Upcoming Production Report October 2014 This is a select list of features, TV drama and documentaries in pre-production, production or postproduction in Australia. Please note: • Producers and production companies can be inundated with calls regarding work and may not welcome unsolicited calls. Their preference is to employ via crewing agencies. • Where contact details are omitted in this report, they are unavailable for publication. Some producers and production companies request that their contact details are not published. • Foreign productions predominantly employ a Line Producer to set up the production office in Australia two to three months (at the earliest) before principal photography date. Screen Australia will not be able to provide production office contact details before then. • Please note that details for some titles are incomplete, particularly if they are in early stages of production. You can also keep up to date with industry news and further upcoming production information through: • IF (Inside Film) magazine (monthly and online): www.if.com.au (02) 9660 2113 • The Encore Directory and The Production Book contain lists of production companies, producers and crewing agencies. And most of the state agencies list productions online: Film Victoria www.film.vic.gov.au ScreenWest www.screenwest.com.au Screen NSW www.screen.nsw.gov.au Screen Tasmania www.screen.tas.gov.au Screen Queensland www.screenqueensland.com.au ScreenACT www.screenact.com.au South Australian Film Corporation www.safilm.com.au A new Upcoming Production Report is usually published in the first week of the month. Disclaimer: The information included is of a general nature only, has been drawn from a variety of sources and is not intended as legal, accounting or other professional advice. Screen Australia has undertaken all reasonable measures to ensure its accuracy and specifically disclaims any liability, loss or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. © Screen Australia 2014 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 2:22 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Thriller Lawrence Inglee, Jackie O'Sullivan, Steve Hutensky, Paul Currie Paul Currie Todd Stein, Nathan Parker Armie Hammer, Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer 100 Dylan Boyd’s life as an air traffic controller is permanently derailed when an ominous pattern of events begins to permeate his life, funneling him into Central Station every day at 2:22PM. When he falls for a beautiful woman, it seems their lives were meant to intertwine long ago. With a grim fate looming, Dylan must solve the riddle of 2:22 to preserve a love whose second chance has finally come. Pre-Production NSW Lightstream Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 42 4901 1260 Fax: 42 4675 5426 Timeless Films 6 Miranda Drive Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Greg McLean Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause Kevin Bacon, Rhada Mitchell Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production Blumhouse Productions International Sales Contact 8086 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Thriller Jeff Wannberg, Troy Planet Peter Schink Peter Schink, Kade Robinson Robert Mammone 95 A group of strangers on the train find the body of a young junkie. Production NSW The Entity Films Original Artists Phone: +1 310 275 6765 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 1 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Alex and Eve Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Comedy, Romance Murray Fahey Peter Andrikidis Alex Lykos Richard Brancatisano, Andrea Demetriades, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Zoe Carides, Simon Elrahi, Helen Chebatte, Millie Samuels, Ryan O'Kane, Katerine-Ann MacKinnon-Lee, Nathan Melki, Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Chloe Condylis, George Kapinaris, Jen Apostolou, Rahel Romahn, Abdulla Sankari, Hazem Shammas, Anne-Marie Cavaco, Sal Sharah, Alex Lykos, Helena Stamoulis, Wafa Lahoud, Ted Lykos, Janette Lakiss 90 A Greek orthodox man falls for a Lebanese Muslim woman. A mismatched marriage made in heaven. Post-Production NSW Alex & Eve Productions In Association With Conventry Films Magic Box Entertainment Shoreline Entertainment Phone: 31 0551 2060 Back Country Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Horror, Mystery, Psychological Paul Kolsky David Davidson David Davidson, Roy Weiland, Paul Kolsky Andrew Lindqvist, Ross Magnant, Bella McDiarmid, Derek Pascoe 100 Young American filmmakers Kurt Michaels (director) and his buddy Brian Slade (producer) come to Australia to shoot their horror film in Tasmania, based on a family curse of Kurt's. They are young, cocky and with a feeling of inevitable success employ a cameraman to follow their every move - a 'making of' movie. As their film turns into a true horror story, their struggle is documented by the 'making of' camera which in the end is the film BACK COUNTRY. Post-Production NSW Hypshot Pty Ltd Hypshot Pty Ltd Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 2 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Blinky Bill Movie, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Animation, Family Barbara Stephen Deane Taylor Fin Edquist Toni Collette, Rufus Sewell, Barry Humphries, Barry Otto, Ryan Kwanten, Robin Mcleavy, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman, Richard Roxburgh 85 Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his missing father’s footsteps. