The Antagonist Studios Ethos
At Antagonist Studios we have always believed that for any project, the story comes first. We have honed our screenwriting craft for the last two decades, and have won multiple awards for our previous creations.
Feature Films
200 years after a nuclear holocaust, Sanja is one of the few remaining members of a duplicitous sect that is hidden in a protected valley.
When she discovers the deception the sect have been committing she is determined to leave the valley, but she will have to battle with her naiveté, her commune and the raiders that roam the outside world.
A woman escaping sex trafficking is forced to join up with a brutal thug battling his own traumas when they get caught in the middle of a violent gang war in London. In order to survive they’ll have to do something neither is prepared for: trust each other.
A group of frustrated actors, fed up with not being paid, kidnap their producer to demand their due fees. However, their amateur heist takes a dark turn when the producer accidentally dies. Now fugitives, these clueless thespians must navigate a criminal underworld they know nothing about using their acting skills to stay one step ahead of the law.
T is in crisis, his mental health is deteriorating. He is in mourning and numbs the pain with weed. As his grasp on reality slips, he drags his two friends to an abandoned mental hospital, which is actually a gateway to a world where long forgotten African deities reside waiting for human vessels in order to make their escape.
Runner is the story of the parallel existence of Abdul Jalah, in one existence he’s a Khoi boy taking his rights of passage, in the other existence he lives on the Cape Flats and on a quest to create the antidote for his mother's terminal illness.
A fantasy thriller like no other.
A lone drifter plays two rival criminal gangs against each other in a declining industrial town in northern England torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
A contemporary neo-noir western reminiscent of A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo.
Television Projects
Supremacy is a multi-media digital technology boot camp that follows the music industries value chain of production, from conceptualization through production and to sale. A multi-dimensional multi-disciplinary premiere competition taking us all to the absolute edge of musical creativity. classics remixed, party anthems put to the test there and then to a captive audience.
YIIA Games is a reality game unlike any other where profiled young innovators will demonstrate their skills and gain recognition, through problem-solving gameplay, teams will navigate a tower of challenges, with nine levels of never before seen interactive obstacles. Think Crystal Maze meets The Amazing Race.
Welcome to the greatest show on earth… In the era of the Missionary Space Programme, spreading the good word through the galaxy is considered laudable.
But the ship is off course, the captain has finally lost his grip on reality and each crew member is fighting their own cause.
No-one can believe it, no one can stop it, and NO-ONE can stop watching.