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Starry Dome Productions was established by Ellen Eliasoph following two decades of working in Asia as a studio CEO, first at Warner Bros. China and then Village Roadshow Asia. Starry Dome’s impact-oriented film slate reflects Eliasoph’s deep respect for Asian culture and passion for sharing it with the West.

Rooted in in her belief that across all cultures, narratives – stories, fables, legends, parables – are the stuff of human communion, Starry Dome’s projects seek to speak to the best of us, shining a light of hope and compassion through the prism of common human concerns, values and beliefs.

2024-2026 RELEASES

Neither Donkey nor Horse
Period dramatization based on true events (live action short film).
Cernunnos
Period dramatization (live action short film).

UPCOMING RELEASES 2027-2030

Waste Tide
Eco-cyber thriller adapted from the Chen Qiufan novel of the same name.
Black Mountain, Jade Clouds
Action-comedy animated feature adapted from an award-winning children’s novel by Chen Qiufan.
Desert Dash
Action comedy adapted from the Gracie Otto short film of the same name.
The North Remembers
Period drama with elements of magical realism; original screenplay.
The House of Wonders
Hybrid documentary about the efforts to rescue Afghanistan’s cultural heritage from destruction by the Taliban

IN DEVELOPMENT

Starry Dome and its Australian affiliate, Singularity Productions, have a number of additional projects in the early stages of development in which they own IP, have shopping agreements in place, or to which Eliasoph is attached as a producer. Representative examples are as follows:

G.R.A.N.S:

Singularity has a shopping agreement for, and Eliasoph will be attached as a producer on, this Australian climate activism action comedy that will feature an ensemble cast of “women of a certain age” (the “Grannies Allied for Nature’s Salvation”); screenplay written by Western
Australia-based first-time writer Harriett Riley with Samantha Lang (IMDB LINK) attached to direct.

THE STATE OF THE VEGETABLE:

Eliasoph will serve as Executive Producer on the feature debut of award-winning Colombian writer/director Juan Zuloaga Eslait (IMDB LINK), whose short films have earned many prestigious awards, including a DGA Grand Prize at the Student Film Awards and Jury Prize for Best Student Film at Cannes’ American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase.

WE:

Eliasoph and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Liam Young (IMDB LINK) have developed a sci-fi adaptation of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s novel We, first published in 1924. Widely influential, it inspired George Orwell’s 1984 and shaped classics like Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451. Praised by Ursula Le Guin, it remains unadapted as a global English-language feature.

THE RIVER OF GIVING AND GRACE:

A feature period drama recounts the 1930s–40s story of Austrian Jews who escaped Nazi persecution thanks to Chinese Consul Ho Feng-shan, finding refuge in Shanghai. Long researched but unrealized due to market constraints, the project is now revived amid shifting global dynamics, with ongoing development, survivor interviews, and likely direction by Robin Wang.