Narrative Content Funding Approvals
nARRATIVE CONTENT PRODUCTION
The Great White
6 x 55 mins
VLAD TV Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Directors Alyssa McClelland, Sam Lang, Mia Wasikowska
Writers Andrew Anastasios, Ange Betzien, Nick Coyle
Producers Libby Sharpe, Angela Littlejohn
Executive Producers Hugo Weaving, Samantha Lang, Liz Watts, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Helen Gregory, Ange Betzien
International Sales Mediawan Rights
Synopsis A brilliant but disgraced barrister must act for a dog on death row, which takes him on an unexpected journey to becoming a much better human being.
The Laugh of Lakshmi
100 mins
Felix Media Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Director S.Shakthidharan
Producers John Maynard, Vivek Rangachari
Executive Producers S.Shakthidharan, Bridget Ikin
Distributor Footprint Films
International Sales Maze Film Sales
Synopsis Forced apart by the Sri Lankan civil war, a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer sends her 11-year-old protege son to safety in Sydney and stays to search for her missing husband and daughter. Worlds apart for twenty-five years, she among farming collectives and displaced families, and he in corporate Australia, with a secret love, reclaim what matters – that true strength lies in vulnerability and compassion.
The Airport Chaplain
8 x 30 mins
Wooden Horse Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Directors Bonnie Moir, Tig Terera
Writers Elise McCredie, Sarah Bassiuoni, Mithila Gupta, Vidya Rajan
Producer Jude Troy
Executive Producers Jude Troy, Richard Finlayson, Elise McCredie
Broadcaster SBS
Synopsis The Airport Chaplain, Tobias Wallace (Hugo Weaving) is a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding in the terminal. Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability.
Hot Mother
90 mins
Carver Films Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller, Drama
Writer/Director Lucy Knox
Producers Sarah Shaw, Anna McLeish
Executive Producer Toni Collette
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales Bankside Films
Synopsis In an attempt to reconnect, a mother and daughter visit a remote wellness spa for the weekend, but their time together quickly turns into a physical and psychological fight for survival when they get trapped in a sauna where no one can hear their cries for help.
The Engagement
90 mins
Good Thing Productions Company Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Dacre Montgomery
Writer Jory Anast
Producers Virginia Whitwell, Nick Batzias, Nash Edgerton, Ian Booth
Distributor Madman Entertainment
International Sales Metro International
Synopsis On a secluded island for a momentous celebration, two couples confront a conflicting memory that threatens to tear their relationships apart.
Fortitude Valley
6 x 55 mins
SEVENTY SEVEN SERIES ONE PTY LTD
Genre Crime
Director Sian Davies
Writers Stephen Irwin, Leigh McGrath, Hunter Page-Lochard
Producer Andy Walker
Executive Producers Stephen Irwin, Leigh McGrath, Hunter Page-Lochard, Greg Sitch
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales DCD Rights
Synopsis Ethan Tobane, a straight-arrow Queensland cop, discovers that his father, a detective whom Ethan idolised, was not the man Ethan believes. As Ethan digs deeper, he is drawn into a dangerous web of lies and murder dating back forty years that will put his career, his family, and his life in growing peril.
Agata the Writer
90 mins
WHITEFALK FILMS & PRODUKTION PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Writer/Directors Kuba Dorabialski
Producer Alex White
Executive Producers Lesleigh Jermanus, Chris Buchanan, Erik Black, Mia Wasikowska
Distributor Bonsai Films
Synopsis A satirical writer goes to Sarajevo to write a "serious" novel about the war, but finds herself tangled in self doubt, an art theft, and the complexity of storytelling.
Twice Over
90 mins
TWICE OVER PICTURE PTY LTD
Genre Romance
Director Alena Lodkina
Writers Alena Lodkina, Miles Allinson
Producers Kate Glover, Nathan Lewis, Aidan O'Bryan, Gregory Jankilevitsch
Executive Producers Samantha Lang, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, Bogna Szewczyk-Skupien, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Lee Hazeldene, Natalie Coleman, Giorgos Karnavas, Ioanna Stais, Sebastien Janin, Mark Fennessy, Mike Horvath, Donna Shepherd
Distributor Bonsai
International Sales Heretic Films
Synopsis Anna, a 36-year-old writer/drifter, arrives in Perth to clear out her estranged-uncle’s apartment. When, by chance, she runs into George, a similarly unattached ex-punk-drummer, a spark from twenty years earlier is rekindled. But is it real, and can it hold when everything in their lives seems so temporary and uncertain?
FOR NOW
100 mins
Causeway Works Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Samuel Van Grinsven
Writers Samuel Van Grinsven, Jory Anast
Producers Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
Distributor Maslow
International Sales Studio 301
Synopsis As their reckless twenties come to a close, three friends redefine the boundaries of their intimacy and in doing so fall into intoxicating yet uncharted territory, which risks unravelling their bond entirely.
