Loglines & Screenplays by Simon Hartwell

GENRES: Historical, Biography

As the Russian tanks and soldiers roll in to brutally subdue the Hungarian Uprising, one family, seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl, joins the thousands as they try to flee the country. Arrest, imprisonment, even death awaits them if they fail.

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

First thought to be death by natural causes, the Detective finds herself immersed in a murder case that spans five years and five deaths and must find the killer before death strikes again.

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

When the groom is found dead on his wedding night, the Detectives race to unravel the web of deceit, betrayal, jealousy, and infidelity to discover whether he killed himself or was murdered, before the guests leave. 

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

After a married man goes missing, the scandalous misdeeds of his family and friends come to light as the Detectives investigate.

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

Wishing to table read his new feature depicting a murder of 15yrs earlier, the Director gathers the actors who were present at the time; back to Solan House, the scene of the crime, and reveals what actually took place. What happens after? No one expects.

GENRES: Crime, Comedy

An unwitting kleptomaniac tourist steps into a criminal enterprise when she takes a stolen necklace from a thief, draws attention to herself by wearing it and has to navigate her way out of the mess before ending up in prison or worse.

GENRES: Crime, Comedy

Winning a free trip to Blackpool turns out to be quite the adventure, when mistaken for a hit man

NB The script has also been written for a female lead. Working title What Happens in Cannes. (Available)

GENRES: Mystery, Family

O'Brien twins, Lisa and Tina, together with their younger brother, Ben form the O'Brien Detective Agency to find a missing cat only to stumble upon a much bigger mystery.

GENRES: Family, Adventure

Whilst on holiday, the O'brien family race to solve the mystery of Smuggler's Cove, as they discover a gold coin and meet a young girl with a secret.

GENRES: Western, Family

Undercover, the O'Brien family are at a western themed holiday adventure investigating the disappearance of an old-timer prospector and the legend of the cursed treasure of Jessie James.

GENRES: Thriller, Horror

Contain Horror/Thriller 

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree as H H Holmes's descendants take their revenge for their falsely accused father, awakening something evil buried deep within themselves.

GENRES: Thriller, Horror

Contained Feature.

A group of young adults wait out a storm at the Holmes Hotel, unaware of its dark legacy and murderous ancestry.

GENRES: Mystery, Crime

Contained Feature

With murder in mind, Peter's family descend to cash in on his big break only to get more than they wished for.

GENRES: Mystery, Drama

Contained Feature

The Detective Inspector has his man, but the Detective Sergeant trusts her gut and races against time to unravel the mystery and prove the man is innocent of murder. But is he?

GENRES: Thriller, Mystery

Contained Feature

Death stalks the Milstead family as they gather to discover who is heir to the family fortune.  

GENRES: Musical, Experimental

12 musical theatre actors move in together with one common aim, to out perform and out shine the others in weekly challenges to land the role of a lifetime, only to find eating, sleeping, & rehearsing together presents unexpected personal challenges. And there's a WICKED Twist.

GENRES: Romance, Fantasy

Susie, a descent of Lilith making her the perfect vessel for the antichrist, is unaware of the Dark forces closing in as two new love interests enter her life. 

GENRES: Action, Fantasy

Part of a top secret government experiment, three teenagers wake to find themselves inside their favourite computer game: "Bug Wars" where they have to survive attacking waves of giant ants, slugs, spiders and more, as they search for the Cipher Key.

GENRES: Adventure, Family

Naïve and totally unprepared, Quentin James is taken from the only life he knows and placed within a School for Young Spies where he must unmask the Undercover Agent and crack the code of the encrypted message to prove the innocence of his parents. 

GENRES: Adventure, Family

Quentin and his friends go undercover and head to the Loch of Arthur where they find hidden passages beneath the Loch, solve the Moon Code and complete their mission when they locate the secret ION base.

GENRES: Mystery, Family

Spending Christmas within a haunted house, Quentin and his friends race to solve the clues and discover the lost gold of the Jacobite rebellion before it is spirited away by thieves.

GENRES: Action, Family

Quentin James and his friends head to Japan to take part in the first Global War Games only to discover a terrorist base deep within an abandoned mine. 

GENRES: Adventure, Family

Armed with a stolen notebook, three students enter their professor’s mansion in search of treasure. What they find is not of this time.

GENRES: Romance, Drama

Lisa turns to the old fashioned traditional values of the 1950s to turn her life around, regain control and save her marriage but can they still work in today's world? 

GENRES: Family, Fantasy

Quentin James has planned an adventure holiday for his friends little knowing it would send them on a magical adventure of a lifetime and reveal Quentin’s true destiny.

GENRES: Family, Drama

A Faithful retelling of the much loved classic A Christmas Carol with Ebenezer as Prime Minister, showed the error of his isolationism policies and the harm it is doing to the people. 

GENRES: Horror, Historical

The Demon Hunters travel back through time investigating the well documented hauntings of the Borley Rectory as they race to save the soul desperately crying for help before she is gone forever.

GENRES: Historical, Thriller

Father Shaun and Sister Adriana travel back in time to Whitechapel 1888 to banish the Demon possessed Jack the Ripper and put an end to the murders before they happen. 

GENRES: Horror, Mystery

Multi Millionaire Ebenezer is well on the path to achieve his greatest desire and descend to Hell, to live out his wildest fantasies only, much to the consternation of Jacob Marley, he meets Trisha, whose claim on his heart challenges their claim on his soul.

GENRES: Musical, Romance

Tagline - A second chance at first love.

Logline - Simon Smith inherits The Old Abernathy Theatre, a fire damaged ruin and collaborates with the local School for the Performing Arts to put on his first show, Ebenezer, A Lover Story, when, out of the blue, the love that never was walks through the door, turning his life upside down.

GENRES: Fantasy, Family

Brothers Jack and Thomas travel to Salem to solve the mystery behind the many unsolved missing persons cold cases on file, only to find they are in a race against time to find four teenagers.

GENRES: Adventure, Family

The Library: A late return will cost you more than a fine. A young man's world turns upside down when he inherits a magical house, discovers the ghost of his father, and seeks revenge for his death, only to find himself trapped within a library book with time running out.