Swiss Clean
The Long Con is Long on Class

Crime drama/ mid-budget

Leads: white male (50s); white female (40s); black male (50s); white female (20s); white male (30s).

Settings: Contemporary/ Europe, Middle East, West Africa, at sea.

Passes Bechdel Test

Logline:
An international team of high powered con artists run a high profile yet secretive investment firm out of Geneva. Their unnatural success makes them the target of law enforcement and competitors. After bringing a young grifter into the fold, the team must rely on all their skills to outwit, out-scheme and outlast a prominent rival determined to take them down.

WGA-E Registration #1332495

Under the Shadow
When a Coup Gets Personal

Drama/ mid-budget

Settings: 1990/ Namibia

Leads: black female (30s); white male (20s); bi-racial female (20s); white male (60s).

Passes Bechdel Test, DuVernay Tests

Logline:
A German grad student arrives in the soon-to-be independent nation of Namibia to visit his uncle and to work on his master’s thesis in cultural anthropology. He’s approached by a Namibian police detective who tells him his uncle may be part of a Nazi-inspired coup against Namibia. He reluctantly agrees to help her, but her efforts are complicated when the student begins an affair with a British journalist.

WGA-E Registration #1345305

Gun
Guns Aren’t the Only Weapons

Crime drama/ mid-budget

Leads: white male (50s); white female (50s); white male (60s); multi-ethnic (Central Asian) female (20s).

Settings: 2010s/ New York City, Moscow, Central Asia (Temuristan).

Passes Bechdel Test

Logline:
A Russian-born NYC cop uncovers an international gun-running operation in his own neighborhood. As the scheme unravels, he’s forced to pursue the investigation to Moscow, where his minder – a cynical female detective – has her own agenda. After a bloody confrontation, the pair follow the plot to an unstable Central Asian country where allies are rare. The cop’s faith in the rule of law is constantly assaulted. The more he succeeds, the deeper into the muck he gets.

WGA-E Registration #1243093