EKA
100 mins
Asia Pacific Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Directors Suman Sen
Producers Emmanuel Pappas, Manjari Makijany, Alan McAlex
Distributor Screenxcope Pty Ltd
International Sales Luxbox Films
Synopsis A weathered insurance clerk endures a life of quiet humiliations in a crumbling city obsessed with spectacle. As a colossal, tarpaulin-covered statue of the 'common man' rises over the skyline, his mounting shame turns into an act of quiet defiance that fractures the city’s silence, and his own.
Untitled Blackfella Films Production
6 x 47 mins
BLACKFELLA FILMS PTY. LIMITED
Genre Crime
Producers Darren Dale, Penny Smallacombe
Executive Producer Rachel Griffiths
Writers Marieke Hardy, Christine Bartlett, Tamara Asmar
Broadcaster Stan Entertainment Pty Ltd
International Sales Sphere Abacus
Synopsis A legal drama following a group of renegade lawyers determined to rewrite the rules.
Untitled Wooden Horse Production
20 x 11 mins
Wooden Horse Pty Ltd.
Genre Family
Writers Jack Yabsley, Tim Spencer, Lawrence Leung
Producer Jude Troy
Executive Producer Richard Finlayson
Synopsis When a new dance club opens in an Aussie country town, the local kids discover dancing isn’t just fun – it’s the magical secret to getting things done!
Silver Beach (working title)
90 mins
Werner Film Productions
Genre Family
Creator Rachel Davis
Writer Alix Beane
Producer Joanna Werner
Executive Producers Rachel Davis, Joanna Werner
Broadcaster Stan
International Sales ACTF
Synopsis A warm, family-friendly tale of friendship, self-acceptance, and the courage to pursue your dreams.
Little J & Big Cuz Series 5
14 x 12 mins
Old Dog Pictures 5 Pty Ltd
Genre Family
Director Tony Thorne
Writers Dot West, Erica Glynn, Kimberley Benjamin, Gary Hamaguchi, Adam Thompson, Shontell Ketchell, Declan Furber Gillick, Kartanya Maynard
Producers Jodie Bell, Ned Lander
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales ACTF
Synopsis Little kids, big adventures
Mercia's Take
90 mins
Arenamedia
Genre Drama
Writer/Directors Ari Wegner, Leo Woodhead
Producers Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Mairtin de Barra
Distributor Cinemaplus
Synopsis The Black Country, 1870. A coal miner finds gold down the pit, hoping it will save his family from hardship. But his stallmate has other ideas...
Untitled Feature Film
100 mins
Fictious Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director Cody Fern
Writers Devon Bostick, Cody Fern
Producers Will Howarth, Nancy Grant, Matilda Comers, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault
Executive Producers Amanda Freedman, Timothy White, Tanya Lapointe
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales MK2 Elevation
Synopsis When famed actress Sandra Bloom summons her estranged family to a reunion, her well meaning but duplicitous sister, April, fights to keep their family’s darkest secret from her unwitting son, Theo.
Murder Ballad
95 mins
Thirdborn Films Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Director Tom Campbell
Writer Adam Spellicy
Producers Justin Kurzel, Nicole O'Donohue
Distributor MADMAN
International Sales Protagonist
Synopsis When a musician retreats to a remote house with a dark past to write her second album, she finds herself consumed by the very inspiration she came searching for. Murder Ballad is a propulsive horror examining the thin line between obsession and possession.
Separated At Birth
6 x 24 mins
Princess Pictures Holding Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Writers Nazeem Hussain, Sarah Lang, Sara Pascoe, Matt Okine
Producers Nazeem Hussain, Pennie Brown, Christopher Loveall
Executive Producers Emma Fitzsimons, Laura Waters
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales ABC Commercial
Synopsis When crisis strikes newly divorced dad Sameer (Nazeem Hussain), he decides to move in with his paramedic partner, newly homeless Donna (Urzila Carlson). Can two emotionally unavailable people repair the mess they’ve made of their lives, or is this big, blended family beyond resuscitating?
You Can Smoke Anything
6 x 10 mins
YOU GOT A LIGHT? PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD
Genre Comedy
Directors Andy Burkitt, Jack Braddy
Producer Ravenna Bouckaert
Writers Andy Burkitt, Jack Braddy, Xavier Nathan
Synopsis A fantastical bogan odyssey, You Can Smoke Anything follows local cooked unit Dale, who, when faced with an emphysemic demise, must breach the People's Republic of Tasmania and drink from the fabled Bubbler of Youth so he can continue smoking forever.
