An open call to independent filmmakers
Help Bring the Mojave to Life
The Lost Pearl of the Mojave is an illustrated western saga spanning 150 years. Choose a moment from the screenplay and create your interpretation.
The invitation
Choose a moment. Make it cinematic.
Directors, animators, actors, editors, composers, virtual-production artists, and AI-assisted filmmakers are invited to explore a complete story world and bring selected scenes to the screen.
The project moves from the California frontier through railroad expansion, Prohibition, World War II, Route 66, and the fading desert towns of the late twentieth century. Every era offers a different visual and creative challenge.
How it works
From screenplay to screen
Choose a scene
Explore the illustrated screenplay and find a moment that fits your interests, tools, and production scale.
Study the world
Use storyboards, character profiles, period notes, and the series bible as creative reference.
Create your version
Interpret it through live action, animation, machinima, virtual production, or responsible generative tools.
Share the result
Future registration will support submissions, creator credits, collaboration, and featured community work.
The story world
A kingdom built in the sand
Captain Cameron Smith enters the Mojave chasing the myth of a Spanish pearl ship and discovers a different treasure: gold, water, love, and the beginning of a family legacy.
Across generations, the Smith family builds and loses a desert kingdom through ambition, reinvention, sacrifice, and survival. The real inheritance is not the fortune they accumulate, but the wisdom they leave behind.
Explore all thirteen episodes →“The desert forgets nothing. Even the wind remembers where the bones are buried.”Malika Smith
Ways to participate
There is room in this world for your craft
Filmmaker resources
Build inside one consistent world
Registered filmmakers receive the character library, visual bible, episode storyboards, and reusable prompt recipes for maintaining continuity across shots and production tools.
Register for Free AccessThe filmmaker call is taking shape
Start with the story.
Read the screenplay, browse its storyboards, and begin imagining the moment you would bring to life. Scene kits, creator registration, and submission tools are coming next.
Enter the Story World