BUNKERED

10x(26') thriller, satirical comedy-drama set in confined space.

2 hours ago, the world learned that Geneva, despite Switzerland's neutral status, would be wiped off the map. An international nuclear conflict got out of hand. Many of the world's major cities have already disappeared. Now it's Geneva's turn.

Warning sirens have driven the residents of an opulent luxury hotel to take refuge in their exclusive private bunker. These 13 super-privileged guests (11 humans and 2 small dogs) will be protected from the chaos and destruction outside in a spacious, well-equipped shelter with 300 square meters of comfort. But then...

A Franco-American directing duo

Erin BROWN THOMAS is a writer-director who creates dramas that masquerade as comedies until their final emotional punch.

Awarded at HollyShorts and Cinequest festivals
Qualifications Academy Awards and Catalyst Story Institute
Nomination Sundance Film Festival 2025
Cannes Film Festival Selections - Emerging Filmmaker Showcase
DA Salute Your Shorts, “Best Film Festival” by USA Today 2024.

JC LOUIS is a French screenwriter, director and game designer for Ubisoft (FarCry, Assassin's Creed, The Division, Ghost Recon Wildlands).
He wrote and directed two seasons of Plaisir de Nuire Joie de Décevoir, a satirical comedy series (S01 30x5' / S02 15x26') for OCS-Orange Cinéma Série.

Awarded best series at the Festival international Les Écrans de l'Humour in La Ciotat in 2011.

In 2022, JC LOUIS develops the concept of BUNKERED.
Selected for the CANNESERIES Unlimited writing residency, a program co-organized by Canal+ and the CANNESERIES festival.

The co-production pool

Three complementary companies:

France's RnB!FILMS is behind the development.
The American ARTAK PICTURES, with its European partners, connects Switzerland, Germany and Luxembourg.
CORNLAND STUDIO is the Swiss company responsible for executive production, in co-production with Artak Pictures and RnB!FILMS.

Yessi SANCHEZ THURNHERR is an award-winning Swiss actress, producer and screenwriter. Her short film Hier was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for a Foreign Language Short Film at the Nice International Filmmakers Festival.

Yessi made her film debut in The Radicalization of Jeff BOYD, winning several international awards. She appeared in A Question of Service, presented in the American pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, and in the reboot of the hit German TV series X-Factor: Das Unfassbare.

Since 2021, she has been a member of ARTAK PICTURES, a female-owned production company based in Los Angeles. Their latest work includes the feature films Wish You Were Here (directed by Julia STILES), I Live Here Now (directed by Julie PACINO) and Perfect (with Julia FOX).

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