The Art Of Murder
2 x 20 mins
Choc Chip Animation Studios
Genre Mystery
Director Nirali Somaia
Writers Nirali Somaia, Anokhi Somaia
Producer Anokhi Somaia
Synopsis What if your favourite pop culture characters were key suspects in a murder mystery... And it's a musical!? The Art Of Murder is a love letter to pop culture and the artist's journey, set in a world where sketchbook drawings come to life and following the mystery surrounding four unsuspecting pop culture characters.
Help Me!
6 x 52 mins
Lantern Pictures Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Crime
Writers Kirsty Fisher, Sarah Lambert, Kim Wilson, Heidi Arena
Producers Bree-Anne Sykes, Sarah Lambert
Executive Producers Carly Heaton, Andrew Lambert, Jane Manning
International Sales FremantleMedia International
Synopsis After 20 years away from Australia, struggling journalist Katherine is forced to team up with her recently widowed mother Barb to unravel a complex criminal enterprise.
Suzie Q: A Major/Minor Story
31 x 1 mins
MaxFoo Studios
Genre Comedy
Directors Dung Nguyen, Jakob Grasa
Writers Winston Foo, Dung Nguyen, Jakob Grasa
Producer Michael Long
Executive Producer Stephanie Cole
Synopsis Suzie Q, a mediocre art student, chases her dreams to study an art degree in a family that does not value art.
Crime Casters
110 mins
Haven't You Done Well Productions
Genre Comedy
Director Max Miller
Writer Scott Limbrick
Producers Austin Hayden, Max Miller, Monique Mulcahy
Executive Producers Georgia Mappin, Craig Deeker, Spencer McLaren
Distributor Rialto Distribution
International Sales Blue Finch
Synopsis Claire is a frustrated young journalist whose scheme to produce a true-crime podcast in a small Australian town is derailed when she witnesses a policeman dumping a body. Pulled into a world of conspiracies, dead podcasters, and billionaires, she faces bizarre challenges – all while managing a perfectionist audio engineer.
Jonesy
90 mins
Scullface Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Writer/Director Aaron McCann
Producers Michael Facey, Kristian Moliere
Executive Producers Grant Hardie, Phil Hunt, Ian Kirk, Joel Anderson
Distributor (Yet) Another Monster Company
International Sales Red Sea Media
Synopsis Elliott, an unemployed dreamer, manipulated by his fiancé’s telepathic and murderous cat, spirals into chaos when a simple bird-napping scheme turns into a deadly plot against his future in-laws.
Austin - Season 3
6 x 30 mins
Northern Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Directors Darren Ashton, Erin White
Writers Emma Jane Unsworth, Adam Zwar, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Erica Harrison
Producer Joe Weatherstone
Executive Producer Matthew Vitins
Broadcaster ABC
International Sales ITV Studios
Synopsis As Austin and Haley hurtle toward their wedding, clashing families and last-minute doubts threaten to turn “I do” into “Do I?” Amid Julian and Ingrids pending divorce, family chaos and compromise, all four must ask: does anyone really know how to make marriage work?
Flower and Flour Season 2
39 x 7 mins
Flower and Flour Season 2 Pty Ltd
Genre Family
Director Cindy Scharka
Writers Dan Mansour, Wendy Hanna, Amy Stewart, Angus Woodiwiss, Clare Atkins, Joel Slack-Smith, Sam Carroll, Celeste Koon, Christin Simms
Executive Producers Patrick Egerton, Celine Goetz, Dan Mansour, Blair Powers, Carla de Jong, Mathew J.R. Bishop
Broadcaster ABCTV, OntarioKnowledgeSRC
International Sales Cheeky Little Commercial Sinking Ship Entertainment
Synopsis When Flower imagines a cat from a bag of flour, one girl’s desire for a pet becomes a gift for the whole community. With Flower’s infectious enthusiasm and Flour’s constant mischief, the pair spread chaos and delight throughout their bustling neighbourhood.
Bit School
6 x 4 mins
Bit School Production Pty Ltd
Genre Action
Directors Justin Villar, Josh Hackett
Writers Justin Villar, Josh Hackett, Millie Holten
Producers Doug McNeil, Max Kearsley
Executive Producer Jane Liscombe
Synopsis A new girl starts at a high school where every awkward moment spirals into surreal, action-packed, VFX-fuelled chaos. Bit School is a bold, high-octane comedy blending teenage cringe with explosive energy.
AUSTR-ASIAN
4 x 22 mins
13th Street
Genre Comedy, Romance
Director Sian Fleming, Joel Stephen Fleming
Writer/Producers Shuang Hu, Sian Fleming, Joel Stephen Fleming
Synopsis Mei, 30, attempts to integrate her new American boyfriend, Simon, into her quirky “Austr-Asian” family as they embrace the challenge of impending parenthood.
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Sundowner
10 mins
MukAround Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Romance
Director Gary Hamaguchi
Writer Calen Tassone, Jamahl Ryder
Producer Shakara Walley
Synopsis Stephen must decide between his heart and his head when it comes to work and personal life.