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback. He quickly makes friends with Nutsy, a zoo koala, and Jacko, a nervous frill-necked lizard. Pursued relentlessly by a vengeful Cat who has a personal score to settle with Blinky, the trio must learn to work together if they ever want to survive the rugged Australian landscape and find Blinky’s father! Production Greenpatch Productions Phone: 02 8568 5555 StudioCanal Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8071 6100 Studio 100 International BV Phone: +31(0)70 390 77 97 Broke Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Luke Graham Heath Davis Heath Davis Steve Le Marquand , Steve Bisley, Claire Van Der Boom A disgraced sports star and gambling addict attempts to turn his life around with the support of his number one fan. Production QLD Scope Red International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 3 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Burns Point Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Crime, Drama Tim Blackburn Chris Blackburn Andrew Lowe, Aleisha Rose Groth, Ron Kelly, John McNeill, Francesca Bianchi A young man whose sister has been brutally murdered seeks vengeance when the killer, the son of a well-connected police detective, goes free. Post-Production International Sales Contact Daughter, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Jan Chapman, Nicole O'Donohue Simon Stone Simon Stone Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie 100 Present day. Rural Australia, Oliver Finch lives a quiet life with his father, his wife, his daughter & a duck. When his old friend Christian Neilson returns home after 16 years absence, he unearths a long kept family secret that threatens to shatter Oliver’s world. A contemporary portrait of family dysfunction, deception & denial, THE DAUGHTER is a potent drama about return. The return to the site of trauma, the return to memories you wish you’d never created, The return to truth in all its consequences. Production Fate Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 b9331 2666 Roadshow Films Phone: 02 9552 8600 Mongrel International Phone: 41 6516 9775 Downriver Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama, Thriller Jannine Barnes Grant Scicluna Grant Scicluna Hugo Weaving, Kerry Fox, Reef Ireland 90 James has served time for the drowning of a little boy in a river. To find the missing body, he defies parole by returning to extract the truth from his dangerous friend who witnessed the crime. With little time and danger at every turn, James must uncover truths if he is to return the boy's body to his grieving mother. Pre-Production Happening Films Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 4 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Dressmaker, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Comedy, Drama Sue Maslin Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Moorhouse Kate Winslet, Judy Davis 115 Set in the 1950s, THE DRESSMAKER is a bittersweet comedy about a glamorous young woman who returns, after many years in Europe, to her small home town in rural Australia in order to right some wrongs from the past. When Tilly comes home, she reconciles with her ailing mother. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she then transforms the women of the town in such a way that she gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. She also falls unexpectedly in love, in turn leading to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Pre-Production VIC Film Art Media Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9417 2155 Universal Pictures Australasia Phone: 02 8274 1600 Embankment Dying of the Light, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Espionage, Thriller Scott Clayton, Gary A. Hirsch, Todd Williams Paul Schrader Paul Schrader Nicholas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Irène Jacob A veteran CIA agent faces early retirement due to the onset of an aggressive Alzheimer’s-related disease. He embarks on a manhunt while struggling to control his behaviour as the symptoms mount. Post-Production QLD Over Under Media International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 5 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Embedded Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Steve Jaggi Stephen Sewell Stephen Sewell Nick Barkla, Laura Gordon, Marcus Johnson A battle-weary Australian war correspondent named Frank meets a darkly fascinating woman on his way home. The two retire to his hotel suite where Frank finds his match in a frightening and erotic game of truth or dare that takes both to the edge, and over. Post-Production NSW Indefatigable Pictures Phone: 02 8005 7236 Indefatigable Pictures Phone: 02 8005 7236 International Sales Contact Holding The Man Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Kylie du Fresne Neil Armfield Tommy Murphy Anthony LaPaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Ryan Corr, Camilla Ah Kin, Craig Scott 100 There was Romeo and Juliet and then there was Tim and John. The course of teenage love rarely runs smooth, but if you find yourself gay in an Aussie all-male school in the 1970s and you're entranced by the captain of the football team, life’s a thrill ride. Based on Timothy Conigrave’s memoir, and the inspiration for the award winning stage play, HOLDING THE MAN is the remarkable true-life love story of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo. Production Goalpost Pictures Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9517 9899 Transmission Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8333 