Some of the projects that are currently in development. Would gladly share thoughts on them if you decide to discuss further.
Tuk Tuk Lisbon
Feature film. 100 min. Comedy, drama.
Marta, a tourist tuk tuk driver, hides at work from a final conversation with her dying mother, unaware that in the next two hours she will be driving an angel who looks like an ordinary tourist around sunny Lisbon. During the trip, the “tourist” will help her sort out her complicated feelings toward her mother and their difficult relationship, while Marta will help him determine the dying woman's final fate.
Project written under URST Development Grant Initiative. Final draft due in September 2025. Looking for co-production opportunities.
The Toy
12 episodes. 30 min. Comedy, drama.
A plain, poor, and tired 45-year-old computer science teacher at a fancy private school accidentally sleeps with his student's drunk mom. Unexpectedly, it turns out that in addition to his mild people-pleasing temperament, he has a thick penis and a firm intention to bring any woman to multiple orgasms. And when the whole truth about the “modest stud” spreads among the wealthy moms' circle, he is now able to add a substantial bonus to his modest salary, but, of course, is forced to hide it from his tyrannical wife and teenage children, who attend the same school.
Enterprise
10 episodes. 1 hour drama, thriller.
At first glance, Masha (25) seems naive and inexperienced as she attempts to climb the corporate ladder in a large company. She has no experience or skills, only her attractive appearance and a strong desire to succeed. Therefore, she is willing to do anything — betray a colleague, sleep with her boss, steal information... But over time, her true goal becomes clear: she doesn't want to become part of the corporation, but to get to its owner and kill him for the harm he caused her in the past.
THEY ALL SLEEP: Saint Petersburg.
Speculative science fiction novel. 100,000+ words.
Prequel to the finished SF novel "They All Sleep: The Moscow Collective". The second part of the story takes place in the nothern part of Russia and will concentrate on the adventures of Inga, who never got her own voice in the first book. This time it will be her story and her journey to unveil the Senior Circle and fight for the right to be "normal" in the world where she is unable to sleep.
Deep Sea Dweller
10 episodes. 1 hour. Comedy, drama, adventure.
The victim of an unsuccessful experiment straight out of modern-day Moscow finds himself in the novel "The Amphibian Man": the hero grows gills and is surrounded by people who behave like carefree characters from a soap opera. Now the former info-gypsy and, to put it mildly, not a very good person, has to figure out how to get home and, in the process, prove that he is the real hero. To do this, however, he must first learn how to swim.
Based on public domain property, science fiction adventure novel by the Soviet writer Alexander Beliaev “The Amphibian Man” (1928).
“You're gonna need a bigger boat.”