and Nicholas are also currently developing two feature films.
Cooper Tweedie
Cooper's 2017 debut short film, 'About Us,' premiered at the Livermore Valley Film Festival.
He has starred as an actor in a number of film, advertisement and TV roles in California and the United Kingdom.
His debut as an auteur will be 'The Immortal Game,' set to release in April 2024 and enter the festival circuit.
Cast
Charlie Field
Charlie Field is an actor and writer born in Germany. He made his theatre debut at the Park Theatre in London, the production later transferring to New York in 2017. He has starred in Genius (2017) for National Geographic, Poldark (2015) for the BBC, Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal (2019) for Lifetime and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) for Amazon.
India Mullen
India Mullen was born in Dublin, Ireland. She has starred in Normal People (2020) for BBC, The Peripheral (2022) for Amazon Prime and Red Rock (2020) for BBC.