Funding Approvals
IN THE ARCHIVE
2018–2019 Online production
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
6 x 24 mins
C-KOL Pty Ltd
Writers Naomi Higgins, Mark Samual Bonanno, Humyara Mahbub
Producer Sarah Freeman
Executive Producers Adam Murfet, Jessie Oldfield, Amanda Higgs, Nick Hayden, Rick Kalowski
Directors Adam Murfet, Jessie Oldfield
Synopsis This follows best friends Mia and Penny as they navigate their 20s in Melbourne, along with Penny's dramatic and aloof housemate, Austin. Guided by their own modern day moral code, they confront complex social issues in an outrage driven world, leaving a path of destruction in their wake.
NICE SHORTS
16 x 5-10 mins
Bunya Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Gillian Moody, Nick Boshier
Executive Producers Sophia Zachariou, Nick Boshier, James Twemlow
Director Ryan Chamley
Writers James Twemlow, Bjorn Stewart, Penny Greenhalgh, Greta Lee Jackson, Nick Boshier
Synopsis As the world collapses, Australia's sharpest comedic brains have come together to bring you a sketch show that fuses the weighty and complicated with the silly and engaging.
BONDI SLAYER
7 x 7 mins
Cobran Road Productions Pty Ltd & Toybox Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Action
Producer Victoria Beck
Director Jessica Smith
Writer Victoria Beck
Platform YouTube
Synopsis Riley Fox is a 28-year-old, dysfunctional Bondi resident, trying to navigate men, booze and the undead. Coz she's a vampire slayer...Try to keep up.
GIRL, INTERPRETED
5 x 5 mins
NG Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Nikki Tran
Executive Producer Stuart Menzies
Writer/Director Grace Feng Fang Juan
Platform YouTube
Synopsis A newbie Mandarin interpreter is reluctantly caught in a tussle of cultures and words during the most unexpected assignments.
META RUNNER
10 x 12 mins
Glitch Productions
Genre Science fiction, Drama, Comedy
Producers Kevin Lerdwichagul
Director Luke Lerdwichagul
Writers Kevin Lerdwichagul, Luke Lerdwichagul
Platform YouTube
Synopsis In a future where video games are everything, cybernetically enhanced e-sports competitors known as Meta Runners reign supreme. The series follows a young Meta Runner named Tari as she weaves her way through the high-stakes and sometimes dangerous world, where everyone wants to be number one.
CLOUDY RIVER
6 x 8 mins
unko Pty Ltd
Drama
Producer Belinda Dean
Writer/Directors Charlie Ford, Sophie Hardcastle
Platform TBC
Synopsis Taking you to the edge of everything you know about young love, sex and romance; Cloudy River is a bold new online series about pansexual artist Emma (aka Cloudy) and her musician lover, River, whose open relationship is put to the test when they move in together.
DEADHOUSE DARK
6 x 10 mins
Deadhouse Films Pty Ltd
Horror
Producers Enzo Tedeschi, Rachele Wiggins
Directors Joshua Long, Kristy Best, Rosie Lourde, Enzo Tedeschi, Rachele Wiggins, Denai Gracie
Writers Joshua Long, Kristy Best, Enzo Tedeschi, Denai Gracie, Rachele Wiggins
Platform YouTube / deadhouse.tv
Synopsis A boxful of dark and modern terror tales unfold in a frighteningly familiar and connected world – our own.
METRO SEXUAL
8 x 10 mins
Humdrum Comedy Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Riley Nottingham, Darren McFarlane
Director Henry Boffin
Writers Nicholas Kraak, Henry Boffin
Platform 9Go!
Synopsis Sexual health clinicians Stephanie and Langdon have a tough enough job as it is - battling odorous STIs, onerous patients and arduous colleagues - but when government cuts threaten to close them down they must do whatever it takes to save their clinic from the chopping block.
PHI AND ME
5 x 11 mins
Phi and Me TV
Genre Comedy
Producers Serena Hunt, Lucinda Bruce
Director Melanie Killingsworth
Writers Diana Nguyen, Fiona Chau
Platform YouTube
Synopsis A Vietnamese Australian story about a mother’s love for her daughter and just how far she will go.
