No. 01
Herforth & Jensen
FEATURE FILM / LIMITED SERIES · 3 × 50 MIN
A Fish Called Wanda directed by the Coen Brothers, set in contemporary Denmark.
For page and screen
14 original cinematic stories — adaptation-ready by design
[ Read-a-Film Prose and Screenplay Format ]
The space Read a Film occupies
can take you deep inside character, world, and voice.
shows how a story is built to play on screen.
maps a film efficiently — but is not a complete reading experience.
brings cinematic momentum and visual clarity into a complete work of prose.
Read a Film stories move like films — tight, propulsive, no filler.
A complete experience of character, world, arc, and voice.
The film is unusually visible inside the prose.
Book first. Adaptation-ready by design.
Finish one in a sitting — and the whole story has played in your head.
And if it moves to screen, every story is also available as a Final Draft screenplay — the complete prose experience and the screen architecture, side by side.
Selected properties are available as both feature films and limited series.
Selected properties
Fully developed IP — ready for adaptation
About the creator
Bjarne O. Henriksen writes tightly structured cinematic fiction for page and screen. His work — internationally funded and recognised at Monte Carlo and Berlin — spans historical, mythic, and political registers, with stories designed to stand on the page and travel naturally into film and television.
Silver Nymph, Monte Carlo
The Second Life of Eddie Holm
Golden Bear Nominee
Eye of the Eagle
European Script Fund Award
Herforth & Jensen
Invited Member
European Film Academy