9000 Goalpost Film Phone: +44 207 585 3232 I, Timon Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Dan Noah Dan Noah, Bramwell Noah Bramwell Noah Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece of what a bad world can do to a good man. Pre-Production VIC Noah’s Art Movies International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 6 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Kung Fu Style Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Adventure, Comedy Kerr Xu Kerr Xu, Gu Xiao, Cao Yingjie 89 Kung Fu kid, Dodo Lee, dreams of being a star at Oscar Lei’s studio but is stuck as a puppeteer in his never satisfied father’s show. When Dodo encounters super star Kitty Mo, dream and reality clash and the pair find themselves in a fight between good and evil orchestrated by the power crazed Oscar. Production Vue Group Phone: 04 1952 6849 International Sales Contact Last Cab To Darwin Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, Jeremy Sims Jeremy Sims Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith, Emma Hamilton 105 Rex is a loner, and when he’s told he doesn’t have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life you have to live it, and to live it, you’ve got to share it. Post-Production NT Last Cab Productions Pty Ltd Icon Film Distribution Phone: 02 8594 9030 Films Boutique Phone: 49 30 695 378 50 Legend Maker, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Ian Pringle Ian Pringle Ian Pringle Tony Nikolakopoulos, Jeremy Kewley, Steve Mouzakis, David Cameron, Fletcher Humphrys, Sachin Joab, Michael Vice, Ratidzo Mambo, Adrian Mulraney, Danielle Carter, Priscilla Whittaker An aging forger is under threat of death from a thug known as the Croat, and time is fast running out. Post-Production VIC Backlot Studios International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 7 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Looking for Grace Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Alison Tilson, Lizzette Atkins, Sue Taylor Sue Brooks Sue Brooks Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young, Kenya Pearson, Terry Norris, Julia Blake, Tasma Walton 90 Post-Production WA Palace Films Phone: 03 9817 6421 Fortissimo-HK Macbeth Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Horror Peter Miller Brian Dimmick John Xintavelonis, Sara Cooper Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Post-Production Wyrd Sisters Pty Ltd Phone: 03 6228 9590 IFM World Releasing Inc Phone: 03 9515 9249 Mad Max: Fury Road Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Peter (PJ) Voeten George Miller George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Richard Carter, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Zoe Kravitz, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, Megan Gale, Angus Sampson, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, John Howard, Melissa Jaffer, Joy Smithers, Gillian Jones, iOta, Jennifer Hagan, Melita Jurisic FURY ROAD will again feature Mad Max in the lawless futuristic Australian outback. Post-Production Kennedy Miller Mitchell Phone: 02 9357 2322 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 8 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Manny Lewis Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Comedy, Romance Martin Fabinyi Anthony Mir Carl Barron, Anthony Mir Carl Barron, Leeanna Walsman, Roy Billing, Damien Garvey 90 Famous but introverted comedian Manny Lewis struggles to overcome his sense of celebrity alienation, crippling shyness and a fractured relationship with his father in a heartfelt, romantic and feel good quest for the love of Maria. Production NSW Beyond Screen Production Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9437 2000 Beyond Films Beyond Films Monk, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production Beijing TV Station New Classics Media Co., Ltd International Sales Contact Moon & the Sun, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Adventure, Fantasy Bill Mechanic, James Pang, Paul Currie, Timothy Mou, Wei Han Sean McNamara Bill Mechanic Pierce Brosnan, Fan Bingbing Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production VIC Cosmos Filmed Entertainment Phone: 31 0550 9900 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 9 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Natural Injustice Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Thriller Jamie Hurley, Warren Coulton Warren Coulton Jamie Hurley Jamie Joseph, Paula Duncan, Val Lehman, Kimberley Cooper, Jess Orcsik, Rob Williams, Carmel Rose, Erin McMullen 95 Rob is a loving son, brother and father who loses everything he lives for, his wife and child. Following this, Rob attempts to push everyone he loves and cares for away and descends into a downward spiral of self harm, suicide attempts and violent behaviour. This turns into a quest for vengeance against the ones he holds responsible for his losses. Pre-Production QLD Southern Cross Films International Sales Contact Ninjago Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Pre-Production Animal Logic Phone: 02 9383 4800 International Sales Contact Oddball Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Comedy, Family Richard Keddie, Sheila Hanahan-Taylor, Steve Kearney Stuart McDonald Peter Ivan Shane Jacobson 100 The true story of an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process reunites his family and saves their seaside town. Post-Production VIC Oddball Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9810 7111 