BENJAMIN FONT
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 short film Greta was commissioned by the award winning lit magazine Switchyard and had its World Premiere at the 40th Boston Film Festival and International Premiere at the Paris Film Art Festival.
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, including:
ETERNAL PURSUIT is a wild feature rom-com about an alternative dating service that finds your perfect match and manufactures a meet-cute 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."
Think Her meets Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and Knives Out | Pitch Trailer | Creative Deck
*This film is in development and currently attached are Bobby Lee, Paige Ginn, and Rick Otto.
AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN THE END is an existential feature comedy about a novelist who seeks an audience for his new book Again and Again Then The End and an influencer who seeks solace from her demanding life online. Their paths cross at a vacation rental in Monterey, CA where he hopes to find inspiration for his upcoming book release and she hopes to extend her stay while awaiting her perpetually rescheduled flight home.
Think I'm Still Here meets Knight of Cups, Big Sur, and For Lovers Only | Pitch Trailer | Creative Deck
*This film is over 50% completed and currently seeking finishing funds.
GO TO HELL is a surreal high concept feature comedy about a recently widowed man who allows himself to become possessed in order to go to Hell to seek revenge on his wife’s killer and his plunge through the depths is a damn funny one.
Think This Is The End meets What Dreams May Come and Game Night | Creative Deck
LOVEJOY, ET CETERA is a female driven feature comedy thriller about a commitment-phobic woman who escapes her new engagement by going into hiding in a neighboring community where nefarious forces seek to exploit her "missing persons" status while a boozy PI hired by her fiancé's wealthy uncle attempts to track her down in a playful examination of the age-old conundrum: To be loved or be free?
Think Inherent Vice meets Burn After Reading and Broken Flowers | Creative Deck
THE OTHER MOON is a single location dark comedy thriller about a dying novelist who invites his closest friends and family to his estate where he doses his unsuspecting guests with a “Special Elixir” that makes for an unforgettable night of horrors and reconciliation.
Think It’s What’s Inside meets Ready or Not and Black Bear | Creative Deck
WHEN YOU’RE GONE is a hypnotic feature road drama about two young men losing love and facing mortality as they embark on a cross-country journey to escape haunting memories that unravel before them like the road itself in a heartbreaking meditation on love, friendship, success, and grief that weaves stream of consciousness narration with linear action.
Think On The Road meets Y Tu Mama Tambien and Euphoria | Creative Deck
WARM MY HEART is a feature romantic thriller with a grounded sci-fi twist about the power of love and the perils of obsession when a man rekindles his romance with an ex after she appears to him in a dream…only for the dream to spiral into a nightmare where the only way out is to heal his past trauma through a revolutionary new treatment in wellness called R.E.M.I.T.T. (Rapid Eye Movement Intensive Trauma Therapy)
Think Vanilla Sky meets Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and a modern take on 80’s classics like Say Anything | Creative Deck
MESMERIZED is a feature love story that follows a man’s struggles as he falls for a woman belonging to a high-profile cult religion known as Mesmerology and explores how others' perception and prejudices affect our own experiences when things get weird as the relationship unfolds.
Think Like Crazy meets Malcolm & Marie and Someone Great…only cult adjacent | Creative Deck
LUXURIOUS SQUALOR is a feature mockumentary buddy comedy that follows three friends down a wild spiral of viral content and good intentions gone wrong as they are pitted against each other (and themselves) in this Self-Help Guide to Not Making It In Hollywood.
Think I’m Still Here, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Trailer Park Boys meets absurd Social Media #Ads and legitimate introspection | Creative Deck (Password: spritz)