STRIPY SOCK CLUB
18 x 7 mins
Lah-Lah Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Children’s
Producers Tina Harris, Mark Harris, Kristy Fuller, Elaine Beckett
Directors Ashley Koek, Mark Grentell
Writers Maryam Master, Rachel Spratt, Mark Harris, Tina Harris
Platform ABC KIDS
Synopsis In their stripy musical clubhouse, a bubbly songstress helps her adorably slapstick band through their daily calamities using musical discovery and songs, along the way inviting inquisitive kids, fascinating musicians, and you to join the club.
KGB
5 x 4mins
Mad Kids Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Series Producer Taryne Laffar
Executive Producer Lauren Elliott
Directors Daniel Riches, Luke Riches
Writers Daniel Riches, Luke Riches, Joel Gray, Clare Toonen
Platform ABC iview
Synopsis Odd couple Indigenous detectives, Jack and Nigel, race to beat their far superior rivals to the bottom of a major drugs case in their sketchy neighbourhood, but they soon find their loyalties compromised as they are related to most of the suspects.
CONTENT
1 x 60 min / 6 x 10 min
Ludo Studio (QLD)
Genre Comedy
Producer Meg O’Connell
Executive Producers Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson
Director Daley Pearson
Writer Anna Barnes
Platform ABC TV and ABC iview
Synopsis Lucy is a woke, successful influencer who wants to help you achieve everything you’ve wanted – a partner, a career and contentedness. Unfortunately, Lucy has a severely unhealthy relationship with her phone which keeps her from achieving any of these things herself.
GLENNRIDGE SECONDARY COLLEGE
14 x 4mins
Haven’t You Done Well Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Executive Producers Tom Armstrong Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Sam Lingham, Max Miller, Zachary Ruane
Producer Rachel Millar
Director Max Miller
Writers Tom Armstrong, Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Sam Lingham, Zachary Ruane
Platform YouTube
Synopsis Glennridge Secondary College is a sketch series about growing up in Australia. Based on Aunty Donna’s award-winning live show of the same name this is a mix of absurd, wild, filmic and animated sketches that lampoon the everyday happenings of a suburban high school.
AUSTRALIA’S BEST STREET RACER
8 x 5mins
One Stone Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Georgie Lewin
Executive Producer Nathan Earl
Director Michael O’Neill
Writer Dylan Hesp
Platform Online
Synopsis In the hopes of finding a community to belong to, eager 18 year old Taylor James attempts to infiltrate Launceston’s late night street racing scene in his mum’s 1994 Holden Barina.
ROBOROVSKI VR
1 x 12mins
S’YA Concept
Genre Animation/VR, Comedy
Producers Jomon Thomas, Dev Patel, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Co-producers Mark Grentell, Elaine Beckett
Executive Producers Natalya Pavchinskaya, John Collee
Directors Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dev Patel
Technical Director Rick Pearce
Writers Dev Patel, John Collee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Platform TBC
Synopsis Roborovski tells the tale of an adorable, thimble sized hamster that spends his days in Marvin’s Pet Shop longing to be adopted by a loving family. After many weeks of excruciating rejection we start to question just how far this little hamster will go to make sure he is picked next.
THE LISTIES WORK FOR PEANUTS
6 x 8mins
Bob Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Judi McCrossin, Kate Keegan, Richard Higgins, Matt Kelly
Director Darren Ashton
Platform Online
Synopsis Two guys, no job and an 11-year-old landlord who wants her money.
THE OTHER GUY SEASON 2
6 x 30mins
Aquarius Films Pty Ltd and Wooden Horse Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy Drama
Producer Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford, Alice Willison
Executive Producer Jude Troy
Creator Matt Okine
Writers Matt Okine, Kacie Anning, Becky Lucas
Platform Stan
Synopsis When a producer approaches AJ about making a TV show about his shitty life, he thinks he may finally have an opportunity to get back on top. But how do you make a show about your life without pissing off everyone in it?
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’RE DATING A NARCISSIST
6 x 5mins
Sweary Canary Films
Genre Comedy
Producers Kristy Best, Michelle Lia (Associate), Enzo Tedeschi
Director / Writer Kristy Best
Platform TBC
Synopsis Follow multi-narcissist survivor Kristy Best as she abrasively whisks you through a surreal lifestyle parody hell-bent on teaching women everywhere How To Know If You’re Dating A Narcissist.
INTERNMENT
6 x 10 mins
Ruby Entertainment Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Mark Ruse
Director Andrew Mills
Writers Pippa Mills, Helena Ruse, Andrew Mills
Platform Online
Synopsis Internment is a six part web series about two girls, Helena and Pippa, stuck in the internship from hell. That is, if hell was a trendy inner city office where no one was doing anything or being paid.
