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Indigenous production funding
Approval details

The projects approved from Screen Australia’s Indigenous Branch are part of the New Black initiative, which is developing and producing 10-minute dramas with emerging directors and producers.

AUNTIE MAGGIE AND THE WOMBA WAKGUN
Bungabura Productions
Producer Bain Stewart
Director Leah Purcell
Writer Angelina Hurley 
Synopsis Aunty Maggie struggles to feed her three boys, and what she finds as an easy solution becomes a major problem – a problem that makes her famous.

BOURKE BOY
Scarlett Pictures
Producers Kath Shelper and Anusha Duray
Writer/Director Adrian Wills
Synopsis A true story about a father and son trying to find the words to say to each other before it’s too late.

THE FARM
Brown Cab Productions
Producer John Harvey           
Writer/Director Romaine Moreton 
Synopsis A young girl named Olivia longs to know the people who came before and the stories they left, uncovering a landscape imbued with history and wonder.

JACOB
Blackfella Films
Producers Darren Dale and Rhea Stephenson
Writer/Director Dena Curtis 
Synopsis When George witnesses the deterioration of Gina and Max’s relationship, he must choose the right time to intervene.

THE PARTY SHOES
Producers Helen Panckhurst and Sarah Bond
Writer/Director Michelle Blanchard 
Synopsis A little girl devises a logical plan to rid the world of sadness … well her own world at least.