Funding Approvals
2024-2025 Production funding
JULY 2024
LEVITICUS
Causeway Works Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Writer/Director Adrian Chiarella
Producers Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Hannah Ngo
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales Studio 301 Films
Synopsis Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.
CHASING MILLIONS
Invisible Republic Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director Stephen Burke
Writers Katherine Thomson, Stephen Burke
Producers Jane Doolan, Michael Wrenn
Distributor Bonsai Films
International Sales Level K
Synopsis Belfast 2004. Northern Ireland has been at peace for six years, but old enmities, and mistrust remain. Chasing Millions tells the story of the biggest bank heist in Irish, British (and Australian) history making reluctant partners of ambitious Australian police officer, Diana, with gruff, veteran Northern Irish detective, Crawford, as they investigate and seek to solve the crime while navigating their way through the minefield of a fragile peace.
October 2024
PENNY LANE IS DEAD
Sanctuary Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
Writer/Director Mia'Kate Russell
Producers Julie Ryan, Ari Harrison, Andre Lima
Executive Producers Jeff Harrison, John Sheedy, Joel Anderson
Distributor Umbrella Entertainment
International Sales Upgrade
Synopsis A warm night in and 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends Toni and Amy. The night, however, does not turn out as planned. Penny Lane’s jealous and troubled cousin Kat decides a cruel prank is in order and what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed.
November 2024
AN IDEAL WIFE
Wheelhouse Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Sophie Hyde
Writers Sophie Hyde, Matthew Cormack
Producers Sophie Hyde, Matthew Gledhill, Olivier Delbosc
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
International Sales Embankment
Synopsis Starring Emilia Clarke, Eamon Farren and Tom Blyth, An Ideal Wife is the story of Constance Lloyd, whose decision to face up to the hidden affairs of her husband – the inimitable Oscar Wilde - leads to her own sexual awakening and her ability to live with excruciating and undiagnosed daily pain.
December 2024
BOSS CAT
Bus Stop Films Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
Director Genevieve Clay-Smith
Writers Genevieve Clay-Smith Mandela Mathia
Producers Deanne Weir, Dianna La Grassa, Eleanor Winkler
Executive Producers Eleanor Winkler, Tracey Corbin-Matchett, Michele Turnure-Salleo, Nathan Basha, Mandela Mathia
Distributor Madman Entertainment
International Sales TBA
Synopsis A dance obsessed woman with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) must prove to her estranged grandmother that she has what it takes to live on her own, or else risk losing her friends, her home and her dreams to live an independent life.
IT'S ALL GOING VERY WELL NO PROBLEMS AT ALL
Mad Ones Films Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Producers Liam Heyen, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas
Executive Producers Natalya Pavchinskaya, Cyna Strachan
Distributor Kismet
International Sales TBC
Synopsis 30-year-old artist Audrey is lost and teetering on the verge of collapse, but Harold, one of the residents of the aged-care home where she works, helps her to discover a new meaning in life –as his is about to end.
February 2025
ALL THE BOYS ARE HERE
Causeway Works Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Queer Romance
Writer/Director Goran Stolevski
Producers Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales New Europe Film Sales & Charades
Synopsis When New York novelist Julius attends a family funeral in Vienna, his discovery of a German’s relative’s illicit queer love affair with a Jewish man during WW2 sends him on a journey through the past that changes his future.
BLUEBOTTLE
Sweetshop & Green
Genre Thriller, Comedy
Directors Jack Clark, Jim Weir
Writer Jack Clark
Producers Gal Greenspan, Rachel Forbes, Ryan Bartecki
Executive Producers Joel Edgerton, Ari Harrison, Jane Badler
Distributor Umbrella Entertainment
International Sales TBA
Synopsis On the final night of 'Schoolies' in an isolated coastal town, three local dropouts battle three handsome older men for the affection of three private school girls.
FEAR IS THE RIDER
Don't Worry Murray Pty Ltd
Genre Horror, Thriller
Writer/Director John Michael McDonagh
Producers Elizabeth Eves, John Michael McDonagh, Kate Glover, Nick Gordon, Trevor Matthews
Executive Producer Natalie Coleman
Distributor Umbrella Entertainment
International Sales Film Constellation, CAA
Synopsis A lone woman, searching for her missing mother, is pursued into the Australian Outback by a terrifying family of cannibalistic serial killers, with only an ex-con and a young girl willing to help her.