The Novelty
10 mins
The Novelty Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Charlotte Mungomery
Producer Rebecca Lamond, Charlotte Mungomery, Clementine Anderson
Executive Producer Julian Maroun, Kat Stewart
Synopsis In the heat of a summer's eve outside a Dalby hairdressing salon innocence curdles with cruelty as a young girl's silence breaks with an irreversible act.
Inferno
14 mins
Frankendipity Enterprises
Genre Drama
Director Mark Wills
Writer Mark Wills, Rahel Romahn
Producer Rahel Romahn, Yolandi Franken
Synopsis When a group of teenagers plot a cruel prank on an alienated boy, they unwittingly awaken a quiet force within him.
Lazy Love (Lasagne 365)
15 mins
Kapwa Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Director Haein Kim, Paul Rhodes
Writer Paul Rhodes
Producer Robertino Zambrano
Executive Producer Dulce Aguilar, Robertino Zambrano
Synopsis Lasagna and racist foot-lickers will collide! Apple’s and her crew pursue her racist boss to avenge her insult against so-called ‘stinky Asian food’. Meanwhile Toby sets out on an epic quest to acquire the best lasagna in the West.
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Unmasked
6 x 5 mins
Chiara Gizzi
Genre Comedy
Writers Chiara Gizzi, Amelia Foxton
Synopsis When professionally successful but privately chaotic Simona impulsively agrees to MC her upcoming 20-year high school reunion, the pressure sets off a catastrophic chain of events across her carefully curated life, forcing her to question if her lifelong “How to Human” manual is missing a crucial chapter on neurodivergence.
Duck Duck Goose
6 x 60 mins
Mad Ones Films Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller
Creator/Writer Elias Jamieson Brown
Producers Liam Heyen, Cyna Strachan
Writer Melissa Lee Speyer, Tommy Murphy
Script Editor Tommy Murphy
Synopsis Acclaimed author Jeremiah returns to his hometown to write about a schoolmate accused of a vicious crime: Prince Wesson. When Prince unexpectedly dies, Jeremiah ingratiates himself with the Wesson family looking for answers – but is unwittingly drawn into a dangerous game.
Counting Cards With My Father
90 mins
Arenamedia
Genre Drama
Producer Kate Laurie
Synopsis Sick of bouncing around from home to home, a misfit teen tracks down their estranged father hoping to rebuild their relationship through poker.
Smooch and Rose
90 mins
Enjoy Entertainment
Genre Family
Executive Producer Phillip Bowman
Director Jane Manning
Writer Troy Spacie
Synopsis An eleven-year-old girl, grieving the loss of her parents, channels her sadness into an environmental campaign to save her beloved rescue koala and his bush home from a corrupt mayor and his destructive highway project.
What Rhymes With Cars and Girls
90 mins
Sibel Pictures
Genre Music
Writer Andy Cox
Producer Selin Yaman
Synopsis Melbourne 1999: Outspoken musical class warrior Tash meets guileless dreamer Johnno, and opens his eyes to what’s possible when you sing from the heart, but their class act is put to the test when it’s revealed that Tash is not what she seems to be.
The Fine Cotton Fiasco
120 mins
Truce Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Writer/Director Nicholas Clifford
Producers Jim Wright, Elise Trenorden
Synopsis In 1984, a small-time conman pulls together a rag tag team of low level crims to pull off the most infamous scam in Australian horse-racing history.
Written in Bone
6 x 54 mins
Nora & R.D. Productions
Genre Crime, Thriller
Director Anne Renton
Writers Simon Kennedy, Anthony Mullins, Danielle Maclean
Producer Bridget May
Synopsis A grieving British anthropologist escapes to the Australian outback, only to uncover evidence of a serial killer stalking the desert – and must face her past to stop them.
Liar Bird
100 mins
Thomas Wallis
Genre Thriller
Writer/Producer Thomas Wallis
Script Editor Charlotte Macleod
Synopsis As graduation nears, a promising student at Australia’s top drama school is forced to explore her dark side to ensure the spotlight lands on her.
Juniper
6 x 60 mins
Nicholas Verso trading as Asphodel Films
Genre Fantasy, Romance
Director/Producer Nicholas Verso
Writers Nicholas Verso, Kodie Bedford, Marieke Hardy, Penelope Chai
Synopsis Think of a key moment in life where you were at a crossroads. You had only two options. And ever since you’ve wondered what would have happened if you made the other choice. Now imagine you could go back and take the path you didn’t take. Would you do it?
The Funeral Singer
6 x 30 mins
Jungle Entertainment
Genre Comedy
Director Leon Ford
Writer Leon Ford
Executive Producers Chloe Rickard, Lucy Durack
Synopsis A spirited receptionist falls in love with a funeral director as she revives a dying funeral home by becoming its in-house singer.
