Our past and future films place the absurd next to the tragic, where a laugh can turn into a gasp mid-scene. Genre played by the book doesn’t generally interest us. We want stories that bend, blend or break it, carried by a tone all their own and a theme strong enough to long outlast the plot.

This is what will make us turn the page:

• Opposing tones that work together: dread and comedy, tenderness and tragedy.

• Genre with a purpose: horror that satirises, thrillers set inside an unreliable mind, romance that turns strange. We like layered stories that make the familiar feel new.

• Theme with reach, and something to say about the world: identity, power, masculinity, grief and family, belief, transformation.

• Feature documentaries with real access, a fresh angle, people with something at stake and a cinematic eye.

We especially want to hear from writers and filmmakers globally whose perspectives are rarely reflected on screen.

How to submit: To begin, send us a logline and a overview using this form. If we’re interested, we’ll ask to read a one-pager and the full script/any other materials.