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.
FANGS
Ahimsa Productions
Genre Black Comedy/Erotic Thriller
Writer/Director Lucy McKendrick
Producers Rebecca Yeldham, Michael Costigan, Charlie Polinger, Toby Nalbandian
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales Cornerstone Films
Synopsis Socially awkward Teddy Turner, is desperate to prove herself as a worthy heir to her father Ralph’s private prison empire, that is, until she learns of Fangs, an infamous felon in one of her father’s facilities. Consumed with desire for the self-proclaimed ‘psychopath,’ Teddy risks everything for her dangerous fantasy.
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.
September 2025
ALPHABET LANE
Joe Films
Genre Offbeat thriller
Director James Litchfield
Producer Lucinda Reynolds, Joey Charlton, James Litchfield
Executive Producer Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Nicholas Denton, Harrison Fenton, Jake Taylor
Distributor Screen Inc
Synopsis A quietly deranged and oddly romantic story about an isolated couple who lose control of a joke about imaginary friends.
2 MOONS
Co-Curious Ltd
Genre Science fiction, Drama
Director Fadia Abboud
Writer James Elazzi, Gabriel Faatau'uu-Satiu, Andrew Undi Lee, Randa Sayed, Danielle Stamoulos
Producer Annabel Davis, Kali Reid
Executive Producer Sheila Jayadev
Synopsis 2 MOONS tracks the choices of five ordinary people across two weeks before the possible end of the world, when Earth’s two moons may collide. 2 MOONS is a heartfelt and at times surreal search for hope in uncertain times.
THIS IS THEM
Broadtalk Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer/Director Sophie Edelstein
Producers Emma Cooper, Anna Vincent
Executive Producers Pradnya Dugal, Peter Scarf
Distributor Icon Film Distribution
International Sales CAA Media Finance
Synopsis Conflict arises at an elite girls’ school in 1996 when an outsider is awarded the highly-coveted gymnastics scholarship.
RUN TO PARADISE
Brouhaha Entertainment Australia
Genre Action Adventure, Romantic Comedy
Director Bharat Nalluri
Writers Melissa Bubnic, John Collee, Pete Monaghan, Ruth Estelle
Producers Troy Lum, Andrew Mason
Distributor Kismet
Synopsis A couple in their 60’s decides it’s time to sell their café and travel their way through retirement. After an invitation to their estranged daughter’s wedding, the couple drive across Australia in a motorhome that locks them into a new world of eccentric and sexually liberated grey nomads.
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
Sense & Centsability Pty Ltd
Genre Romantic comedy
Director Fawzia Mirza
Writer Menik Gooneratne
Producers Fawzia Mirza, Menik Gooneratne, Leanne Tonkes, Jenni Tosi, Melissa Russo, Andria Wilson Mirza, Marc Tetreault, Jason Levangie
Synopsis When Vedic Astrology reveals NOW is the time for marriage, Shano, a sceptical Sri Lankan-Australian women concedes to her superstitious mother's wishes and agrees to 90 dates in 90 days.
PHOTO BOOTH
Carver Films Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Directors Spencer Harvey, Lloyd Harvey
Producers Sarah Shaw, Anna McLeish, Cathy Konrad
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales HanWay
Synopsis When a planned adoption falls through, a renowned performance artist invites her husband’s pregnant lover to live with them in a desperate bid to salvage their marriage and dream of parenthood; an unorthodox arrangement that forces all three to face their painful pasts and the choices that lead them here.
BURNING RAINBOW FARM
Thirdborn Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Justin Kurzel
Writer Tommy Murphy
Producers Justin Kurzel, Nicole O'Donohue, Alexandra Taussig, Adam Shulman, Alix Madigan, Justin Lothrop
Distributor Madman
International Sales Rocket Science
Synopsis Burning Rainbow Farm tells the true story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, a couple in rural Michigan who build a peaceful, pot-friendly utopia called Rainbow Farm. When the two run afoul of local authorities and their young son is taken from them, a standoff ensues leading to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.
MARTINI MAMA
Sanctuary Pictures and KW Films
Genre Comedy
Director John Sheedy
Writer Christopher Gist
Producers Julie Ryan, Kate Whitbread, Ari Harrison
Distributor Umbrella
International Sales Upgrade
Synopsis Martini Mama follows Helen, a conservative widow from the outer suburbs who ventures into an inner city Drag bar looking for her estranged son, only to find that he has become a famous Drag Queen!
PRIMA FACIE
Bunya Productions/Embankment Films
Genre Drama
Director Susanna White
Writer Suzie Miller
Producers Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey, Kevin Loader
International Sales Embankment Films
Synopsis Based on the hugely successful play, Prima Facie follows Tessa, a criminal defence barrister whose view of the legal system changes after she is sexually assaulted.
SHIVER
Arenamedia PTY LTD
Genre Drama
Director Robert Connolly
Writer Nikki Gemmell, Robert Connolly
Producers Liz Kearney, Kate Laurie, Robert Connolly
Executive Producers Robert Patterson, Andrew Myer, James Grandison
Distributor Madman
International Sales HanWay Films
Synopsis A love story set against the remote and fragile wilderness of Antarctica, following a young journalist on a life-changing scientific expedition.