Dead Quiet
100 mins
Whitefalk Films Pty Ltd
Genre Adventure
Writer/Director Thomas Charles Hyland
Producer Alex White
Synopsis Blinded by a burning need for justice, two siblings set out on a treacherous journey to confront the man who ruined their lives.
Rosaleen
100 mins
Speech and Drama Pictures
Genre Music
Director Nick Waterman
Producers Nick Waterman, Megan Washington, Schuyler Weiss
Writers Nick Waterman, Megan Washington
Synopsis The legendary tale of The Witch of Kings Cross, and the men who pursued her.
The Ballad of Milky Moore
100 mins
Princess Pictures Holdings Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Biography
Writer Matt Vesely
Producers Mike Cowap, Christopher Casanova
Executive Producers Laura Waters, Emma Fitzsimons
Synopsis The true story of a young bogan from Goulburn who exploited a bank glitch to make himself a millionaire, but Luke 'Milky' Moore is not a criminal mastermind, and banks don't like to lose.
Oh, Baby
8 x 30 mins
Maximo Entertainment
Genre Comedy
Writer Keir Wilkins
Producer Liliana Muñoz
Synopsis A chance encounter sees two messed up people, both emerging from the rubble of their former lives, decide to dodge the mess of romance and platonically co-parent a baby with the frozen sperm of a deceased spouse
The Woman in Locker 227
120 mins
A Story By Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer Emma-Kate Croghan
Producer Nik Goldsworthy
Executive Producer Greg Duffy
Synopsis Based on a true event, a troubled young artist convinces her friends to steal a Picasso, turning a prank into an audacious heist. As police, politicians, and criminals close in, she discovers the real cost of deception is not the painting, but betrayal, forgiveness, and her last chance at freedom.
The Big Soldier
5 x 60 mins
Phillip Gwynne
Genre War
Director Paul Goldman
Writers Phillip Gwynne, Paul Goldman, Malcolm Knox, Amal Awad
Synopsis When Australia’s most decorated living soldier brings a defamation case against a journalist, another battle is unleashed, one without bombs, bullets or Blackhawks; careers are ruined, reputations trashed, and the lives of many, including a young Afghan woman, are sent hurtling in unexpected directions, as the truth is eventually revealed.
Pink Diamond Heist
6 x 60 mins
Decade Films
Genre Crime/Law & Order
Producers Ray Quint, Andrew Handelsmann, Melissa Kelly
Writer Michaeley O'Brien
Synopsis When a suburban mum discovers her husband washing dirty diamonds in the bathroom sink, she plunges into a tumultuous journey from beautician to diamond smuggler and when her life implodes she must find the courage to set things right.
Terror At The Astor Ryde
90 mins
BULLOCK FILMS PTY LTD
Genre Horror
Director Tim Bullock
Writer Tristram Baumber
Producers Michael Schwarz, John Schwarz
Executive Producer Tim Bullock
Synopsis Forced to spend Christmas at a rundown small-town motel, five kids band together to take down a malevolent force that transforms their parents into emotionless, vacant beings.
Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar
100 mins
Macgowan Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Director Matt Moore
Producers Sam Radclyffe, Marian Macgowan, Sarah Radclyffe
Synopsis Julian's got small-screenability, his mother tells him. Not everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom.Too much like hairdressing for his father's tastes. A Tasmanian man wants a son for sporting purposes. 'Boys like Dinky Toys' he tells Julian. 'Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell the truth.
Duress
8 x 60 mins
King of Dirk Films Pty Ltd
Genre Crime/Law & Order
Writer Paul Baiguerra
Producers Jim Wright, Elise Trenodern
Synopsis To save his failing construction business a volunteer firefighter steals drugs and money from a crash scene. Plunged into an unfamiliar and dangerous world he is offered protection by a Mafia family who see his business as a useful front - and the reason to keep him alive.
The Tuscan Cookbook
100 mins
Alexandra Burke
Genre Drama, Comedy
Writer Katherine Thomson
Producer Alexandra Burke
Synopsis The Tuscan Cookbook is a feature adaptation of Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s beloved cookbook and journal, set during the cooking school they ran in the hills near Siena in 1997.
Prawn Creek
85 mins
HOT DAD PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD
Genre Comedy
Writers Rohan Ganju, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey, Ben Knight, Dane Simpson, Danielle Walker
Producers Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey
Synopsis Detective Ben Sadcliffe is drawn back to his hometown of Prawn Creek to solve a string of prawn-related murders and confront his tragic past.
It's Probably Nothing!
90 mins
Hannah Lehmann
Genre Thriller
Writer/Director Hannah Lehmann
Synopsis After a night out, Sophie just wants to get from her car to her house, but something in the dark won’t let her. It’s probably nothing… but like every woman walking home alone, she can’t afford to be wrong.
