• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Screen Currency 2026
  • Resource Library
  • Contact Us
  • Funding Applications Portal
Screen Australia

Screen Australia

Screen Australia aims to inspire, inform and engage screen audiences through compelling Australian storytelling.

  • About Us
    • About Screen Australia
      • Overview
      • What We Do & Don’t Do
    • Doing Business With Us
      • Overview
      • First Nations Content
        • Overview
        • Pathways and Protocols: A Filmmaker’s Guide
      • Industry Specialists
      • Information for Applicants
      • Information for Recipients
      • Social Media Community Guidelines
      • Terms of Trade
      • Credits and Logos
    • Work With Us
    • Corporate Documents
    • Contact Us
  • Funding Programs
    • Funding Overview
    • Funding Opportunities
    • First Nations Funding
    • Funding Deadlines
    • Funding Approvals
  • Co-productions
    • Co-production Program
    • Co-production Guidelines
      • Overview
      • Guidelines Step-by-step
      • Co-production Provisional Approval Process
      • Co-production Final Approval Process
    • Co-production Partner Countries
    • Co-production Program Industry Contacts
    • Co-production Trends
  • Producer Offset
    • Producer Offset
    • Producer Offset Guidelines
    • Legislation and Rules
  • Insights & Intel
    • Insights and Trends Overview
      • Overview
      • Australian Films
      • Cinema Industry Trends
      • People and Business
      • Employment Trends
      • Production Businesses
      • Australian Content Regulation
    • Production Trends
      • Australian Features
      • Australian TV VOD
      • Drama Production
      • Foreign Features
      • Documentary Production
    • Audiences
      • Cinema Audiences
      • TV Audiences
    • Industry Reports
      • Screen Currency 2026
      • Drama Report
      • Production Infrastructure and Capacity Analysis (PICA)
      • Scene Change
      • Gender Matters
      • Seeing Ourselves
      • Seeing Ourselves 2
      • Skin in the Game
      • View All Submissions
      • View All Reports
    • Market & Audience Intel
      • Marketplace Contribution to Budget – Feature
      • Marketplace Contribution to Budget – TV Drama
    • Getting Started in the Screen Industry
    • Sales and Distribution Support
    • Sales Agents and Distributors
    • Private Investment Toolkit
    • Festivals and Markets
    • Australian Success
  • News
  • The Screen Guide
    • The Screen Guide
    • What is The Screen Guide
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Submit Your Production
    • Update An Entry
    • Upcoming Productions
  1. Home
  2. The Screen Guide
  3. Boy Swallows Universe
Find a Production

Boy Swallows Universe

Year of completion
2023
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
MiniSeries
Genre
Drama
Duration
8 x 60 minute episodes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Boy Swallows Universe follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery of hope through the power of love.
Completion Year
2023
Genres
Drama
Format
MiniSeries
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Writer

John Collee

Executive Producer

Andrew Mason, Joel Edgerton, Kerry Roberts, Sophie Gardiner, Troy Lum, Toby Bentley

Writer of Original Material

Trent Dalton

Director

Bharat Nalluri, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Kim Mordaunt

Director of Photography

Shelley Farthing-Dawe

Production Designer

Michelle McGahey

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker, Phoebe Tonkin, Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Bryan Brown, Anthony La Paglia, Sophie Wilde, Christopher James Baker, HaiHa Le, Deborah Mailman, Ben O’Toole, Zachary Wan, Millie Donaldson, Eloise Rothfield

Awards

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Mini-series – Andrew Mason, Troy Lum

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Lead Actress in a Drama presented by BINGE - Phoebe Tonkin

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by BINGE - Felix Cameron

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Supporting Actress in a Drama - Deborah Mailman

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Supporting Actor in a Drama - Lee Tiger Halley

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Direction in Drama or Comedy – Bharat Nalluri

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Screenplay in Television – John Collee

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Cinematography in Television – Shelley Farthing-Dawe

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Editing in Television – Mark Perry

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Production Design in Television – Michelle McGahey

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Sound in Television – Sam Hayward, Scott Mulready, Danielle Wiessner, Nigel Christensen

2025 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks – Nikki Barrett

2024 — TV Week Logie Awards – TV Week Silver Logie – Best Supporting Actress

2024 — TV Week Logie Awards – Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent

2024 — TV Week Logie Awards – TV Week Silver Logie – Best Supporting Actor

2024 — TV Week Logie Awards – Best Miniseries or Telemovie

2024 — TV Week Logie Awards – TV Week Silver Logie – Best Lead Actor in a Drama

Series

Series Listing

Boy Swallows Universe

Production Company

Brouhaha Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd

Anonymous Content

Chapter One Pictures
Share this Production
Copy LinkLinkedInFacebookX

Related Productions

Ina

Completion Year:
2025
Content Type:
Narrative Content
Length:
48m
Status:
Completed
View Production Default placeholder image

Stuck Up & Stupid

Completion Year:
2027
Content Type:
Narrative Content
Length:
360m
Status:
Production
View Production Default placeholder image

Little J & Big Cuz series 5

Completion Year:
2027
Content Type:
Narrative Content
Length:
144m
Status:
Post-Production
View Production Default placeholder image

Subscribe to our newsletter

Screen Australia’s fortnightly newsletter includes funding approvals, opportunities, news, and more. Please fill out the form below to subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.
Loading

By subscribing to Screen Australia’s newsletter you consent to the details you supply being stored for the purposes of delivering the newsletter to you. Whilst Screen Australia does not share or sell your data, by subscribing you note you understand readership data is collected in order to maximise effectiveness of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at anytime by using the link in the newsletter or by emailing  communications .

australian governmentScreen Australia

Screen Australia acknowledges that we work on lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation in our Ultimo office and on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation in our South Melbourne office. We pay respect to Traditional Custodians and Elders past and present, and recognise their continuous connection to Culture, Community and Country.

Funding Information

  • Funding
Opportunities
  • Funding Approvals
  • Funding Deadlines

Useful Links

  • News
  • First Nations
  • Upcoming Productions
  • Sales Agents and Distributors

Contact Us

Sydney, Gadigal Country
Phone:  +61 2 8113 5800
Freecall:  1800 213 099

Melbourne, Wurundjeri Country
Phone: +61 3 8682 1900
Freecall:  1800 213 681

Application enquiries
Phone:  1800 507 901

Contact Us
© 2026 Screen Australia
  • Rights and Permissions
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Trade
  • Contact Us
  • Report a problem
Website by

Screen Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community, land, waters and territories.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains images, voices and names of people who have passed.