The Love Algorithm by Jon Smith

THE LOVE ALGORITHM

Jon Smith

FORMAT: Feature (95min)
GENRE: Romcom | Drama
LOCATION: Kuching
STATUS: Available

TAGLINE: Two matches. One city. Zero guarantees.
LOGLINE: A guarded app developer is forced to field-test her company’s dating algorithm, enduring a series of hilariously disastrous dates. Along the way, she uncovers her boss’s unethical practices and discovers that true connection, both in love and life, requires stepping out of her comfort zone and taking risks.


Astana by Jon Smith

ASTANA

Jon Smith

FORMAT: Microdrama (60x2min)
GENRE: Drama | Suspense
LOCATION: Kuching
STATUS: In Development 

TAGLINE: Two banks. One river. Everything in between.
LOGLINE: A young architect fighting to save her grandmother’s heritage shophouse in old Kuching falls for the one man she cannot trust – the son of the crime syndicate boss threatening to demolish it, who has walked away from his father’s world, but cannot escape his father’s name.

Blend by Jon Smith

BLEND

Jon Smith

FORMAT: Short Film (15min)
GENRE: Drama | Romance | Magical Realism
LOCATION: Kuching
STATUS: Available

TAGLINE: Sometimes life hands you chaos, but it only takes one spark to create harmony.
LOGLINE: A quirky barista who expresses his emotions through spontaneous dance discovers a surprising connection with a reserved customer. As they navigate the rhythms of their shared but contrasting worlds, they find that blending their imperfect movements might be the perfect way forward.


Grave Intentions by Ian Masters & Jon Smith

GRAVE INTENTIONS
Ian Masters & Jon Smith

FORMAT: Feature (90min)
GENRE: Black Comedy | Romance
LOCATION: Kuching
STATUS: Available

OUTLINE: Ghost, Groundhog Day and The Shawshank Redemption
collide in a Kuching cemetery.

When Nicholas (25), a hapless romantic seeking his fortune in Kuching, is killed in a hit and run he is buried in Kuching’s notorious cemetery for the unclaimed. As a ghost, he’s surrounded by criminals and murderers who make his new purgatorial reality a living hell. He’s determined to tell his village fiancée the truth and more than anything he wants to be buried back in his ancestral plot. But no one can see or hear him in the real world. When he realises his brother has stolen the deposit he saved for a house and is making a play for his fiancée, he must build allies amongst the thugs in the cemetery and stop his brother marrying Mabel. But most importantly he must confront his own gendered prejudices and encourage Mabel to pursue her own dreams.

Hidden by Ian Masters & Jon Smith

HIDDEN
Ian Masters & Jon Smith

FORMAT: Feature (95min)
GENRE: Historical | Drama | Suspense
LOCATION: Phnom Penh
AWARDS: Winner Best Feature (Historical) -- PAGE | Selected Project -- SAFF
STATUS: Available

LOGLINE: “Year Zero” of the Khmer Rouge, 1975. Two siblings evade the evacuation of Phnom Penh and hide in the emptied city. Struggling to survive, and broken by what they witness, they plan their own act of resistance in a final moment of desperation. But have they become too similar to the very forces they are trying to oppose?

Jon Smith - Author | Screenwriter | Librettist

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SATIRE | YA AUTHOR


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