Upcoming from Raunkiaer Films

Raunkiaer has a number of projects in continuous development. Here, you can find out more about what we are working on, and how you can support us.

The Heptameron (Feature Version)​
Feature, period mystery/romantic drama, 88 pages
"The plague is ravaging Renaissance Florence. A surreal dinner party sets the scene for a young woman to reckon with her murderous actions and her love for another woman."
In 2020, Raunkiaer Films produced The Heptameron, an 18-minute short film about young noblewoman Fiametta coming to terms with her killing of her abusive husband and seeking Catholic confession during a countryside party set to distract its guests from the plague spreading through their hometown of Renaissance Florence. The feature version expands Fiametta's story, while remaining focused on a core set of characters largely constrained to one extended location.
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​Email nicholas@raunkiaer.com for a copy of the script, or to watch the short film. The project is currently at a very early stage of development.

Gesualdo
Short, period horror/dark comedy, 10 pages
Writer-director: Nicholas Hulbert, producer: Benedict Irving
"After murdering his wife and her lover, failed composer Gesualdo receives the gift of composition from three strange women, who agree to sing for him in exchange for more flesh."
Gesualdo riffs ahistorically on the real life of Renaissance composer, Carlo Gesualdo, re-imagining him as a man struggling with incredible small-man syndrome until the bloody murder of his wife and her lover caught in flagrante delicto attracts the attention of three supernatural women - "The Concert" - who offer their musical services to him as Gesualdo plots revenge against everyone who ignored his musical ability, while cloistered away in his country home.

​Email nicholas@raunkiaer.com for a copy of the script, or for a provisional budget. Gesualdo is currently seeking external funding.

The Sheriff
Short, comedy, 8 pages
Writer: Tom Critch, director: Nicholas Hulbert
"New shopping centre security guard Samira must learn to take on the mantle of the living legend of her predecessor, 'The Sheriff'."
Set as a kind of spaghetti Western parody, and driven by the comedy of "The Sheriff"'s militaristic paranoia, The Sheriff ultimately tells a heartwarming story of how newbie Samira grows into her role and forms and unlikely friendship with her former mentor.

​Email nicholas@raunkiaer.com for a copy of the script. The Sheriff is currently seeking external funding/production partners.