Feature FilmHistoricalEpic

EMPIRE OF DUST

The rise and fall of a merchant empire across three generations in colonial North Africa.

📍 Morocco / FranceDir. Karim El FassiBudget $45MTheatrical + co-production treatyBy Antoine Beaumont Illustrative profile — review risk factors

Why this deal

  • Morocco rebate + French co-production treaty stack to 38% coverage
  • Sales agent projects strong international theatrical demand
  • Production designer attached from two Academy-nominated epics
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Atlas Ridge Capitalinvested $4M

Treaty stacking and pre-sales make the structure unusually resilient for an epic at this scale.

The SPV structure

Vehicle

FF Empire SPV III, LLC

Jurisdiction

Delaware, USA

Framework

Reg A+

Security

equity units

Waterfall share

40% of revenue

Escrow

Prime Trust

You are purchasing units of the SPV — a single-purpose vehicle whose only asset is its contractual stake in this project's revenue waterfall. Distributions flow pro-rata to unitholders after the SPV receives waterfall payments.

Use of funds

Production60%
Cast & department heads18%
Post & score14%
Contingency & fees8%

The team

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Antoine Beaumont

Producer

César winner · 14 features

Market compsCineComps™

Cohort-level performance for projects with a similar model, genre, and distribution approach.

Cohort figures pending publication

Treaty co-production epics with 35%+ incentive stacking

$30–60M budgets · multi-territory theatrical strategy

Cohort figures pending publication

Period epics from César/Academy-recognized producers

Producer track record of 10+ delivered features

Cohort comparables are in development; figures are not published yet pending documented methodology and regulatory review. Past performance, when published, will not predict any specific outcome. Demo disclosure

Updates

2026-05-30

Morocco rebate certified

Certification letter uploaded to the data room.

Risk factors

  • Period epics carry elevated schedule and budget risk.
  • You may lose your entire investment.
  • Foreign-location production adds currency exposure.

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$22.5M75% funded
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