Airborne - The Trials of Nine

1920s airborne flyers search for the last Satyr to save a dying land.

High in the poisonous sky a hot air balloon is swept north ahead of invading airships.
On board are three fugitives––Luke, Anna, and Aunt Izzy.

Luke must save his family and restore the dying land. Drawn out of hiding Anna Fahrlander is fixated on saving the last Satyr Nine before he’s sacrificed to Lord Oberman’s immortality machine.

Can Luke and Anna take on Oberman and the AIRBORNE might of Metropia? It’s a crash course to the edge of the world—to the Electric Shield Wave––all they have is each other and one far out Auntie.

Wanna fly?
Then why not try my latest screenplay: Airborne - the Trials of Nine, a sci-fi romance against a backdrop of high adventure.

  • Richard Clarke
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Fantasy
  • Number of Pages:
    137
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Amsterdam International Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    May 5, 2019
    Winner Feature Screenplay Contest
  • World Series of Screenwriting

    November 2, 2018
    Award Winner - Finalist
  • Oaxaca International Film Festival
    Oaxaca Mexico
    October 4, 2019
    Finalist
  • Pitch Now Screenplay Competition Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
    Los Angeles USA
    January 19, 2019
    Finalist
  • Circus Road Screenplay Contest
    Sherman Oaks CA USA
    June 8, 2019
    Semi-Finalist
  • Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards
    Online USA
    February 16, 2020
    Finalist
  • Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards
    Los Angeles
    August 17, 2018
    Finalist Science Fiction
  • Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
    Fort Worth Texas USA
    July 26, 2019
    Finalist
  • Utah Film Festival and Awards Utah Film Festival and Awards
    Proto Utah
    March 4, 2019
    Semi-Finalist Screenplay
  • Genre Celebration Festival
    Tokyo Japan
    December 8, 2018
    Award Nominee Best Feature Screenplay
  • Sochi Film Festival
    Sochi Russia
    February 15, 2019
    Official Selection Screenplay
  • The Lost Sanity 2019 Film Festival
    Hoboken NJ USA
    February 22, 2019
    Official Selection Feature Length Screenplay
Writer Biography - Richard Clarke

Richard is a writer and filmmaker from Brighton UK.

His first Screenplay: Airborne won Best Feature at the Amsterdam Int FF and has been a finalist at eight Int Film Festivals to date, including Oaxaca Int FF 2019 Mexico.

His short film 'Cinema Mythica' was selected for a number of international film festivals including an Italian version for the 10th River Film Festival, Padova, Italy. It won Best Music Award at MAC Underground Film Festival in Manaus Brazil.

Richard’s short short film 'Fortesque’s Finest Hour' was a finalist in a number of Film Festivals. Winning the Nagoya University Honourable Mention Award, the Seoul University Korea Prize and the George Eady prize.

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Writer Statement

The original screenplay:
‘Airborne - The Trials of Nine’ is Richard’s first feature length screenplay––a sci-fi romance against a backdrop of high adventure.

Inspired by early twentieth century science fiction, Airborne is set in the dystopian world of Lang. Inhabited with walled towns, electric picture palaces, airships, aviators, supernatural creatures and a vast poisonous land known as the glooming.