Sebastian Swift, a young man from Tasmania, has spent his life trying to outrun his father’s shadow — a bitter, womanising alcoholic who cloaked weakness in the armour of fatalism. Determined not to repeat the cycle, Sebastian excels academically and escapes to the city in search of reinvention.

But the scars of childhood cannot be so easily buried. In Melbourne, a midnight encounter with James — the eccentric “Soho Oracle” — takes a sinister turn when he predicts Sebastian will die in just 5 years. The next day in Sydney, a second palm reader delivers the exact same prophecy. What seemed like theatre now feels like destiny, and the echo rattles Sebastian to his core.

For years he has blamed his father’s fatalistic dogma for his mother’s decline and death. Now, for the first time, those beliefs begin to feel less like lies — and more like inevitability.

Into this storm walks Josie Moreau: vibrant, fearless, and irrepressibly optimistic. Their meeting feels fated, sunlight piercing storm clouds. With Josie, Sebastian glimpses the life he has always longed for — love, family, a future not defined by his father’s sins. But as their romance deepens, the prophecy gnaws at him. Signs align too closely. Patterns repeat. Worse, he realises he has been hardwired since childhood to believe fate cannot be escaped.

Should he confess, risking the fragile joy they’ve found? Or protect her by hiding a destiny he fears is already written? Each choice drags him deeper into a battle not just with prophecy, but with the legacy of shame his father left behind.

As his 36th birthday approaches, Sebastian must confront the question that has haunted him his whole life: are we bound by the past, or can we rewrite our fate?

The Soho Oracle is a sweeping romantic drama — equal parts love story and existential fable — about scars that never fully heal, the courage to defy prophecy, and the redemptive power of love. In the end, fate and love collide, and what remains is proof that while lives may end, love endures — transforming, never dying.

THE SOHO ORACLE: Feature Film

Budget: AUD 25M (USD 16M)

Genre: Romantic Drama

Director: Storm Ashwood

Writer: James Wallace

Producers: James Wallace & Storm Ashwood

Executive Producers: Robert Slaviero

Casting Director: Cinzia Coassin

Production Companies: Braveheart Films & Storm Ashwood Projects

Locations: East Coast of Australia

Shoot: April - June 2027