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THE SINGER

THE SINGER
By Ela Ilham Schoening

GENRE: Science Fiction, Drama
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In a future city where music is forbidden, a grieving father must protect a mysterious girl whose impossible voice could expose the truth behind his wife’s murder, and bring down the regime that silenced the world.     

Tagline:

Unlike traditional sci-fi rebellions driven by weapons or technology, THE SINGER centers on voice, emotion, and music as the force of change. It combines intimate family grief with a cinematic dystopian world, making the revolution deeply personal as well as epic.

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THE SINGER

In the futuristic city of Kadar, music has been outlawed for more than a decade. Divided into rigid social zones and surrounded by the massive Death Wall that prevents anyone from leaving, Kadar is ruled from the towering SKYHOUSE by VASILA, a brilliant and feared leader who has built her power on order, surveillance, and silence. ADAM, a widowed engineer and father of two, spends his life helping the forgotten people of Zone 3 while searching for answers surrounding the mysterious death of his wife, SIREN.

During a border crossing into Zone 3, Adam and his children witness the execution of a man and a woman and rescue their hidden daughter, FREYA. With only fragments of her past remaining, Freya is determined to recover a missing box containing the last clues to her identity. Adam agrees to help her find it.

Freya becomes part of Adam’s family. His twin children, ETHAN and LOU, immediately connect with her and welcome her into their world of inventions, and dreams of freedom. While Adam searches for answers about the past, Ethan and Lou secretly work to destroy the Death Wall surrounding KADAR and free the city.

Her missing box leads Freya to a hidden underground refuge where she meets KATJA, a former conductor, the OPERATOR, DR. TONE, and a young man known simply as THE BOY.

There, an impossible discovery changes everything. Freya carries something Katja believed was gone forever.

Sound.

In a city where music no longer exists, her sound produces effects no one can explain. Glass trembles. Technology fails. Surveillance systems collapse. For the first time in years, people begin to feel something they thought had been lost forever.

Hope.

As Freya starts to control the force of her sound, Adam uncovers a connection between Freya, his late wife SIREN, and VASILA herself. Unknown to Freya, she may be the missing child at the center of a secret Vasila has spent years trying to erase.

At Vasila’s side stands her Uncle, the feared head of Kadar’s Enforcers. Driven by guilt, he quietly investigates the growing disturbances while continuing to serve the regime he helped build.

Among Vasila’s closest supporters is THE LORD, one of Kadar’s most influential citizens. Once untouchable, he slowly discovers that money and power offer little protection when the foundations of the city begin to crack.

VASILA becomes obsessed with locating the source of the disturbances. As Zone 3 is systematically destroyed, public unrest begins to spread.

SASHA, a former detective who once represented the law before Vasila’s rise to power, now owns a liquor house on the border between Zones 2 and 3. As Zone 3 is slowly erased, he becomes an unlikely ally to those fighting for the truth.

As loyalties shatter and long-buried memories resurface, Kadar moves toward a final confrontation that will determine whether fear and control continue to rule, or whether a single voice can bring an empire of silence to its knees.

THE SINGER

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Marcos Fizzotti

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Kakha Beridze

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Tasha Lewis 2

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John Richard Sullivan

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John Richard Sullivan

Excellent unique premise! We need more of these. Question: the script is only 9 pages long. Is it meant to be a short film?

Ela Ilham Schoening

Thank YOU very much.....

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Abhijeet Aade

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Abhijeet Aade

Ela Ilham Schoening Really compelling world and concept the idea of music being outlawed instantly creates a strong hook, both visually and emotionally. It feels like a story that’s not just about rebellion, but about identity, expression, and control.

I especially like how Freya’s voice isn’t just a plot device, but something that disrupts the entire system and connects different characters across the world. That gives it a nice sense of scale.

If anything, I’d be curious to see a bit more specificity in the logline around the central emotional journey—what makes Freya’s story unique on a personal level within this larger world. That could make an already strong concept even more impactful.

Ela Ilham Schoening

Thank you so much, I really appreciate this.

That’s exactly what I’m aiming for, not just rebellion, but something deeper around identity and control.

And you’re absolutely right about Freya. Her personal journey is a big part of it, there’s a hidden connection that ties her directly to the origin of the system itself, something that’s been buried since her birth.

It’s something I’m shaping carefully so it unfolds over time rather than being explained upfront.

Really appreciate you taking the time to share this, that’s a really good note.

It's really compelling :-)

Minh Nguyen

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Ela Ilham Schoening

Merci bien!

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