The Natural Way Of Things
110 mins
Y.R Ramke & S.S West
Genre Thriller
Director Yolanda Ramke
Writers Yolanda Ramke, Sara West
Synopsis Ten women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned on an abandoned outback station. Their crime? Each was embroiled in a sex scandal and dared to speak out. Pitted against their captors, each other, and an unforgiving land, they must fight to survive – but at what cost? Based on the award-winning novel by Charlotte Wood.
Murder of Crows
6 x 60 mins
Dreamchaser Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller
Director Paige Rattray
Writer Melissa Bubnic
Producer Elizabeth Middleton
Executive Producers Monique Keller, Paige Rattray
Synopsis After discovering the murder of the town’s golden boy, teenage Joan uncovers her father’s secret life inside a brutal crime ring. As the walls close in she must decide whether to destroy him - or become his heir.
Favourites
100 mins
Tandem Media Pty Ltd, Third Man Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Director Nick Russell
Writers Nick Russell, Nick Musgrove
Producers Nick Russell, Nick Musgrove, Robert Coe
Synopsis When their ‘perfect’ summer holiday turns deadly, two parents face an impossible choice: which of their two children to save. When Keith chooses too quickly, and both children survive, the fallout pushes his family and marriage to breaking point.
In The Weeds
8 x 30 mins
Rhapsody Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Writers Ainslie Clouston, Christine Bartlett, Nicholas Brown
Producers Ainslie Clouston, Alice Willison
Synopsis A private chef rebuilds her life while catering to opulent clients whose lives are just as messy as hers.
Happily Ever...
8 x 60 mins
Lantern Pictures Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller
Writers Sarah Lambert, Yolanda Ramke, Clare Atkins, Jane Manning
Producer Sarah Lambert
Executive Producer Sarah Lambert
Synopsis Audrey’s idyllic life shatters when her abusive ex returns with Elodie, her identical double. But Elodie isn’t a twin—she’s Audrey’s clone, designed to be everything Audrey isn’t. A tense psychological thriller, Happily Ever… explores how technology extends coercive control, when even your DNA is no longer your own.
Day Job
4 x 15 mins
Strange Mage
Genre Comedy
Writer/Director Paul Geaorghiou
Producer Monique Mulcahy
Synopsis An animated comedy about the over-qualified staff at a local bowling alley, and their struggles balancing career dreams and reality.
SCRAM
80 mins
Moody Street Kids Pty Ltd
Genre Family
Writer Mel Sano (Fulton)
Producers Gill Carr, Robin Lyons
Synopsis A stray dog disguises herself as a cat – and claws her way into an elite cat show! Winning a cat show is tough... especially when you’re a dog! An animated family feature film from Moody Street Kids.
Rare Birds
100 mins
Thaumatrope Pty Ltd trading as Over Here Productions
Genre Drama
Director Gabrielle Brady
Writers Gabrielle Brady, Luisa Fernandez, Charmaine Ingram, Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation
Producer Rita Walsh
Executive Producers Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation
Synopsis When celebrated ornithologist Nina relocates with her husband and young daughter to the Daintree rainforest to build an eco-home, she becomes determined to prove the existence of the mythic Sacred Finch – a discovery that could secure her legacy. But as the quest grows more consuming, her dream vision starts unravelling spectacularly out of control.
Hold Me
100 mins
Red Lamp Films
Genre Mystery
Writer/Director Kim Mordaunt
Synopsis Ange has been living as a recluse on an estuary, but when her estranged teenage daughter comes to stay and a mysterious giant deep-sea creature appears, the dark secrets of her community begin to unravel.
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding
7 x 60 mins
Dreamchaser Productions Pty Ltd, Happy or Dead Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Executive Producer Monique Keller
Producer Erin Bretherton
Writer Penelope Chai
Executive Producer Holly Ringland
Synopsis After discovering a notebook of mysterious tattoos that her sister had inked on her body before she disappeared, Esther begins unravelling the mystery of what really happened to Aura.
Hafekasi
90 mins
Annelise Hickey
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Annelise Hickey
Producers Annelise Hickey, Josie Baynes
Synopsis When a childhood misunderstanding drives a wedge between her and her Tongan roots, a young woman must confront the shame of her past in order to find her place in a world divided.
Atomic Love
95 mins
Imogen McCluskey (Sole Trader)
Genre Romantic comedy
Writer/Director/Producer Imogen McCluskey
Synopsis In 1983, a love-obsessed insurance clerk decides to apply her own brand of risk assessment to the dating world, promising algorithmically optimized matches through Australia’s first video dating service. But she soon finds that sometimes the best matches are the riskiest bets.
