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2018–2019 production funding
TERROR ZONE
Razor Bear Films Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, Horror
Producer Kiki Dillon
Writer/Director Josh Sambono
Synopsis Terror Zone is the story of Amy, a genetically enhanced teenage assassin who lives a lonely existence hunting mutants through the radioactive ruins of Sydney. . . until she meets Erica a sassy scavenger from the underground. The two go on a journey across the wasteland and discover that even though everything good will fail, love is still worth fighting for.
THREE MOON HUNT
Photoplay Films
Genre Procedural, Supernatural
Producer Linda Micsko, Oliver Lawrance
Director Tony Rogers
Writers Anthony Vercoe, Maurial Spearim
Creators Anthony Vercoe, Tony Rogers, Nicole Dade
Synopsis When two female detectives hunt for an escaped murder suspect in a dried-up dusty town in the sunburnt heart of Australia, the case seems open and shut. But there may be another monster in their midst. An Australian procedural series with horror and supernatural elements and an absurd, comic thread just below its dark surface.
THE ZOO
Haven't You Done Well Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Executive Producers Max Miller, Mark Bonanno, Zachary Ruane, Sam Lingham, Broden Kelly, Thomas Armstrong
Writers Brianna Williams, Naomi Higgins, Vidya Rajan, Ben Russell
Director Max Miller
Synopsis An overworked zoo deputy is faced with the closure of the zoo that she loves and must turn to relying on her difficult co-workers and their ridiculous schemes to raise the money to save it, before it is too late.
AFRO SISTAHS
Afro Sistahs Collective Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Producers Safia Amadou Hamidou, Mumbi Hinga
Director Hawanatu Bangura
Writers Moreblessing Maturure, Rebekah Robertson
Synopsis Western Sydney’s Premiere Afro Hair Salon - the social hub to recuperate, rejuvenate and glow up away from nosey aunties, ‘woke baes’ and shoddy jobs. Here we meet four eclectic sistahs learning, the hard way, that they’re gonna need more than Afro picks, hot combs and rollers to untangle the mess of their lives.
CHILDISH DEANO
Dean Thomas David Ferrier
Genre Comedy
Producer Amanda Reedy
Creators David Ferrier, Dean Thomas
Director David Ferrier
Contributing Writer Michelle Brasier
Synopsis Childish Deano is an animated comedy about an 8-year-old boy with a grown man’s voice and heart of gold, navigating the politics of a small town school yard.
MIDNIGHT ZERO
Raygun Film Company
Genre Science fiction
Producer Nathan Dalton
Writers Jesse O'Brien, Penny Jelly
Director Jesse O'Brien
Synopsis A masked vigilante and a young journalist join forces to bring down a criminal gang in a dystopian cyberpunk city. They're going to have to work together to break the silence and the truth, in a world where the cries of the innocent go unheard.
AVENGE MY DEATH
unko Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Producers Belinda Dean, Ellen Fraser
Director Claudia Pickering
Writer Nicole Conway
Synopsis Wild 20-somethings Erin, Jax and Sara are inseparable - that is, until Erin goes on a date with a guy she met online and winds up dead. With the police bungling the investigation, Jax and Sara vow to hunt down her killer using the only piece of evidence they have: a dick pic.
MISERY FM
720 Creative Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Karla Burt
Executive Producer Paul Walton
Director Tom Salisbury
Writers Michael Cleggett, James Lloyd-Smith
Synopsis An absurd series from cult comedy heroes Gravity Boots is a hilarious scripted snapshot of life inside a radio station located in the regional South Australian town of Misery.
SUNDOWNERS
On The Deck Productions
Producer/Writer Dan Prichard
Director Laura Scrivano
Genre Action adventure, Comedy, Science fiction, Family
Synopsis A mother. A son. A virus. At the end of the day, it’s all about love.
THE HOLY FLOYD FOLEY
Noble Savage Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Majhid Heath, Hayley Johnson
Writer Shane Salvador
Synopsis When Pastor Floyd Foley’s flock numbers are threatened by the arrival of a hot shot new church, he and his congregation of misfits will stop at nothing to lure the congregants back. Guided by the hilarious BAFTA winning Allan Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin, writer Shane Salvador will bring small town antics and comedy together in the mockumentary series, The Holy Floyd Foley.
ALL FOR EVE
Ava Studios Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Producer/Writer Olga Markovic
Director TBC
Synopsis Starting over isn’t easy. Especially when you’re a single mum with no money and a dead husband.
AMAZING GRACE
JAM Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Producer/Director Julie Money
Writers Julie Money, Grace Truman
Synopsis A web series from the point of view of teenager Grace, about losing a parent, living and growing up.
CHEETAH AIRWAYS
Cliff House Productions
Genre Comedy
Producers Claudia Pickering, Emma Leonard, Catherine van der Rijt
Executive Producer Luke Eve
Director Claudia Pickering
Writers Claudia Pickering, Emma Leonard, Prudence Vindin
Synopsis Cheetah Airways is an online comedy series that takes us behind the scenes of a dodgy budget airline.
NARK MIKOLADIS THE TRADING CARD KING
Aunty Donna Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Action adventure
Executive Producers Max Miller, Sam Lingham, Broden Kelly, Mark Bonanno, Zachary Ruane, Thomas Armstrong
Director Max Miller
Writers Caitlyn Staples, Jayden Masciulli, Mario Hannah, Ryan Zorzut, Elyce Phillips
Synopsis After discovering that a rare Charizard Pokemon card is now worth a mini fortune, a twenty-something who’s supposed to be looking for a job, begins a quest to reclaim the card from the primary school bully who stole it from her 15 years ago.
SALMA AND THE CITY
Chemical Media Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Producer Tony Jackson
Director/Writer Kauthar Abdulalim
Synopsis When a 45-year-old Australian-Pakistani mother decides it’s time to chase her dream of winning the Australian Open, she has to battle family expectations, gender stereotypes and centuries of tradition before she even meets an opponent on the tennis court.
CHEN PM 3010
Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla
Genre Comedy, Science fiction
Producers Aaron Chen, Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla
Director Alexei Toliopoulous
Writers Aaron Chen, Alexei Toliopoulous
Synopsis In the year 3010, when no one wants to be Prime Minister of Australia, a lottery is drawn and Aaron Chen must rise to the occasion and deal with the responsibly of running the country.
PLUSHED
Sam Weingott
Genre Black comedy
Producer Sam Weingott
Director Simon Taylor
Writers Simon Taylor, Clare Sladden
Synopsis When a plush toy T-Rex is assigned to care for a 27-year-old OCD sufferer, he must overcome his own insecurities in order to defeat the mental illness before his human gives up on life.