FILM 10 / Live-Action Web Series
U OFALIBABA
A UNIVERSITY FOR THIEVES. NATURALLY, POLITICS IS THE FINAL SEMESTER.
THE LOGLINE
Inside the country’s most unusual underground university, students are trained in everything from pickpocketing and bank robbery to cybercrime, corporate scams and political manipulation — with each course becoming a sharp, absurd satire on a very real problem in society.
THE STORY
Welcome to University OF ALIBABA — a secret university where crime is treated like higher education. There are classrooms. Professors. Attendance. Exams. Assignments. Internships. Only the syllabus is slightly different: Pickpocketing 101, Bank Heists, Scams & Frauds, Cybercrime, Getaway Driving and White-Collar Crime. And for the students who survive every semester: Politics — the final course. Each episode follows a new subject, turning a familiar crime into an absurd academic discipline while exposing the social system around it: corruption, greed, inequality, bureaucracy, technology and ambition. Funny, warm and mischievously satirical, U OF ALIBABA builds an entire comic universe around one delicious idea: what if society’s biggest crimes were simply being taught professionally?
A DEGREE IN STEALING. A PhD IN POLITICS.
THE PROJECT / THE OPPORTUNITY
WHY THIS SERIES
A World No One Has Seen Before
A university for thieves, where politics is the final semester, gives the series an instantly original comic identity.
Satire With an Endless Episode Engine
Corruption, bureaucracy, education, privacy and media distraction offer fresh targets for every new story.
Young, Sharp and Shareable
Its absurdist humour and recognisable frustrations make it locally rooted while broadly relatable.
THE ASK
Seeking partners to develop and bring this project to screen.
- Producer
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