Luxurious Squalor Inc.
LUXURIOUS SQUALOR is filmmaking team Benjamin Font and Noah Applebaum. Both originally from the midwest, the two met in Los Angeles in 2010 where they quickly established a creative partnership and have collaborated on multiple features, shorts, and content for private clients. Their latest feature Again and Again Then The End is currently in post-production with Fiscal Sponsorship through Film Independent as they seek finishing funds to complete the film. They were recently invited to Cannes by LargoAI to pitch their next feature project Eternal Pursuit during Marché du Film with their producer Jacquelyn Ryan-Krichevsky of Lost Light Films.
BENJAMIN FONT is an up-and-coming writer/director whose film career began as the co-writer of Robert Schwartzman’s Dreamland, which premiered at Tribeca and was released by Orion Pictures. He made his feature directorial debut soon after with Madness, Farewell, a dark holiday comedy that he also wrote, produced, and starred in as the co-lead. His new feature film Again and Again Then The End is currently in post-production and is seeking finishing funds with Fiscal Sponsorship through Film Independent.
With a distinct voice whose philosophies about life, love, and relationships are disguised sweetly by a raucous, relatable, and dark humor, Font’s future as an auteur that bridges the gap between independent and mainstream cinema is a bright one. He has several feature projects in development and is also the author of ten books, including his forthcoming collection Again and Again Then The End.
A self-taught artist and storyteller originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Font currently resides in Los Angeles where he works as a freelance writer/director and is on The Development Slate with the International Screenwriters’ Association, who named him one of their Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024. Font was recently invited to Cannes by LargoAI to pitch his next feature project Eternal Pursuit during Marché du Film.
Please contact directly for partnership inquiries: font@benjaminfont.com
NOAH APPLEBAUM is an Emmy winner for his work with Industrial Light and Magic's StageCraft technology as well an accomplished commercial actor with multiple spokesperson campaigns under his belt, most notably for Australian insurance company Budget Direct as “Captain Risky” (work shortlisted at Cannes). He has also appeared in numerous independent films and TV shows. As a filmmaker, Noah has written and directed features, sketches, music videos and has successfully made fundraising videos for nonprofits which have helped raise over $1,000,000 in grants/endowments. Clients include Cancer Support Community, National Charity League, Los Angeles Farmer’s Market and Opening Minds through Art (OMA), an art program for seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Noah directed his latest feature film Again and Again Then The End with Benjamin Font, which is currently in post-production and is seeking finishing funds with Fiscal Sponsorship through Film Independent.
AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN THE END has wrapped principal photography – in Los Angeles and Monterey, CA and Siena, Italy – and is currently seeking finishing funds for post production.
AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN THE END is a fiscally sponsored project of Film Independent, a non-profit independent media arts organization. Film Independent will receive grants for the charitable purposes of AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN THE END, provide oversight to ensure that grant funds are used in accordance with grant agreements, and provide reports as required by the grantor. Contributions for the charitable purposes of AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN THE END must be made payable to Film Independent and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
ETERNAL PURSUIT is a comedy about modern romance with series/franchise potential that is centered around an alternative dating service that finds your perfect match and manufactures a real-life meet with the help of their vast network of Love Associates who operate under Cupid’s Code: “In the eternal pursuit of The One, love is the only law.”
ETERNAL PURSUIT was recently invited to Cannes by LargoAI to pitch at Marché du Film during the festival. It has garnered multiple accolades, including Winner of Best Comedy at the Filmmatic Screenplay Awards, Top 10 at Hollywood’s Table Read My Screenplay, Staff Pick by the International Screenwriters’ Association, and is featured on Capital Fund Screenplay Competition’s Hot 100 List.