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9829 0666 Global Screen Phone: 49 89 2441295 500 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 10 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. One Less God Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Drama Joel Hagen, Maren Smith, Lliam Worthington Lliam Worthington Lliam Worthington Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production NSW New Realm Films Pty Limited International Sales Contact Pack, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Horror Kent Smith, Michael Robertson Nick Robertson Evan Randall Green Jack Campbell, Anna Lise Phillips After discovering the last of his livestock have been mauled to death on his rural cattle ranch by a pack of wild dogs, hardened farmer and devoted family man Adam Wilson can do nothing but watch as his dreams of continuing the family business are shattered. As darkness falls, unsuspecting shadows begin to lurk outside their farmhouse. The pack of wild dogs are preparing to close in, ready to attack… Through a series of frightening and bloody encounters, Adam and his family are forced into survival mode. Will they make it out alive? Or will they fall victim to…THE PACK . Production SA Breakout Movies Pty Ltd Lightning Entertainment Phone: 31 0255 7999 Pan Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Garret Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Levi Miller Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production Warner Bros Pictures, a Warner Bros Entertainment Phone: 81 8954 6000 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 11 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Perfect Friends Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama 80 Production Vue Group Phone: 04 1952 6849 International Sales Contact Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Stuart Beattie Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Pre-Production QLD Walt Disney Productions Phone: 81 8560 1000 International Sales Contact San Andreas Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Adventure Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson Brad Peyton Dwayne Johnson In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter. Post-Production QLD Flynn Picture Company International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 12 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama Children's Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production International Sales Contact Strangerland Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Naomi Wenck, Macdara Kelleher Kim Farrant Fiona Seres, Michael Kinirons Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving 110 STRANGERLAND is an unnerving mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenagers go missing in the harsh Australian desert. Post-Production NSW Dragonfly Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9699 7644 Icon Film Distribution Australia Phone: 02 8594 9030 Transmission Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8333 9000 Wild Bunch Phone: +33 1 53 01 50 20 System, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Eddie Arya Eddie Arya Eddie Arya Jamie Vergan, Nikki Waterhouse, Yasemine B. Plows From the team of The Navigator comes a powerful drama starring Jamie Vergan, Nikki Waterhouse, and Yasemine B.Plows, Martin McMillan, a family man who suddenly finds himself redundant after 15 years of loyalty to the same company, is now struggling to cope with the hardships of unemployment and today's society. Losing his home, car and entire savings, Martin is yet to face his biggest challenge, an incident that will change his life forever. Writer and director Eddie Arya music by Phillip J.Faddoul. Production NSW Aryavision Films International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 13 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Tarzan the Untamed Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Drama David Yates Stuart Beattie, John Collee Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production Warner Bros Pictures, a Warner Bros Entertainment Phone: 81 8954 6000 International Sales Contact Teenage Kicks Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Annmaree J Bell Craig Boreham Craig Boreham Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Charlotte Best, Shari Sebbans, Ian Roberts, Anni Finsterer In the final moments of his seventeenth year, Miklós Varga’s world has come crumbling down. His plans to run away and escape the hold of his migrant family have been brutally undone by the accidental death of his older brother, Tomi. Only Mik knows the events that led to this tragedy and as far as he can see there is only one person to blame. Himself. He is suddenly torn between his desire to head north and start a new life with his best friend Dan and the obligation to his broken family. Can he fill the shoes of his adored sibling or is he toxic and destined to bring ruin upon everyone he loves? Teenage Kicks is a journey through the minefield of adolescence as Mik searches for a way to navigate through his guilt and explosive sexuality to find the man he can be. Production NSW Azure Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9810 4327 LevelK ApS Phone: 45 2010 8580 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 14 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Tell the World Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama, Historical Neal Allen, Michael Baker Kyle Portbury Holly Goldberg-Sloan, Aaron Hartzler Bill Lake, Michael