productions

“0 FOR A MUSE OF FIRE, THAT WOULD ASCEND THE BRIGHTEST HEAVEN OF INVENTION...”

William Shakespeare, Henry V

 

Awakened State Productions is a modern media platform, with a purpose and passion to create and produce original film projects for the international market.

We’re interested in myths and stories that shine a light in the darkness, comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable and ultimately explore what it is to be fully human.

With a sharp focus on script development to nurture fresh talent and original voices, we are currently building an exciting slate of innovative content; progressing in scope, vision and ambition.

productions

 

THE SPACE BETWEEN

Winner - Best short Film - Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2023

winner - Best director: John osborne hughes san francisco art house short festival 2023

ALL COME THROUGH HERE…

When Alice and her grandmother, Pearl, woke up this morning, they didn’t know that today might be their last. Steve didn't either, when his car ploughed into them on a zebra crossing….


As if awakening from a lifelong dream, they each find themselves in a strangely familiar place.

Guided by a kindly and enigmatic figure, they are led on a retrospective stroll through the wild wood of their former lives to a mysterious doorway, where they must face and embrace whatever lies beyond…

Inspired by research into the phenomena of the near death experience, The Space Between looks at the journey of the soul after it leaves the body, where the only question that remains for each of us is, ‘Did we love well?’.

  • The Space Between

    Short Film. 10 mins

    Director: John Osborne Hughes

    Writers: John Osborne Hughes and John Francis Kelly

    Producer: John Osborne Hughes

    Executive Producers: Casey McBabe and Gaurav Jani

    Editor: Charlotte Robinson

    Composer: Omid Nourizadeh

    Genre: Drama / Fantasy

    Status: Completed

BEYOND ECSTASY

LIFE'S AN ILLUSION. LOVE IS THE DREAM….

Based on the lost myth of the Goddess Sophia and evolved from the critically acclaimed (The Guardian and Time Out critic’s choice), award-winning theatre production, Beyond Ecstasy is set against the colourful backdrop of the late 90’s UK underground club culture.

The story follows disillusioned DJ, Paul Rushmore, who is catapulted into his own subconscious, lured into a quest to rescue his soul from the dark devil of his ego, ultimately discovering the true meaning and power of love.

  • Feature Film. 110 mins

    Director: John Osborne Hughes

    Writers: John Osborne Hughes and Colette Hughes

    Producers: John Osborne Hughes (UK) and Rosanne Milliken (Canada)

    Genre: Love Story / Psychological Thriller / Fantasy /

    Status: Development