Stories worth telling, told with the discipline to get them made.
Flak Happy Films is an independent production company built on the conviction that the most durable films are the ones that start with a story worth telling — and the financial and creative discipline to tell it.
We work at the intersection of personal storytelling and structural rigor. Our projects are developed with institutional-grade financial modeling, experienced crews, and a clear-eyed view of the path from page to screen to audience.
The company is led by producers with decades of on-set experience across independent film, documentary, and television. We believe the best independent films aren't smaller than studio films — they're more focused.
The People Behind It
New York · Los Angeles
Flak Happy Films' first feature is TURRET — a contained WWII survival thriller produced in Spain with an incentive-anchored budget and international sales representation through Moonrise Pictures.
Enter the Film ↓Flak Happy Films · A Feature Film in Development
A young American airman. A jammed hatch. Thirty-five thousand feet. His thirty-fifth and final mission.
Staff Sergeant Paul Campbell has survived thirty-four missions over occupied Europe. He is twenty-five years old. Tomorrow he goes home to his wife, to the daughter they are about to adopt.
On his thirty-fifth and final mission, the Lucky Strike is ambushed by Luftwaffe fighters. Engines ablaze and losing altitude, the crew bails out. The ball turret hatch is jammed. Paul's interphone is dead. His crewmates, believing him lost, jump without him.
What remains is one man, in a four-foot steel sphere, dangling from the belly of a dying aircraft over the English Channel. This is where the fuck we are.
"Just this last one."
— Paul Campbell, S/Sgt., Ball Turret GunnerThe Approach
Shot from inside the turret. Spain's world-class LED volume stages — the same infrastructure used in productions from The Mandalorian to Game of Thrones — let TURRET put the visual scope of a $25M film on screen for a fraction of the cost.
Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Sales representation: Moonrise Pictures.
Spain's refundable tax credit reduces investor exposure by $3M before a single frame is shot. The equity raise funds the net budget. The story does the rest.
Contained survival thrillers are among the most consistently profitable films in independent cinema. Buried returned nearly 10× on $2M. Fall returned 7× on $3M. The genre rewards focus — and TURRET is nothing if not focused.
Spain's virtual production infrastructure — LED volume stages used in productions from Game of Thrones to The Mandalorian — allows TURRET to put the visual scope of a $25M film on screen at a fraction of the cost.
Spain's refundable incentive is monetized through senior financing repaid directly from the government rebate. It does not flow through investor returns. Equity investors receive their full 120% preferred return from distribution revenue, unaffected by the tax credit structure.
Rosemary Rodriguez is an award-winning director and producer known for navigating both prestige television and independent film with consistent critical recognition. Her debut feature Acts of Worship premiered at Sundance and earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations. Silver Skies, executive produced by Fred Roos (The Godfather), won multiple festival awards. Her most recent feature, Hail Mary starring Jack Huston, premiered at SXSW with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Her television credits include Your Honor, The Walking Dead, Peacemaker, Jessica Jones, and The Good Wife. She served as Executive Producer/Director on Apple's Home Before Dark.
She brings the formal precision of prestige episodic television and the emotional authority of her independent features to every project — the exact combination TURRET demands from its confined perspective and demanding 20-day shooting schedule.
"A team assembled not for convenience, but for conviction."
Request the Full PacketTURRET is seeking accredited equity investors. The full investment packet — budget detail, waterfall structure, comparables analysis, and subscription documents — is available upon request.
This offering is available only to accredited investors as defined under applicable securities law. Minimum investment $500,000.
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