Funding Approvals
2024-2025 ONLINE production

THE CROP TOPS
6 x 5 mins
Shop 15 Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romantic Comedy
Director Abby Gallaway
Writers Abby Gallaway, Emily Waterson
Producer Raeanne Chami
Executive Producers Monique Terry, Hannah-Rae Meegan
Synopsis Taking place in one day, The Crop Tops follows an Aussie rock band racing to finish their sophomore album but when rumours about secret relationships and going solo start flying, the likelihood of this band finishing anything starts to dwindle.

INA
6 x 8 mins
Rachel Maxine Anderson
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer/Director Rachel Maxine Anderson
Producers Danielle Redford, Rae Choi
Executive Producer Kerrin McNeil
Synopsis When a driven TV producer is forced to cast her mother as the guest star of her cooking show, their simmering tensions boil over in a single shoot day where they might finally heal—or see their relationship go up in flames.

NOT RUSSIAN ANYWHERE
8 x 3 mins
Anakie Street
Genre Comedy
Director Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien
Writers Annisa Belonogoff, Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien, Nicole Scharf
Producers Annisa Belonogoff, Lucinda Bruce, Nicole Scharf
Synopsis After life throws her a curveball, a spiralling woman escapes back to her childhood home and eccentric Russian family. Until she can face reality, she’s Not Russian Anywhere.

BIMBO BIOLOGY BODY BREAKDOWN
15 x 2 mins
Umami Media Pty Ltd
Directors Dr Naomi Koh Belic, Grace O'Brien
Writer Dr Naomi Koh Belic
Producers Dr Naomi Koh Belic, Dr Vanessa Hill, Dr Penny Palmer
Synopsis Calling all girls, gays and nonbinary babes. Your favourite bimbo biologist Dr Naomi Koh Belic is here to uncover the hidden stories of our bodies; from lactating without being pregnant to showcasing the shocking similarities of genitalia.

• May 2025 Announcement

CEEBS
18 x 1 min
BANTA Productions PTY LTD
Genre Comedy
Director Harry Lloyd
Writers Betiel Beyin, Leigh Lule
Producers Nikki Tran, Amie Batalibasi
Synopsis CEEBS is an 18 x 1 min TikTok comedy about recent high-school graduates, Zion and Ruby, as they run for ‘Youth President’ to save their local youth centre from imminent closure and shield their womb-to-the-tomb friendship from the crossfire.

AFTER ALL
6 x 5 mins
Turbo Chook Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Director Jess Murray
Writers Jess Murray, Tom Ward, Declan O'Byrne-Inglis
Producer Jess Murray
Line Producer Felicity Wilkinson
Executive Producer Paul Moran
Synopsis Flynn and Marshall are two mutant filmmakers who dream of making a Hollywood blockbuster, and they won’t let living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland get in their way.

RUN CLUB
5 x 1.5 mins
Laughlines AU
Genre Comedy
Director Grace Julia
Writers Grace Julia, Nikki Brown
Producers Grace Julia, Nikki Brown
Synopsis When members of Brisbane's hit new run club start disappearing, its founder must race against time to save her reputation.

DESERTED
5 x 6 mins
Moving Floor Entertainment
Genre Romantic comedy
Directors Stephen Irwin, Lark Lee
Writer Stephen Irwin
Producer Lark Lee
Executive Producers Shuang Hu, Leigh McGrath
Synopsis Two strangers, a woman and a man, find themselves marooned on a deserted island.  Initial hope that this could be romance in paradise quickly goes awry when they begin to irritate each other without even trying!  It's not just a matter of survival; it's a matter of getting over themselves!

GOING HOME
32 x 2 mins
Nansumba Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Comedy
Directors Belinda Jombwe, Erica Long, Zindzi Okenyo, Nancy Denis
Writers Belinda Jombwe, Leigh Lule, Huna Amweero, Claire Cao
Producers Belinda Jombwe, Erica Long
Executive Producer Huna Amweero
Synopsis After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, prodigal daughter Grace Kisakye heads to her childhood farm in outback Australia. Seeking answers in a familiar landscape, Grace processes how her life spiralled out of control by confronting her family and healing past wounds.

September 2025 Announcement

BLOOM  
5 x 10 mins  
Arterial Films Pty Ltd  
Genre Drama  
Writer/Directors Stephen de Villiers, Alice Yang  
Producers Chloe Gardner, Robbie Greenwell, Maisie Fabry  
Synopsis A gritty and inspiring web series about a normal 16-year-old girl who receives a cancer diagnosis and the emotional and physical turmoil this creates for her, her family and her friends.

ROMANTIC INFORMATION 
6 x 15 mins   
KEWL Studio Pty Ltd  
Genre Romantic comedy  
Directors Kathleen Lee, Tobias Willis
Writer Kathleen Lee
Producer Tobias Willis 
Executive Producer Tessa Mansfield-Hung 
Synopsis When she meets an autistic artist, Miriam discovers why she has always found the world so painful and confusing. 

KILLING BUNNY
5 x 8 mins   
Rhianna Spooner PTY LTD  
Genre Musical, Western  
Director Jack McGrath  
Writers Rhianna Spooner, Jack McGrath  
Producer Rhianna Spooner  
Executive Producer Max Russell    
Synopsis KILLING BUNNY is an Australian Neo-Western/Musical which follows 'Bunny', a mariachi drifter, on the run from 'Lalo', a ruthless headhunter from their past. 

DIGITAL ORIGINALS 2025 INITIATIVE

HOMEBODIES
6 x 10 mins   
MAD ONES FILMS PTY LTD  
Genre Supernatural Family Drama 
Directors Harry Lloyd, AP Pobjoy 
Writers AP Pobjoy, Charlotte Mars 
Producer Cyna Strachan  
Executive Producers Liam Heyen, Kirsty Fisher 
Broadcaster SBS  
Synopsis When Darcy returns home to look after his estranged mother, he discovers that she’s got an unusual housemate: the teenage ghost of his pre-transition self. Darcy must now face the past or risk losing himself completely. 

MISS SULTANAH
6 x 10 mins   
Float Films Pty Ltd  
Genre Comedy, Drama  
Writers Rhian Wilson Ruge, Artemis Muñoz, Alistair Baldwin 
Director Alistair Baldwin  
Producer Molly O’Connor  
Executive Producer Hannah Ngo 
Broadcaster SBS 
Synopsis In a desperate bid to save their beauty-queen mother’s legacy, sisters Alana and Nicky band together to host Sultanah’s first disabled-only beauty pageant, only to learn they’re being played. By each other. 

FISH BOI
6 x 10 min 
Kapwa Pty Ltd 
Genre Comedy, Drama, Other: Adult Animation  
Writer/Director Robertino Zambrano  
Producers Dulce Aguilar, Robertino Zambrano 
Executive Producers Gabrielle Joosten, Libbie Doherty, Dulce Aguilar, Robertino Zambrano   
Broadcaster SBS 
Synopsis  A scorned hustler fights to save his family’s livelihood and win back their respect by starting Western Sydney’s biggest fish delivery business