LOGLINE

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In a violent, dystopian future, a single mother attempts to grow a dragon fruit sprout so she can one day sell it for cash.

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SYNOPSIS

DRAGON FRUIT stars Yvonne Chapman as The Mother, a lone woman forced to make ends meet while caring for her son in an awful, dystopian world. Told largely without dialogue, the film follows her as she struggles to grow a small plant sprout into a fully-ripened dragon fruit. If she can sell it for enough money, and if she can survive, she might be able to afford a better life for her and her son...but honestly, at this point, she’d settle for a small vacation.

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Inspired by Canada’s now-annual record-breaking wildfire seasons, the award-winning DRAGON FRUIT is set in a smoggy, hellish world where the atmosphere itself has become toxic to breathe, and the gap between rich and poor has never been worse. Drinking water is scarce, militarized police roam the streets terrorizing regular people, and greed is the only ideology everyone understands.

Produced through the crucible of the pandemic, writer-director J.Brown designed and created nearly all the props, costumes, set pieces and visual effects himself, mostly in his apartment, and mostly on his own. With a boost from creative powerhouse Crystal Mountain Films, J.Brown and his company Rattlesnake Films were able to stretch a shoestring budget into an epic short film, creating a unique portrait of a world that feels all too familiar.