Mancini, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Stephen MacDonald In 19th Century New England, the lives of a diverse group of people collide through interweaving stories of despair, identity, faith, hope and trust. Post-Production Adventist Media Network Phone: 02 9847 2240 International Sales Contact Unbroken Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama, War Matthew Baer, Angelina Jolie, Erwin Stoff Angelina Jolie Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II. Post-Production NSW International Sales Contact UNTITLED Jim Loach project Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Drama Drama Timothy White, Anna Vincent, Stewart le Maréchal, Anna Mohr-Pietsch Jim Loach Judy Morris Paz Vega, Edward James Olmos, Jessica Marais, Antonio de la Torre, Quim Gutiérrez, Carmen Maura, Jarin Towney, Michael Crisafulli 96 Set within a multi-generational Spanish family, the UNITITLED Jim Loach Project tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who realises he must escape his passionate yet dysfunctional family to effect change. Post-Production SA Southern Light Alliance Pty Ltd Phone: 08 8394 2597 Greenlight Releasing Pty Limited Phone: 02 8353 2440 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 15 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 40 Years On Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Feature Documentary Dan Noah Dan Noah, Bramwell Noah Bramwell Noah Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Production VIC Noah's Art Pictures International Sales Contact Afghanistan: The Australian War Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Documentary Alan Erson, Afghanistan Holdings Pty Ltd Victoria Midwinter-Pitt Victoria Midwinter-Pitt 180 This is the story of Australia’s longest war, told through the experiences of those who fought it. From the Special Forces operatives who landed only weeks after 9/11, to drone pilots who fought a new kind of war via remote control, to the engineers who built schools with an eye out for snipers. From prime ministers and generals to private soldiers, the series' characters reveal themselves before, during and after their war. Some are badly damaged. Others just did their jobs. All have been transformed by their experience. They reveal why Australia went to war and how our objectives and strategies changed over 13 years. Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 1 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. After the Wave: The World's Greatest Forensic Detective Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Lavinia Riachi Amanda Blue Amanda Blue 75 The Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 was the most devastating natural disaster in modern times, killing 228,000 people across 13 countries in just a few hours - on that perfect day, from Indonesia, to Thailand, Sri Lanka and as far afield as the Maldives, this catastrophic collision between the natural world and humankind would have far reaching consequences on humanity and science forever. Production Flaming Star Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9419 8097 International Sales Contact ANZAC Battlefields Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Michael Tear, Harriet Pike Serge Ou Michael Cove 144 In the First World War more than 80% of Australians killed lost their lives on the main battlefield, facing the main force of the main enemy. That battlefield was the Western Front where the Australians and New Zealanders were constantly engaged from early in 1916 until the Armistice, late in 1918. This series tells the stories of the ANZACs on the Western Front, from their first engagement in a small trench raid until their final triumph as an instrumental part of the “100 Day” advance that led to victory. Through graphics, archive, oral history and their travels across the battlefields today Neil Pigot and eminent military historian Dr. Peter Pedersen explain where, how and why the ANZACs fought in France and Belgium almost 100 years ago. Post-Production For Valour Pty Ltd T/A Bearcage Television Phone: 02 6248 8444 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 2 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. As You Dreamt It Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Jen (Jennifer) Peedom, Fotini Manikakis Jen (Jennifer) Peedom Leigh Richards, Jen (Jennifer) Peedom 28 The residents of the Woodville housing estate in western Sydney are a fascinating mix of people from all over the world - Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan Somalia, China. 'As You Dreamt It' will explore the role an intimate and collaborative art project can play in bringing this community together. The documentary will follow 3 characters as they confront their most vivid or recurring dreams before working with leading Australian photographers to recreate & exhibit this intimate expression to fellow residents. Production Jungleboys FTV Pty Limited Phone: 02 9357 5566 International Sales Contact Australian War Memorial, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Janine Hosking 300 In the lead up to the 100th anniversary of the First World War, international broadcaster and renowned historian Neil Oliver takes us behind-the-scenes of one of the world’s most iconic institutions, the Australian War Memorial. With unprecedented access to the memorial, its staff and its rarely seen precious archives, this landmark documentary series will follow all the action across its busiest and most momentous year to date. Post-Production Eyeworks Television Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9436 