MALACHI
'MALACHI'
FORMAT & GENRE
Feature Film
Psychological Thriller/ Grounded Sci-Fi
BUDGET
$3.4m - $4mil (USD)
€3m - €3.5mil (EUR)
£3mil (GBP)
STATUS
Script complete & developed. Key cast and crew attached. Partial finance secured (equity, and soft money) Packaging complete.
CURRENT PARTNERS
UK Partner
French Co-Producer:
Executive Producer:
SEEKING
Co-producers, executive finance, and sales partnerships to move into pre-production.
A French / British co-production Karoo Sky Entertainment (UK), Red Blazer Productions (UK) and Silver Road Media (France)
A vulnerable young man wakes up in a featureless black room with no memory of how he got there. Manipulated by an unseen voice and haunted by visions of a life half-remembered, he must unravel the truth of who he is — or be consumed by a system built to erase him.
Malachi is a psychological chamber piece, straddling the line of Genre and arthouse, and explores the fragility of identity under institutional pressure.
The story centres on Malachi, a young man trapped in a black, windowless room — part interrogation space, part psychological experiment. As he is manipulated by an offscreen interrogator, flashbacks begin to bleed into his present reality. Through fragmented glimpses of his childhood, his relationship with his mother, and a disturbing history of overmedication and abuse, Malachi’s sense of self starts to unravel.
Set against the backdrop of a near-future Europe where mental health and incarceration have become commodified, Malachi interrogates how society pathologises difference, how systems devour the vulnerable, and how we construct meaning in the absence of memory. Intimate and stylised, the film is a character-driven descent into institutional dehumanisation — with visual echoes of 1984, Black Mirror, and Stalker, and a performance core built for awards recognition.
Director/Writer: Hugo André (British)
UK Producer: Andrew Faure (British)
French Producer: Roz McKenna (French)
Executive Producer: Lucas A. Ferrara (USA)
Cast: Ashton Sanders (USA), Harry Treadaway (UK), Richard Dillane (UK), * FRENCH/EUROPEAN CAST STILL BEING NEGOTIATED. *
DIRECTOR - Hugo André
Hugo André is an award-winning British director and screenwriter known for his gripping, genre-fluid storytelling — particularly in the realms of psychological thrillers and intimate character dramas.
His latest feature, Happy as Larry (2025), had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Dallas International Film Festival, where it won the Best International Feature award, and the film is currently enjoying a successful run on the international festival circuit. CLICK HERE to see an online screener.
Hugo’s previous feature, Makeup (2023), was met with widespread acclaim, winning five awards — including Best Feature Film and Best Young Director — and earning 17 additional nominations and honourable mentions. It is currently available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.
His short thriller Blind Innocence (2022) swept 12 awards for Best Film and Best Director and is now streaming on platforms including Tubi and PlexTV. Earlier work such as Soul Forest (2020) showcased his experimental flair and earned multiple awards for originality.
With a distinctive cinematic voice and a growing reputation for bold, emotionally resonant filmmaking, Hugo André continues to establish himself as one of Europe’s most dynamic and visionary emerging directors.
AGREED CAST
Credits Include: Lead role in the Oscar winning “Moonlight” || Lead role in the ongoing series “Wu Tang: An American Saga” || Role of Bobby Brown in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” || “The Equalizer” with Denzel Washington || “Judas and the Black Messiah” with Daniel Kaluuya
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CREDITS INCLUDE: Dr Frankenstein in Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful” || Narek in “Star Trek: Picard” || Lead in Paramount’s “Chemistry of Death” || “Mr Mercedes” || “Gringo” || “The Crown”
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CREDITS INCLUDE: Role of King George in “The Crown” || Star Wars series “Andor” || Netflix’s “Young Wallander” || “The Last Kingdom” || “Wolf Hall” || “Batman:The Dark Knight” || “Argo” || “Pennyworth” || “Poldark” || “Peaky Blinders” || “Dr Who”
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Credits Include: MTV’s “The Shannara Chronicles” || CW’s “Charmed” || “Downton Abbey” || “The Little Mermaid” || “The Rising Hawk” || “Plebs” || “See You Soon”
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