Funding approvals
IN THE ARCHIVE
2020-2021 Production funding
TELEVISION Production
MYSTERY ROAD: ORIGIN
6 x 52 mins
Bunya Productions
Genre Mystery
Writers Blake Ayshford, Steven McGregor, Kodie Bedford, Timothy Lee
Producers Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey, Penny Smallacombe
Director Dylan River
Executive Producers Ivan Sen, Sally Riley, Andrew Gregory
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales all3media international
Synopsis It’s 1999, and Constable Jay Swan, a charismatic young officer arrives at his new station. Fresh from the city and tipped for big things, Jay might be the new copper, but he’s not new to this town. His estranged father Jack lives here, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.
TRUE COLOURS
4 x 51 mins
Bunya Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Crime
Directors Erica Glynn, Steven McGregor,
Writers Erica Glynn, Steven McGregor, Danielle MacLean
Producers Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey, Penny Smallacombe
Script Producer Michaeley O'Brien
Created by Warren Williams and Erica Glynn
Broadcaster SBS / NITV
International Sales About Premium Content
Synopsis The beauty of Indigenous art and the sometimes-devious practices in the global art market take Detective Toni Alma on an epic hunt for a killer. Spanning her small Northern Territory community and art galleries across the globe, this is a murder mystery like no other, exploring culture, community and the very human pursuit of identity and belonging.
FeATURE Production
SWEET AS
Arenamedia Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Jub Clerc
Co-Writer Steve Rodgers
Producer Liz Kearney
Australian Distributor CinemaPlus
International Sales Maze Film Sales / Level K
Synopsis Some journeys last a lifetime.
DOCUMENTARY Production
LARAPINTA
6 x 30 mins
No Coincidence Media and Pursekey Productions
Writer/Director Gary Hamaguchi
Producers Michaela Perske, Mitchell Stanley
Broadcaster NITV
Synopsis Larapinta is oldest river in the world and home to the oldest continuing culture. The series looks at its past, present and future and what it can tell us about culture and our environment.
INCARCERATION NATION
1 x 80 mins
Bacon Factory Films Pty Ltd & Bent3Land Productions Pty Ltd
Writer/Director Dean Gibson
Producer Helen Morrison
Broadcaster NITV
Synopsis Incarceration Nation will tell the tragic story of the systemic injustice and oppression of Aboriginal people in their own lands at the hands of our justice system.
No Ordinary Black initiative
6LACK K1DZ
Meyne Wyatt
Genre Coming of Age
Writer/Director Meyne Wyatt
Producers Taryne Laffar, Jodie Bell
Synopsis After returning to his hometown to see his dying mother, a man recounts a boyhood memory of his first day at school with his cousins in a rough and tough town.
BLACKFELLAS WHO CAN’T DANCE
Enoch Mailangi
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer/Director Enoch Mailangi
Producer Majhid Heath
Synopsis In the heart of an infamous gay gym, two people meet and fall in love.
FINDING JEDDA
Since1788 Productions, Unless Pictures, and Orange Entertainment Co
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Executive Producers Dan Lake, Meg O'Connell
Synopsis Two girls go head to head for the role of a lifetime.
MUDSKIPPER
Brown Cab Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director John Harvey
Writers Walter Waia, John Harvey
Producer Gillian Moody
Synopsis A woman working in a laundromat is visited by a mysterious visitor.
SHINY ONE
Since1788 Productions, Unless Pictures, and Orange Entertainment Co
Genre Comedy, Family
Writer/Director Viviana Petyarre
Producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Executive Producers Dan Lake, Meg O'Connell
Synopsis Sick of humbug and hunger, a youngfella leaves his remote community to pursue a dream vision calling him to the big smoke to find his pot of gold.
THE LOST CRYSTAL OF JESSICA’S ROOM
Ramu Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, Drama
Writer/Director Gary Hamaguchi
Producer Jodie Bell
Synopsis Two kids play a game where they use a treasure map to find a crystal in their backyard, but the treasure is not what is seems.