1977 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 3 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Back to Ground Zero Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Tom Zubrycki Tom Zubrycki Tom Zubrycki 88 After 27 years of civil war, the new nation of South Sudan is barely a year old. Relative peace has prompted the return of Sudanese refugees from the diaspora. Zacharia is one of them. His dream is to build a school back in his village and he organises a group of Australian friends to help him. The film begins with Zac’s emotional return to get the project moving. Promises to the village chiefs are given and expectations raised, but nothing goes according to plan. Production Jotz Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9568 3231 International Sales Contact Beyond the Smile Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Education, Travel & Adventure, Women Anne Tindall Brigitte Muir Brigitte Muir 52 As an Everest climber and guide, I have spent a lot of time on expeditions with those tough, always smiling sherpas. But who are they once the expedition is over and they go home to their families and communities? Since 2007 I have been staying every year with Lakpa Tamang and his family, sharing the problems, joys and challenges of every day life. BEYOND THE SMILE is about how the friendship growing beyond mountains, cultures and continents affects our lives. Post-Production International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 4 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Big Red Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary Wildlife & Natural History Bettina Dalton, Veronica Fury Jens Westphalen, Thoralf Grospitz 52 This blue-chip natural history documentary tells the remarkable life story of a single red kangaroo. Set against the dramatic seasons and spectacular desert and bushland environments of Australia, and featuring a variety of other wildlife species, we experience this bleak but beautiful place through our roo’s eyes. Production Wild Fury Productions No. 2 Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9212 1135 National Geographic Television International Phone: +44-020 77517555 Big Stories, Small Towns: Asia Pacific Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Documentary Martin Potter Martin Potter, Anna Grieve 30 BIG STORIES, SMALL TOWNS is a participatory, multi-platform documentary project gathering small town stories of innovation and resilience and sharing them with a global audience through the www.bigstories.com.au website. In 2014 the Big Stories platform will extend to the Asia Pacific region. Working in partnership with Asia Pacific–based filmmakers, local communities and villages, we’ll explore big issues like climate change, scarcity of resources and sustaining cultural identity. Production Big Stories Company Pty Ltd Phone: 03 8844 9499 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 5 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Bill Frisell, History, Mystery Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary Arts & Crafts Emma Franz Emma Franz Emma Franz Bill Frisell 90 A mid-career, intimate portrait of one of the most influential and creative artists of our time, guitarist Bill Frisell. Post-Production In The Sprocket Productions Phone: 03 9347 0754 In The Sprocket Productions Phone: 03 9347 0754 Films Transit International Phone: 51 4844 3358 Blind Man Driving Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Arts & Crafts, Health Atalanti Dionysus Atalanti Dionysus Atalanti Dionysus Andrew Follows 60 This is the story about an incredibly brave human being doing incredible work. An inspirational story about living with vision impairment and having no limitations, his positive attitude toward life is infectious, his photographs are breathtaking, his goals in life, boundless. Andrew Follows is going blind. In the meantime he is wasting no time, as a professional photographer he is conquering and achieving goals we only ever dream of. Post-Production VIC Our World Vision International Sales Contact Blown Away Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Rachel Clements, James Bradley Danielle MacLean Danielle MacLean 57 The untold story of Cyclone Tracy 40 years on, exploring the myths and revealing new perspectives on one of the worst natural disasters in Australia's history. Production Brindle Films Pty Ltd Phone: 08 8953 5909 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 6 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Blue Zoo Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Documentary Children's Sally Browning, Dean Cropp Sally Browning, Gary Doust Sally Browning, Dean Cropp Aurea, Bailey, Ivy, Tallann, Sophie, Darragh, Dana, Jaymin 312 BLUE ZOO gives eight remarkable Australian and Irish teenagers the adventure of a lifetime! The Marine 8 Rookies will be trained to take over the key roles at an Australian animal conservation park to become elite marine experts. United by their love for animals and conservation of our oceans, the interns will take on the daily responsibilities of caring for the dolphins, turtles and seals. Over six weeks the teenagers will learn about each other's cultures, make new friendships and take on challenges they will never forget. Post-Production NSW Air Pig Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9904 5557 Flame Distribution Phone: +61 2 8065 4899 Flame Distribution Phone: +61 2 8065 4899 Call Me Dad Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Madeleine Hetherton, Rebecca