The Filmmaker Behind the Code

Right now, Skrean is a one-man operation — built, coded, curated, and kept alive by filmmaker Frankie Doguet.

I have spent more than twenty years working in film and post-production, mostly in the commercial world — the kind of work that sharpens craft, pays bills, and slowly starves the part of you that wanted to make cinema in the first place.

Skrean came from that frustration — a need to build something real. A place shaped by instinct, taste, obsession, and a love for films that are strange, visceral, dangerous, and impossible to sand down into content.

I build Skrean myself, line by line — because platforms shape how films are experienced, and cinema deserves better than endless scroll, synthetic taste, and algorithmic sludge.

Why Build It

Skrean was originally conceived as the future home of The Edge , a survival feature I wrote. In building that path, something unexpected emerged — a platform worth building for its own sake.

Every line of code serves the same idea: thoughtful curation over algorithmic sludge, respectful presentation over disposable content, and a place where genre cinema is treated like cinema — not inventory.

The Long Game

Today, Skrean lives through carefully curated public domain films, experimentation, and slow growth. Tomorrow, if support makes it possible, it can become something bigger — licensed films, original productions, and a true digital grindhouse built outside the usual machinery.

No committee. No trend chasing. No permission asked. Just cinema, built the hard way.