The Sky Below
90 mins
Rachele Wiggins
Genre Science fiction
Director/Producer Rachele Wiggins
Writers Duncan Samarasinghe, Rachele Wiggins
Executive Producers Bianca Martino, Greg McLean
Synopsis Haunted by guilt after causing a car crash that kills her young son, a wife recovering from brain surgery struggles to accept that her nightmare has deepened: her husband is possessed by an unknown entity that is keeping her prisoner until her mind heals enough to play host to another of its kind.
The Silver Witch
90 mins
Lucy Durack Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Family
Writer Holly Alexander
Story Consultant Sally Rippin
Producers Sophie Byrne, Lucy Durack
Executive Producer Julia Adams
Synopsis In a divided town where witches and monsters are forbidden from mixing, a young witch and her sensitive monster best friend must risk everything to stay together. As fear and prejudice threaten to tear their world apart, only their secret friendship holds the power to save everyone, including themselves.
The Outside
4 x 45 mins
Beach Road Pictures
Genre Drama
Writers Andrew Knight, Dan Knight
Producers David Maher, David Taylor, Diane Haddon
Synopsis The Outside is the incredible true story of how a boy born into one of Australia's most notorious crime families traded life on the run with his jewel thief mum for international sporting glory.
Friends for Life
90 mins
Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Crime/Law & Order
Writer/Director Nicky Lianos
Producer Melanie Coombs
Synopsis When two overlooked aging women meet in the 80’s at an LA gym and turn serial killing into their own retirement plan, they are finally seen for all the wrong reasons.
Asian Girls
90 mins
Hyun Lee
Genre Horror
Writer/Director Hyun Lee
Producers Matt Noonan, Georgia Noe
Synopsis Kim, a young ambitious Korean-Australian woman, receives a warning from a Korean shaman that she must ditch her career aspirations in order to become a shaman herself. Kim thinks the shaman is a fraud and refuses to believe in the paranormal even though ghosts terrorise her on a daily basis.
All the Birds, Singing
90 mins
GOOD THING PRODUCTIONS COMPANY PTY LTD
Genre Horror
Director Susanna White
Writer Kodie Bedford
Producers Helen Jones, Naomi Wright, Virginia Whitwell, Nick Batzias
Synopsis On a remote British island, a young woman fleeing a violent past in Australia struggles to build a life as a sheep farmer, but when her flock is mutilated by an unseen predator, she’s dragged into a fight for survival where past trauma and present terror collide.
Magnetic
90 mins
Domino Crescent Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Writer/Director/Producer Kacie Anning
Synopsis When her family falls prey to a magnet-obsessed conspiracy theorist, lone daughter Penny will fight to save her family from his unreality - only to learn the magnetic pull of mothers and sons is a more dangerous force than any grifter.
Keepers
8 x 60 mins
Easy Tiger Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Mystery
Director Guy Edmonds
Writers Guy Edmonds, Michelle Law, Keir Wilkins
Producers Ian Collie, Rob Gibson
Synopsis After years of illness, 16-year-old Sailor moves to the remote alpine town of Sanctuary – where her strength begins to return just as a local teen vanishes. As her body heals, she uncovers a terrifying truth: her recovery might come at the cost of someone else’s life.
Skin
110 mins
Big and Little Films
Genre Fantasy
Writer/Director Vee Shi
Producer Nicholson Ren
Executive Producer Michael McMahon
Synopsis After smuggling into Australia for a chance at a new life, a mother from a hidden race of mythic Chinese creatures faces the unthinkable: save her son’s failing human skin by stealing the identity of another woman’s recently deceased child.
The Widow
90 mins
Don Watson
Genre Mystery
Director Rachel Perkins
Writer Don Watson
Synopsis A doctor shelters the woman who accidentally killed her husband, until their bond fractures into obsession and vengeance.
Fireworks
96 mins
Frankendipity Enterprises
Genre Thriller
Director Ali Vaziri
Writers Nick Bleszynski, Ali Vaziri
Producer Yolandi Franken
Synopsis As they build new lives in Australia, lifelong friends Saman and Babak are forced to confront demons from their past after an engagement celebration reveals a disturbing connection to their traumatic detention by secret police in Iran, testing their limits of loyalty, friendship, and sense of justice.
Every Version of You
100 mins
Goalpost Pictures
Genre Romance
Director Corrie Chen
Writer Penelope Chai
Producers Kylie du Fresne, Adam Fratto
Synopsis In a climate-ravaged near-future Melbourne, TAO-YI must choose between staying in the depleted real world and joining NAVIN, the man she loves, in a thriving virtual world – knowing that the choice she makes will be forever. Based on the award winning novel "Every Version of You".
Love From Wish & Co
100 mins
Midwinter Entertainment PTY LTD
Genre Romance
Writer/Producer Lisa Hoppe
Producer Abi Tabone
Synopsis Love and second chances are at the heart of this uplifting film about two couples in strife after a tiny mistake has huge consequences for their relationships.
