News

The ‘200’ pitch deck is now finalized

A bit ahead of the screenplay itself, this baby is now completed and ready for viewing.

Film Meets Business live stream interview – Part 2

Please find Part 2 of FMB’s live stream feature me. Still in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Film Meets Business live stream interview – Part 1

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by my old friend Trevor Jones for his FMB live stream. Smack at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown and how it was impacting the industry…

Charles joins Gorilla Film Collective (London, UK)

I am so pleased and honored to now be part of the highly-talented, highly skilled Gorilla family! Thank you for the opportunity.

VFX-LA hires Charles H. Joslain as Creative Director

Very pleased to announce this development and the opportunity to help boost VFX-LA to new heights hopefully.

BrokenHearted Hollywood

It is with great pleasure that I was interviewed by Carmen Traub for the show ‘BrokenHearted Hollywood’ which airs on the Los Angeles-based TV channel > LA 36. The show is broadcast every Friday at 12am.

To find out more and see whether I made a fool out of myself or not, please play the video below or hit the link to the TV channel itself here.

‘The Sub’ pitch deck

Incredible artwork created by the talented Lada Shustova. Much more to come soon…

Geeksweat – E62 Meet the Creative Director: Charles H. Joslain

I had the amazing surprise of reconnecting recently with an oooold filmmaker friend from London, Trevor Jones, and the result was this interview which was held with his full crew from Geeksweat.

Please play the recording below to hear more and don’t forget to subscribe to their channel here!

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‘200’ will be my next feature script

The story will follow a young woman who struggles with her constant search for perfection.

The Vault S1E14 – Charlie Joslain: ‘Think in Reverse’

It was a great honor to be interviewed by Alex Orellana on the 14th episode of his podcast: ‘The Vault’.

To see more, please watch the video below or check out their youtube page here.
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‘Trunk’ now has its official IMDB PRO page

The title speaks for itself and we now have our official IMDB Pro page, listing all the team members and companies associated with our project.

‘Artificial’ pitch deck

The amazing Katerina Manati has now finished all the artwork for the ‘Artificial’ pitch deck; which will take the concept much farther than traditional decks is all I can say… The image above is only a small teaser.

‘The Sub’ will be my next feature script

Another contained thriller where a man locked in a small submersible, has a limited amount of time to figure out how to escape his predictable demise, and how to find solace after the passing of someone dear to him.

Trunk has now secured John Baldecchi as Executive Producer

It is with immense pleasure that we can officially confirm that we have now secured John Baldecchi as EP for my first feature film project: Trunk

John has an immense list of credits behind him, work with major studios and namely Fox for the best part of 20 years; his credits include (Point Break, The Mexican, Happy Death Day 1 & 2, Ultraviolet, etc…)

Voyage La – Meet Charles H. Joslain

My first US interview! I wouldn’t have expected it so soon but… Here it is for those who wish to hear my cents worth on making the transition from London to LA.

‘Artificial’ is now copyrighted and auctioned by Outer Heaven Films

After gathering information for 15 years and following AI & robotics blogs; it is with immense pleasure that I can announce that ‘Artificial’ is officially written and copyrighted.

‘Trunk’ has now secured Lauren & Jordan Bass as Casting Directors

It is with great pleasure that we were able to secure the fantastic brother & sister duo, Lauren & Jordan Bass as Casting Directors of our project Trunk.

Next feature script will be…

‘Artificial’ will be my next feature script project; a cross between Black Mirror, Magnolia & Babel. More news to come soon…

‘The Donor’ crowdfunding shoot

Big thanks to the entire cast & crew of our test scenes for ‘The Donor’! The shoot was fairly easy and quite straight forward but it wouldn’t have been so without the preparation of everyone involved.

Here are some BTS pics below.
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Calico Queens ‘teaser’

For those who cannot wait, here’s a little teaser from our upcoming western, ‘Calico Queens’. Hope you like it!

It’s a wrap!

HUGE thank you to the entire cast & crew of ‘Calico Queens’ for what was an intense 3 days, averaging 6 pages a day with multiple location changes, 35 extras, live gunshots, blood and makeup, 2 horses and 100-degree heat… No comment.

But I’d do it again in a heartbeat! Please enjoy some of the BTS pics below.
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The final ‘Trunk’ pitch deck is now ready

It took a little while but it is with great pleasure that I can announce the completion of the ‘Trunk’ feature film pitch deck is ready for viewing. I cannot upload the complete thing here for obvious reasons but it is available upon request. Still, please check some of our favorite slides on the film’s page!

Pitch deck for ‘The Donor’ & tax-exempt status

Well done to our producer Wis Petter for securing a fiscal partnership with From the Heart Productions for ‘The Donor’ project, which should make fundraising a lot easier!
Also, here’s the completed pitch deck for the curious ones…

‘The Donor’ is now script-locked

After a couple of rewrites and many many hours of research, I can now official say that we have a finished script for ‘The Donor’. The next step is to organize a small shoot for a couple of test scenes which will be used for fundraising.

A-listers join ‘Calico Queens’!

It is with immense honor that I’d like to announce that our western project has secured the complete cast for ‘Calico Queens’ with Danny Trejo + Raphael Sbarge & Hilty Bowen.

‘Trunk’ feature film script is finished!

I’m glad to say that my first feature project is finally ready and typo-free.

The next one is a Western!

I’m delighted to announced that I was selected for the upcoming Western ‘Calico Queens’, written by Everett Moss & Josh Plasse and produced by Ace Salvador.

More to come soon…

Next project: ‘The Donor’

Honored to have been elected by Producer Wis Petter to co-write and co-direct ‘The Donor’, a moving story of love and sacrifice set on the Isreali/Gaza border.

More news to come soon on the official site:
www.thedonorfilm.com

Script-doctoring for Stobby Entertainment

It is with great pleasure that I will be joining managers Lee Stobby and Derrick Eppich to help seep through the dozens of scripts they receive each week and select/fix the most promising ones.
Thank you also to Taliesin Nexus for the great opportunity.

I am officially an ‘Alien with Extraordinary Abilities’!

Truly delighted to announce that my O-1 visa request for the USA has been granted this week. I will be on my way to the West Coast by the end of the year and looking forward to starting a new page of my career.