Funding approvals
2024-2025 Production funding
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
EMILY: I AM KAM
1 x 58 mins
Emily SPV Pty Ltd, Tamarind Tree Pictures
Writer/Director Danielle MacLean
Producers Anna Grieve, Danielle MacLean
Broadcaster NITV
Synopsis Celebrating the legacy of Australia’s most significant female artist - Emily Kam Kngwarray. We travel with her descendants as they revive awely ceremonies and collaborate on a major retrospective exhibition, reaffirming her connection to Country.
OUR MEDICINE S2
8 x 30 mins
PiNK PEPPER Pty Ltd and Periscope Pictures Pty Ltd
Producers Taryne Laffar, Sam Field
Directors Karla Hart, Kimberley Benjamin
Broadcaster NITV
Synopsis In Series 2, new and returning First Nations healers, doctors, nurses, paramedics and medical professionals push themselves to their limits, trying to achieve better health outcomes for their First Nations patients and communities.
FEATURE PRODUCTION
THE SERVANT
Willow Films Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Producers David Jowsey, Ivan Sen
Director Ivan Sen
Distributor Dark Matter Distribution
Synopsis An Indigenous student arrives at a remote homestead to record its history, but as the days pass, haunted by unease and contradictions, she begins to question her host, the house—and her own grip on reality. The deeper she digs, the more the past begins to consume her.
SONGMAN
Djali House Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Stephen Page
Writers Stephen Page, Alana Valentine
Producers Hunter Page-Lochard, Huna Amweero, Belinda Mravicic
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales Level K
Synopsis A flamboyant First Nations composer and former child star, suspended in purgatory, creates one final song before passing on, revisiting a life spent performing in drag bars and composing for Australia’s leading Indigenous dance company, finding his true voice when his Yugambeh father gifts him language and sacred knowledge.
Untitled Warwick Thornton project
Pemulwuy Holdings Pty Ltd
Director Warwick Thornton
TELEVISION PRODUCTION
RECKLESS
4 x 55 mins
BBC Studios Productions Australia Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller, Crime
Director Beck Cole
Writers Kodie Bedford, Stuart Page
Producer Andy Walker
Executive Producers Kylie Washington, Kodie Bedford
Co-Executive Producers Megan Palinkas, Beck Cole
Co-Producer Fiona McConaghy
Broadcaster SBS/NITV
International Sales Federation Studios
Synopsis Siblings June and Charlie accidentally run over and kill an old man. They cover their tracks, but their lives start to fall apart when neighbours and relatives of the dead man doubt the way he died.
INDESIGN (WORKING TITLE)
6 x 52 mins
Future Homes Project
Genre Social contemporary, Art and Culture, History and Environment
Executive Producers Mitchell Stanley, Michaela Perske, Nha-Uyen Chau
Producer Yale MacGillivray, Rhea Stephenson
Director Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Broadcaster NITV
Distributor LGI Media
International Sales LGI Media
Synopsis INDESIGN is a groundbreaking documentary series exploring how Indigenous knowledge systems are reshaping Australia’s built environment. Designer and editor Georgia Birks travels across Country and beyond, uncovering bold, beautiful, and sustainable design responses to the climate and housing crises — reframing architecture as a tool for healing, community empowerment, and survival.