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Features - 19 August 2008

Letter of Intent

END OF ANXIETY
Agenda Film Productions Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Michelle Harrison
Producer Ian Iveson
Writer/Director Marty Murphy
Synopsis The End of Anxiety is an ironic comedy about life, love and the pursuit of happiness in our post-September 11 world.

MAD BASTARDS
Bush Turkey Films Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Martin Fabinyi
Consultant Producer David Jowsey
Producers Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram
Director/Producer Brendan Fletcher
Synopsis Mad Bastards is a feature drama set on Australia’s last frontier – the vast and remote Kimberley region, WA. A raw, gutsy character film, it’s a meditation on violence, community and the living spirit of contemporary Aboriginal people of the Kimberley. It features performances and stories from real people in the Kimberley rather than actors, all weaved through the music of Broome legendary musicians The Pigram Brothers.

Production approvals

CHARLIE AND BOOTS
Instinct Entertainment
Executive Producers Thomas Augsberger, Andrew Mackie, Richard Payten
Producers Shana Levine, Dean Murphy, David Redman
Writers Stewart Faichney, Dean Murphy
Director Dean Murphy
Sales and Distribution Instinct Eden Rock International, Transmission
Synopsis Boots McFarland and his estranged dad Charlie head off to Cape York Peninsula to drop a line off the northern most tip of Australia

THE CUP
The Cup Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Kirk D’Amico, Greg Sitch, Joel Pearlman, Omnilab
Producers Jan Bladier, David Lee, Lance Hool
Producer/Director Simon Wincer
Writers Eric O’Keefe, Simon Wincer
Sales and Distribution Village Roadshow, Myriad
Synopsis Probably no race had a more extraordinary effect on the nation than the running of the 2002 Melbourne Cup. At the heart of this true story is a young jockey, Damien Oliver, who having lost his only brother in a tragic racing accident just days before the race, suffers through a series of discouraging defeats, only to triumph in one of the most thrilling finales of all sport.

LOVE AND MORTAR
Cascade Films Pty Ltd
Producers David Parker, Richard Keddie, Nadia Tass
Writers Lynne Renew and David Parker
Director Nadia Tass
Sales and Distribution Fox (Aust/NZ), Content (ROW)
Synopsis A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.

MAD BASTARDS
Bush Turkey Films Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Martin Fabinyi
Consultant Producer David Jowsey
Producers Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram
Director/Producer Brendan Fletcher
Sales and Distribution Mushroom Pictures, Hopscotch, Maximum
Synopsis Mad Bastards is a feature drama set on Australia’s last frontier – the vast and remote Kimberley region, WA. A raw, gutsy character film, it’s a meditation on violence, community and the living spirit of contemporary Aboriginal people of the Kimberley. It features performances and stories from real people in the Kimberley rather than actors, all weaved through the music of Broome legendary musicians The Pigram Brothers.

features - 22 October 2008

Letter of Intent 

BEING DEAD
See-Saw Films and Greenpoint Films
Executive Producer Iain Canning
Producers Emile Sherman, Patrick Cassavetti
Director Ray Lawrence
Writer Beatrix Christian. Based on the book by Jim Crace
Synopsis Being Dead is a poetic thriller. A married couple is savagely murdered; their bodies left to decay in the dunes. When their estranged daughter returns home to find them, she uncovers a dark secret history...

I LOVE YOU TOO
I Love You Too Pty Ltd
Executive Producer Greg Sitch
Producers Yael Bergman, Laura Waters
Writer/Co Producer Peter Hellier
Director Daina Reid
Synopsis When emotionally-stunted, commitment phobic Jim, doesn't have the words to tell his girlfriend Alice that he loves her, they break up when she mentions the word 'marriage'. Depressed, Jim meets Charlie, a dwarf, who is wise, funny, emotionally mature and an incredible love letter writer, and asks him to help him get Alice back. I Love You Too is a comedy with heart – a romantic buddy movie about the meaning of relationships, the importance of male friendship, and having the courage to pursue the one you love.

