Funding approvals
2023-2024 Production funding
FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION
WOLFRAM - A SEQUEL TO SWEET COUNTRY
Bunya Productions
Genre Drama, Western
Director Warwick Thornton
Writers Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Producers David Jowsey, Cecilia Ritchie, David Tranter, Greer Simpkin
Distributor Dark Matter Distribution
International Sales Memento
Synopsis In 1930s Australia, a group of Aboriginal Kids escape their cruel white masters and journey across the sweet country of Central Australia to reunite with their estranged mother Pansy.
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
2.6 SECONDS
4 x 52 mins
Blackfella Films Pty. Limited
Director Erica Glynn
Writers Darren Dale, Andrew Boe
Producer Darren Dale
Series Producer Jacob Hickey
Executive Producer Andrew Boe
Synopsis A teenager is killed by a young policeman. Three shots. Less than three seconds apart. 2.6 Seconds is a true crime documentary series, a truth-telling of a fatal meeting between two young men in an isolated community in Australia’s central desert. One black, the other white.
DREAMING BIG
6 x 30 mins
Wirrim Media Pty Ltd
Directors Abraham Byrne Jameson, Andrew Dillon
Writer Richard Jameson
Producers Richard Jameson, Veronica Fury
Synopsis Dreaming Big follows a group of young talented athletes all striving to be at the top of their game.
ONE MIND, ONE HEART
1 x 80 mins
Bark Project Pty Ltd
Writer/Director Larissa Behrendt
Producer Michaela Perske
Synopsis An historic political bark petition is discovered and makes its way home to Yolgnu country, evoking the spirit of decades of activism for change.
OUR MEDICINE
6 x 30 mins
Karla Hart Enterprises and Periscope Pictures
Directors Karla Hart, Kimberley Benjamin
Producers Karla Hart, Sam Bodhi Field
Synopsis In this character-driven, observational documentary series, First Nations doctors, nurses, paramedics, ophthalmologist's and traditional healers operating on the medical front-line are filmed right across Australia, as they push themselves to their limits trying to achieve better health outcomes for their First Nations patients and Communities.
TV Production
MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN SEASON 2
6 x 52 mins
Mystery Road Media (Bunya Productions)
Genre Drama, Western
Directors Jub Clerc, Wayne Blair
Writers Steven McGregor, Erica Glynn, Jada Alberts, Samuel Paynter, Gary Hamaguchi
Producers Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales All 3 Media International
Synopsis Easter 2000. Jay Swan and Mary Allen attempt to forge a new life and await the birth of their child in a fading timber town with little law enforcement, a racist bureaucracy and hidden crimes of the past.
FIRST FACTS INITIATIVE
LIFE AFTER FOOTY
Ardiol Creative
Writer/Directors Daniel Riches, Luke Riches
Producers Daniel Riches, Luke Riches, Jodie Bell
Synopsis From the mountain peak of professional Australian sport to the reality of life after, we hear from Indigenous dual premiership AFL player Lewis Jetta on what it’s like to ride the wave of professional sport and continue on living life the best way he can.