WELCOME, BIENVENIDOS, BIENVENUE, DOBRO DOŠLI

Welcome to Chronosonder, the creative home of Martin Cuff. Chronosonder is a creative studio for the development of entertainment media IP; it is the next evolution in Martin’s 35-year global film industry career, driving a renewed focus on creating BOOKS, FILMS and TELEVISION SERIES for international audiences.

CHRONOSONDER

Chronosonder is the profound realization and awareness that people in the past lived lives as vivid, complex, and emotionally rich as our own, each with their own thoughts, struggles, joys, and routines.

It is therefore People Over There, but also: People Over Then.

Chronosonder informs and inspires all of our projects, whether they are original tales or untold moments from history. We connect with individuals and their dreams and challenges, often at specific moments during major events in their lives. In doing so, we create stories that resonate with modern audiences.

As a business, Chronosonder therefore focuses on:

  • Slate model. Six to eight projects under active development at any one time, providing pipeline continuity and multiple monetisation shots.
  • Total-package approach. Every title launches with look-books, pitch decks, location research, chain-of-title documentation and audience analysis, accelerating partner uptake.
  • Ownership & chain-of-title. All concepts originate in-house; research notes, drafts and contracts are indexed in a secure IP vault to prove provenance and facilitate gap-financing.
  • Historic—but fictionalised—content. Inspired by verifiable events; all characters and dialogue are original creations, ensuring creative freedom while avoiding defamation or life-rights issues.
  • Transmedia + Tourism. Built-in a) companion podcasts/books, b) educational assets, c) location-based visitor experiences.

Martin Cuff is represented internationally by Thomas Cull at Cull & Co Literary Agency in London.

MAIN SLATE

Key projects currently on the Main Slate include:

ROGUE ANGELS

When they are prevented from serving their country in World War One, a group of rebel Scottish women doctors, nurses, and ambulance drivers create their own damn hospital.

Heading to the Serbian Front, they battle war injuries and terrible epidemics, face down a cruel enemy and defy all expectations. There, the women save lives and change opinions — until the collapse of the Serbian Front forces each woman to make a grim and unenviable choice.

TV Series: historical drama, action and adventure, feminist, war romance, travel

BATAVIA

In 2089, the freighter O.R.S. Batavia travels to Jupiter carrying gold bullion and hundreds of passengers. Ship’s doctor Uzo Igwe uncovers a mutiny led by the ruthless Deputy Director, Jerry Cornell. But before the coup can be completed, a meteoroid strike cripples the ship, leaving the survivors stranded, starving, and desperate.

As Cornell begins systematically eliminating the weak, Uzo must lead a rebellion, expose the mutiny, and reach the rescue ship first—or the truth dies with her.

Book, TV Series: dystopian sci-fi, action and adventure, evil corporations, underdogs fight back

2 BLONDES AND A MERCEDES

In 1962, a Swedish veterinary assistant called Evie and her co-driver Urshi, become the first all-female team to compete in Argentina’s notorious and deadly Gran Premio road race.

Facing hostile weather and terrain, macho disbelief, and a host of real dangers on the 4624km route, the two women rely on precision, discipline, and grace under pressure to outpace 257 competitors and make motorsport history.

Feature Film: historical drama, race movie, car racing, adventure, women against the odds

CRUISE OF THE KINGS

In August 1954, Queen Frederica of Greece invites 104 royals from the 25 European monarchies to join the luxury yacht Agamemnon on a cruise around the Greek Isles.

With the formality of their daily lives set aside, the loves, ambitions and aspirations of these idle princes plays out against an idyllic backdrop of sunlight and summer blue.

But behind the scenes, rivalries flare, romance blossoms, alliances shift, and the real world intrudes, forcing the passengers to confront a changing world where privilege is no guarantee of survival.

TV Series: historical drama, royalty, travel, intrigue, romance, escapism

SUGAR CITY

It’s Bristol in 2025, and award-winning filmmaker Mallory McCormack is trying to film her latest tv series, while also  helping to find a missing childhood friend.

But as she pursues leads and follows clues, she uncovers perplexing and unsettling connections between the missing woman and a series of heinous child kidnappings and murders that have rocked the city, raising a terrifying question:

are these killings the acts of dangerous illegal immigrants, or something far more sinister?

BOOK, TV SERIES: Crime Drama, Investigation, Social and Racial Unrest, Immigration

Links to all of the creative projects in development are available here: CHRONOSONDER

MARTIN CUFF

Martin Cuff is a British-Serbian-South African; he is an internationally recognised strategist, creative industries expert and marketing/ communications professional with over 35 years of experience in the global screen sector.

He is the former Executive Director of the Association of Film Commissioners International (Los Angeles), the Colorado Film Commission (Denver), the Cape Film Commission and Cape Town Film Permit Office (South Africa) and the former Chief Operating Officer of Sithengi, the Southern African International Film and Television Market. He is also the former Senior Advisor for Creative Industries to the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic.

Martin Cuff’s Film and Creative Industries sector experience is available here: CONSULTING SERVICES

Martin’s CV is available here.

MARTIN CUFF – June 2025