LOU
Big and Little Films Pty Ltd
Producers Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon, Tony Ayres
Producer/Writer/Director Belinda Chayko
Synopsis A young girl finds love through a dangerous game with her Alzheimic grandfather.

PANGS
BlueSeas Films
Producer Robert Raymond
Writer/Director Greg Woodland
Synopsis For Bob, a suburban vampire working as a Nightline crisis counsellor for the weak and sick, humans equal food. Compassion is just one of a vampire's tools. Bob doesn't get involved until he meets Bella, the 8-year-old daughter of dangerous new neighbours, and then Miriam, the beautiful blind counsellor who's just started at Nightline...these two awaken in him a capacity for unselfish love so strong it threatens his whole way of life.

Production approvals 

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Porchlight Films Pty Ltd
Producer Liz Watts
Writer/Director David Michôd
Sales and Distribution Madman, Maximum Sales, Showtime
Synopsis Animal Kingdom tells the story of 17-year-old Joshua ‘J’ Cody as he navigates his survival between an explosive criminal family and a cop who thinks he can save him.

Production approvals - 24 November 2008

GRIFF THE INVISIBLE
Producer Nicole O'Donohue
Director/Writer Leon Ford
Synopsis Griff is a secret agent. But no-one knows. Because it's a secret.

THE PLACE BETWEEN
Producer Kath Shelper
Director/Writer Beck Cole
Synopsis Karen Burden is released from prison after seven years, but life on the outside isn’t everything she hoped it would be.

features - 17 December 2008

Production Approvals

A HEARTBEAT AWAY
Pictures in Paradise Pty Ltd
Producer Chris Brown  
Writer Julie Kincade
Director Gale Edwards
Sales and Distribution Hoyts (Aus/NZ) and Lightning Entertainment (ROW)
Synopsis Kevin Flack – is obsessed with becoming a rock guitar legend - when his father is hit by a bus just four weeks before a major competition Kevin is forced to become the musical director of his fathers Brass band. Without his father’s knowledge Kevin decides to give the band a Rock & Roll make over.

BEING DEAD
See-Saw Films and Greenpoint Films
Executive Producer Iain Canning
Producers Emile Sherman, Patrick Cassavetti
Director Ray Lawrence
Writer Beatrix Christian. Based on the book by Jim Crace
Synopsis A haunting and tender account of a married couple found murdered in the dunes; how they got there, and what happens before they're found. Being Dead explores themes of love and family, life and death, how we live our lives and what we leave behind.

I LOVE YOU TOO
I Love You Too Pty Ltd
EP Greg Sitch
Producers Yael Bergman and Laura Waters  
Writer Peter Helliar
Director Daina Reid
Sales and Distribution Roadshow Films
Synopsis I Love You Too is a romantic comedy about a commitment-phobic man-about-town and a gifted new age dwarf who go on a quest to win back the women they love.

LOU
Big and Little Films
Executive Producer Liz Watts
Producers Michael McMahon, Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden and Belinda Chayko
Writer/Director Belinda Chayko
Sales and Distribution Kojo (Aust/NZ) and Bankside (ROW)
Synopsis A young girl finds love through a dangerous game with her Alzheimic grandfather.

LUV SUX
Vitascope International Pty Ltd
Producers David Hannay, Richard Turner and John Bickford  
Writer Michael Gillett
Director Richard Turner
Sales and Distribution Arkles (Aust/NZ) and Odins Eye (ROW)
Synopsis At 17, Matt is a bit concerned about his future.  So are his parents. Both are loving, caring individuals who only want the best for their son.  But only one is human.  The other is a five hundred year old vampire.  

Letters of Offer - IndiVision Production Fund

GRIFF THE INVISIBLE
Everyday Pictures
Producer Nicole O’Donohue
Writer/Director Leon Ford
Synopsis Griff is a super hero. But no one knows. Because it’s a secret.

THE PLACE BETWEEN
Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd
Producer Kath Shelper
Writer/Director Beck Cole
Synopsis When Karen Burden is released from jail after three years, she quickly discovers that between guilt and forgiveness is the place between.