Poets and Madmen
"An auteur loses cinema and finds art at the edge of the world."
A film by Stephen Wallis
The pitch
Stephen Wallis is a writer-director whose work explores mortality, art, and the absurd. Poets and Madmen is a globe-spanning drama shooting across Ireland, Greenland, England, Iceland, and France.
Why back Stephen?
Investors back people more than projects. Here's the body of work behind Poets and Madmen.
Stephen Wallis is a writer-director whose work explores mortality, art, and the absurd. Poets and Madmen is a globe-spanning drama shooting across Ireland, Greenland, England, Iceland, and France.
Previous work
The Martini Shot
2026Existential comedy starring Matthew Modine, John Cleese, and Derek Jacobi. 99% financed on Indie Planet.
What this film is
A disillusioned film director moves through the international festival circuit as the world destabilizes, slowly losing the language of relevance—and unexpectedly rediscovering art in places that have nothing to do with cinema.
Why we're raising
An international ensemble drama anchored by Sienna Guillory and Jim Broadbent, with Marsha Mason, Barbara Hershey, Zoe Wanamaker, David Harewood, Shawn Roberts, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Callow, Ron James, and Jason London. A festival-circuit odyssey shooting across Ireland, Greenland, England, Iceland, and France.
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- Monthly producer Q&A
- Early festival tickets
- Set visit (one day)
- 0.05% revenue share
- Associate Producer credit
- Premiere invite (+1)
- Co-Producer credit
- 1% revenue share
- Speaking role consideration
- Lifetime royalty statements
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