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IN DEVELOPMENT · DEVELOPMENT

Buud Zabré

An Afrofuturist feature film rooted in Mossi and Lobi imagination.

Buud Zabré concept plate: a female figure crowned with water in a carved temple, from the film bible.
ROLEWriter / Director · Worldbuilding · Concept art direction · Unreal previsualization
TOOLSScreenwriting · Unreal Engine · Worldbuilding · Concept art
STATUSIN DEVELOPMENT
CONTEXT / INTENT

The starting point.

Buud Zabré is a feature-film project in development. Its world brings cultural heritage, African futurism and intimate storytelling into conversation around identity and reconciliation. Development includes a written screenplay, a detailed bible — characters, creatures, locations and mythology — and a previsualization produced in Unreal Engine that shows the tone and scale of the world before shooting.

STATUS / OUTCOME

Screenplay, bible and Unreal Engine previsualization completed; the project is being prepared for presentation.

PLAYER / SELECTED VIDEO01 CLIP(S)
Previsualization — Unreal Engine teaser
PLATES / VISUAL DEVELOPMENT08 IMAGE(S)
Cosmic fire figure — bible plate.
Cosmic fire figure — bible plate.
Water goddess — bible plate.
Water goddess — bible plate.
Ritual altar and masks — bible plate.
Ritual altar and masks — bible plate.
Winged figure and galaxies — bible plate.
Winged figure and galaxies — bible plate.
Horned serpent, desert — bible plate.
Horned serpent, desert — bible plate.
Forest creature — bible plate.
Forest creature — bible plate.
Forest spirit — bible plate.
Forest spirit — bible plate.
Title card from the Unreal Engine previsualization.
Title card from the Unreal Engine previsualization.
LINKS / SOURCES02 LINK(S)
Read the screenplay (PDF) Teaser & concept art on request
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