Rock Candy - Short Film Pitch
Inspired by true events
In the 1970s, Sierra Leone, a 6 years old boy trades rocks to the local volunteers for candy while looking for his mom.
Functioning - Directed by Artisha Mann-Cooper
Set in the late 1990s and inspired by the 1998 Hollywood Reporter Article Hollywood Agents Lose The Throne. We explore wild, unpredictables world of the talent agency. This story is reminiscent of 90s Hollywood movies like "Swimming with the Sharks"....The desperation of making it in Hollywood in Bowfinger.....The Artist conflict of Barton Fink.
Logline: Talent Agent Asia is desperate to prove that she belongs in the Hollywood talent agency world. In a day full of events, she has to make a decision that changes the trajectory of her own career and her young 15 years old client.