Private Project

Bequest

In a post climate apocalypse, the last livable corners of the planet are massively overpopulated. Governments regulate life and death. Suicide is normalized and monetized. In a world that values death over life, you can now negotiate a price for your own brutal murder and bequest that money to the ones you love.

In a last ditch effort to save his dying daughter, Millard Warren has made this decision today.

  • Sam M Dabbs
    Director
  • Robert J Harbour
    Director
  • Sam M Dabbs
    Writer
  • Robert J Harbour
    Writer
  • Kevin Chambers
    Key Cast
    "Millard Warren"
  • Bridgette Kennedy
    Key Cast
    "Officiator"
  • Nick Check
    Key Cast
    "Jayson Pierce"
  • Joe Gallegos
    Key Cast
    "Adrian Bauer"
  • Alex Streeper
    Producer
  • Stuart Penny
    Director of Photography
  • Justin Lindsay
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 10, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sam M Dabbs, Robert J Harbour

Sam Dabbs and R.J. Harbour launched Soul Punk Studios after connecting over their passion to create original content and their insatiable appetites for sci-fi, fantasy, anime and action films.
R.J. and Sam met while working long hours as visual effects artists on dozens of films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tropic Thunder and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. With over a decade of experience in visual effects and animation, they have grown from artists to VFX supervisors to directors, managing global pipelines of artists under razor-thin deadlines.
Their creative experience consists of credits as editors, art department crew, title designers and motion graphics artists for films like Superbad, The Blind Side and First Man. Their own award-winning projects include writing, directing and producing short films, graphic novels, and creating over a dozen music videos for Sony, Universal and EMI.
Their first feature script Monsters Under the Bed won “best horror genre” script and “best overall script” at the 2016 International Horror Hotel Film Festival as well as a semi-finalist for Table Read My Screenplay competition. Their pilot script for Road to Pandemonium won the 2017 George R. R. Martin Science Fiction / Fantasy Screenwriting Grant.
They are currently focused on developing Road to Pandemonium into an animated series. Drawing on their diverse experience across the entertainment industry, they hope to bring their ideas to life on the screen and share their stories with the world.

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