Kingdom Come
110 mins
Simpatico Films
Genre Thriller
Writer/Director/Producer Charles Williams
Synopsis Against the backdrop of America’s social fracturing in 1980, a broken family and a radicalized father plot a spectacular act of violence – building the largest and most elaborate bomb in US history. But the true collapse is happening from within. Based on the true story of Harvey’s Casino bombing.
Coltrane
5 x 15 mins
New Canvas Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller
Director Sarah Goodes
Writer Jenevieve Chang
Producers Nathan Anderson, Diana Glenn, Sarah Goodes
Synopsis A down-and-out PI in Hong Kong stumbles into a murder that was meant to destroy her, and a conspiracy that runs straight through her own family.
Shark Bait
90 mins
Nicholas John Lacey
Genre Horror
Directors Nick Lacey, Nathan Lacey
Writers Nick Lacey, Nathan Lacey, DC Stephens
Producers Nick Lacey, Nathan Lacey, Brendan Donoghue
Executive Producers Michael Wrenn, Nash Edgerton, Amanda Maple-Brown
Synopsis A photographer accompanies her new boyfriend to his rural hometown. There, amid grief, buried tensions and primal behaviour, she is drawn into a secretive shark-fishing ritual where she must confront the violence she’s been quietly documenting - and the part she plays in it.
Dreamboat
100 mins
Denim Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Writer Joan Sauers
Producers Kate Riedl, Courtney Botfield
Synopsis Forced into retirement but not ready to quit, Suzy is reluctantly dragged onto a South Seas cruise by her best friend Val – only to discover they’re headed to Antarctica, not Tahiti. Dreamboat is a laugh-out-loud adventure about friendship, fresh starts and freezing your butt off.
The Spare Room
95 mins
Byzant Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer Hannah Carroll Chapman
Producers Carly Heaton, Antony Waddington, Ákos Armont
Synopsis Practical Helen believes she can help her friend Nicola face death with grace. But Nicola, eccentric and defiant, clings to alternative cancer treatments. Over three intense weeks, their friendship is tested in a battle of wills, forcing both women to confront control, mortality, and what it truly means to care.
In the Reeds by the Lake
8 x 50 mins
Briohny Doyle
Genre Drama
Writers Briohny Doyle, Kim Wilson, Nayuka Gorrie
Synopsis Baby Robbie Cormac is brutally abandoned in the reeds by Shorehaven's dried-up lake. The wealthy Cormac family blame his traumatized mother, Emma, and her bad blood. Aftershocks experienced twenty-five years into the future force three generations to reckon with the cost of progress and denial in the 'lucky country'.
Maya, Mother of God
90 mins
Harvey House Productions Australia Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer/Directors Spencer Harvey, Lloyd Harvey
Synopsis Single mother Maya’s life is upended when her 6-year-old son takes credit for a global phenomenon that heals 1% of the world’s population.
You Wish
80 mins
PIXEL ZOO PTY LTD
Genre Adventure
Director Nathaniel Russell
Writer Tania Vincent
Producers Sebastian Gonzalez, Georgia Tobin
Synopsis 12-year-old Avery’s dull life is turned upside down when she discovers she is half-genie! She embarks on an extraordinary adventure to rescue her long-lost mother from genie prison. Along the way, Avery makes magical friends, discovers her true power, and finds the strength to grant her one true wish—saving mum!
Written In The Stars
100 mins
Sense & Centsability Pty Ltd
Genre Romance
Director Fawzia Mirza
Writer Menik Gooneratne
Producers Fawzia Mirza, Menik Gooneratne, Leanne Tonkes, Andria Wilson Mirza, Jenni Tosi, Melissa Russo, Marc Tetreault, Jason Levangie
Synopsis When her horoscope reveals a once-in-a-lifetime window for marriage, a sceptical Sri Lankan-Australian woman reluctantly agrees to let Vedic astrology guide her through 90 dates in 90 days to find her soul mate.
Fur Child
95 mins
Firelight Projects
Genre Family
Writer Clare Atkins
Producer Marcus Gillezeau
Executive Producers Robert Luketik, Craig McMahon
Synopsis When cool, grungy thirteen-year-old Alexa finds herself stuck in a body swap with her adorable hyper-friendly puppy Nessie she is forced to confront all the ways she hasn’t been loyal to her family and friends… and herself.
Graceless
100 mins
Closer Films pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Director/Producer Sophie Hyde
Writers Sophie Hyde, Matthew Cormack
Synopsis An adopted woman inexplicably changes bodies throughout the course of her life. She rides the uncertainty of various ages, sizes, skills and genders with brazen freedom but when one of her bodies bears her a daughter, will she pass on this uncanny gift to her?