SYNOPSIS

In the far future, the Federation of Worlds brings order and unity to all parts of the Galaxy, but it is far from being a utopia to many of the Galaxy’s populace. The Human race has “evolved” to the point where “pure humans” no longer exist; instead, it has branched into many races of subhumans. Beneath the “great Federation” lies a history of corruption, manipulation, and segregation. This all gets buried in the Lower Levels of the Federation’s Capital City World. Society discriminates against the ancient and long-living warriors called Ijō, although they do not know why. The truth is that the Federation brought about this discrimination due to the fact that they were used in the Millennium War by the many factions that would later form the Federation. History is written by the victors.

Song, a weathered, angry veteran and oldest remaining Ijō of the Millennium War era, is ashamed of his race and who he represents, due to the Federation’s social perspective as a thing of the past. But after being roped into a confidential mission from the local district’s Commissioner to recover an asset Off-world, he uncovers an evil plot of the Federation’s that would lead to another Millennium War, repeating the mistakes of the past.

FORMAT / TONE

“IJŌ” is a dystopian neo-noir science fiction short film with a desired run time of 25 minutes.

Think of “Blade Runner” (1982 & 2017), “The Prospect” (2021), and other similar films combined, the film will dip into the realm of corruption and eugenics. It is a hybrid neo-noir and action film introducing budgeted concepts borrowed from Virtual Production, which was explosively introduced in “The Mandalorian” Disney+ series.