Over the years, Alexei has written short scripts for himself or for directors and for one reason or another, the projects didn`t reach production. If you`re seeking material for a short film and feel like you`re the right team to put it together, please get in touch at turntheslateproductions@gmail.com
The Count - a layered, emotionally affecting story blending the everyday with the mystical. Set in the familiar world of a care home, it slowly unveils a magical-realist layer where three elderly residents “count” acts of human kindness to choose the next “Angel.” Themes of compassion, legacy, unnoticed heroism, and spiritual inheritance without ever being heavy-handed.
Figgy – an intense, genre-bending short film that builds from suburban awkwardness into a dark psychological chamber piece. It’s part black comedy, part erotic thriller, part twisted domestic drama, and it all explodes in a surreal, unsettling climax.
Accidents & Emergencies – a tightly constructed, emotionally charged short screenplay that blends medical realism, urban noir, and existential spirituality into a surprisingly powerful late-night hospital drama. It reads like Casualty meets Trainspotting by way of Magnolia, with shades of Ken Loach and early Danny Boyle.
The Broach – a surreal, darkly comic short that begins with an ordinary encounter and steadily slips into something much stranger. An eccentric stranger, a mysterious Victorian broach and flashes of another time draw an increasingly bewildered man into a reality he can no longer quite trust. It blends absurdist British comedy, psychological mystery and sci-fi, playing mischievously with perception, memory and the boundary between the real and the imagined.
Anarchic Cathartic – a psychologically restless short about heartbreak, obsession and creativity, as a young writer’s memories, fantasies and fiction increasingly bleed into one another. Melancholic, darkly funny and surreal, it explores regret and the way an artist reshapes emotional pain through his work.
Den, Cly & Zen`s Plan to Stop Brexit – a fast, irreverent political satire about three young Londoners who kidnap a wealthy Conservative MP in an absurd attempt to force a second referendum. Blending black comedy, generational anger and social-media culture, it skewers political elitism and youthful idealism while asking who really gets to control the public narrative.
Dinner – a tense, intimate family drama in which an awkward reunion over dinner gradually exposes years of resentment, prejudice and political division. Warm, uncomfortable and ultimately moving, it explores generational conflict, family loyalty and whether love can survive seemingly irreconcilable differences.
Primary Colours – a visually striking, near-dialogue-free allegory about prejudice and division, set in a world where people are segregated by colour. Through the forbidden friendship between two children, it explores intolerance, conformity and inherited hatred, ultimately becoming a hopeful celebration of curiosity, connection and breaking down artificial boundaries.