LUCY AND DIC
1 x 60 mins/ 8 x 6 mins
We Made a Thing Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Tom Phillips
Executive Producers Greg Sitch, Wayne Lewis, Gail Fuller
Director Jeremy Kelly-Bakker
Writers Tom Phillips, Jeremy Kelly-Bakker
Platform Online
Synopsis It’s about a Lucy, a girl who’s always on the lookout for simple ways to improve her life. And DiC, her talking support drone who even with all the knowledge in the world…can be a bit of an asshole.
SARAH’S CHANNEL
6 x 5 mins
Yellow Creative Management Pty Ltd and Mythmaker Media Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Karen Colston, Robbie Miles
Executive Producers Mark Morrissey, Jean Mostyn, Claudia O’Doherty
Director / Writer Nick Coyle
Platform ABC iview
Synopsis Sarah's Channel is a quirky, relatable Youtube channel created and run by Sarah, who isn't going to let the fact that she's been re-animated in a post-apocalyptic future stop her from doing what she's famous for: Beauty Vlogging. Sure, everyone she knew is dead, the subterranean mutants who worship her are annoying, and a monster is trying to kill her, but Sarah's got some fantastic makeup tips and it'll take more than that to prevent her from uploading them.
SINGLE LADIES
6 x 8 mins
Story Republic Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Joshua Gilbert
Executive Producer Ros Walker
Directors Gemma Hall, Mimi Helm, Jacqueline Pelczar
Writer Aaron Moss
Platform TBC
Synopsis Single Ladies follows the misadventures of unlikely trio Catherine, Nina and Hashim as they try to save their sex positive radio show from the conservative owners of the station.
TIME & PLACE
7 x 9 mins
Gemini Arts and Media Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Producers Tam Sainsbury, Dylan Schenkeveld
Director / Writer Tam Sainsbury
Platform TBC
Synopsis After living abroad for years, magazine writer Rebecca Woodruff returns for a holiday to her hometown of Golden Beach with her husband and daughter. Her family; divorced mum and dad, her mum’s new lesbian partner, her married sister and wildly single lawyer brother; are all thrilled to have her home. As Rebecca navigates her family’s chaos, her marriage begins to crumble and her deeply hidden secret begins to surface and she realises that maybe this is the time and the place where she now needs to be…..permanently.
SKIP AHEAD
CROSSING THE LINE
YouTube Channel: Neel Kolhatkar
8 x 6 mins
Genre Comedy, Documentary
Creators Neel Kolhatkar (w), Toni Malone (p), Damian Davis (p)
Synopsis Crossing the line is a factual series where a group of participants are delivered a string of progressively harsher jokes on a given subject and then can deem which, if any 'crossed the line.'
LOVE, GUNS AND LEVEL UPS
YouTube Channel: Fury Fingers
8 x 7 mins
Genre Action adventure, Romantic comedy, Science fiction
Creators Andrew Shanks (w/d/p), Nicholas Cleary (w/d), Daniel Vink (w/p), Jodie Kirkbride (p)
Synopsis When Bree and Elliot meet in the online world of video games - sparks (and bullets) fly! But starting a long distance relationship can be a hard dose of reality.
NEVERNIGHT
YouTube Channel: Piéra Forde
10 x 15 mins
Genre Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Creators Piéra Forde (p), Caleb De Leon (p), Dale Norton (p)
Synopsis In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
THE NOT SO SOCIAL NETWORKS
YouTube Channel: Chloe Ting
4 x 30mins
Genre Documentary
Creators Chloe Ting (w/p), Adrian Wong (d/p)
Synopsis In today's digital world, where we're often fed a diet of fabricated and ingenuine social content, Chloe Ting speaks to influencers and professionals, asking the hard hitting questions others won’t and shares the lives of the people impacted by misinformation and deceit.
Note – Funding for this project was revoked in April 2021.
YOUTUBE FAMOUS
YouTube Channel: Chloe Morello
10 x 12 mins
Genre Comedy
Creators Chloe Morello (d/p), Ellie Bambach (w/d), Carolina Pirutti (p)
Synopsis YouTube "celebrity" Chloe Morello is desperate to have it all - money, beauty, fame. Her mistreated assistant Ellie (or is it actually her sister?) and long suffering manager Carol are forced to put up with Chloe's diva antics in her quest to be real-life famous.