Production Funding Approvals - 19 August 2008

 

Features | Documentaries | TV Drama | Indigenous

 

INDIGENOUS

 

NIA’S MELANCHOLY
Lala Pictures Pty Ltd as part of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Branch New Black initiative
Producer Andrew Arbuthnot
Writer/Director Sio Tusa Fa'Aaefili
Synopsis A young ‘Yalanji’ girl witnesses her sister’s suicide. This is the tale of her descent into melancholy and her journey of redemption.

RALPH
Goalpost Pictures Australia as part of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Branch New Black initiative
Producer Jessie Mangum
Writer/Director Deborah Mailman
Writer Wayne Blair
Synopsis Madeline learns that it takes more than just dreaming to survive; it takes a friend.