Barry, Ester Harding Sophie Wiesner Sophie Wiesner 57 In the midst of a silent yet devastating epidemic of fatherlessness, CALL ME DAD is a film about fathers with broken families whose children are gone. Now, through a men’s program, they each have the chance to regain what’s lost, to transform himself and earn another shot at the title, ‘Dad’. Production Media Stockade Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 7 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Cambodian Space Project: Not Easy Rock n' Roll, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary Cultures - Australian, Cultures - International, Performing Arts Richard Kuipers, Marc Eberle Marc Eberle Marc Eberle 57 When wandering Australian musician Julien Poulson meets Cambodian karaoke singer Srey Thy, the result is a cross-cultural rollercoaster and the birth of multicultural rock band The Cambodian Space Project. Filmed over four years and told from the inside, this is the story of two struggling performers whose rise from obscurity, poverty and trauma to relative fame is a psychedelic journey into rock'n'roll– where nothing is ever easy. Post-Production Flaming Star Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9419 8097 Cat&Docs Phone: +33 1 83 97 05 46 Cocaine Prison Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Cultures - International Daniel Fallshaw, Violeta Ayala Violeta Ayala Violeta Ayala 76 Inside Bolivia’s craziest prison, an unlikely friendship develops between a young, ambitious trafficker and a middle aged cocaine worker fighting for release, personifying the country’s love affair with cocaine. Post-Production UNF Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9365 7321 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 8 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Conquest of Space Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Arts & Crafts, Science & Technology Simon Frost, Rachel Griffiths Simon Frost Andrew Frost 27 CONQUEST OF SPACE: SCIENCE FICTION & CONTEMPORARY ART. investigates a simple question: how does the visual imagination of science fiction influence contemporary art? The program begins with examples of recent work by Australian artists who have been influenced by science fiction – including the striking video works of Ms&Mr; and Sam Smith, and the paintings of Sam Leach, Shalini Jardin and Madeline Kelly, and the collages of Deborah Kelly, among others. Post-Production DLF187 Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Crack Up Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary Health, Performing Arts Sally Wortley Amelia Paxman Amelia Paxman 29 Prepare to witness the power of comedy. David Granirer, a veteran stand-up comedian, has a niche market for his comedy classes — people with mental illness, and he’s coming to Australia to change the lives of 12 people. They’ll be pushed beyond their limits to deliver an outstanding show to a sold-out audience in Melbourne’s CBD. We follow three hopefuls on this incredible journey. Post-Production Wild Fury Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9212 1135 Wild Fury Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9212 1135 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 9 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Death of a Salesman: The Greatest Story Never Sold Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary 110 Witness the amazing true story of Filmmaker Matt Norman as he loses his family home through the Australian courts. Self-represented, the filmmaker becomes a full time law student as he takes his case through every court in Australia, all the way up to the High Court. The National Australia Bank knew it was lying, the courts knew they were lying and yet did nothing but stand by to watch this bank tear down a family. The evidence mounts as Norman looks for answers to Australia’s biggest frauds in history. Production Wingman Pictures Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Driving My Mother Sane Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Katrina Lucas Paul Gallasch Paul Gallasch 60 DRIVING MY MOTHER SANE is Director Paul Gallasch's extraordinarily personal account of returning home to his mentally ill mother, in an attempt to placate his everburdensome sense of responsibility and decide whether he should continue to live overseas or move back home to Adelaide permanently. In doing so Paul embarks on an emotional journey into his mother's past, her mental health practices, Australian suburban culture, psychedelic drugs, post-traumatic stress, the separation of family and ultimately his own mental health. Production Hill Street Production Pty Ltd Hill Street Production Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 10 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Firing the Magic Bullet Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary Judy Rymer Judy Rymer Judy Rymer 52 In the coming months, two Australian scientists at the cutting edge of cancer research take their successful trials from the animal kingdom to humans. Ten years of scientific and business struggle is on the line. As they juggle the science, big pharmas, clinicians and investors, we reveal how hard it is to get science to market, even though this discovery could revolutionise cancer treatment. Post-Production Rymer Childs Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9552 2400 Off The Fence BV Phone: 205200222 First Contact Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey Ronan Sharkey Jacob Hickey 156 To the vast majority of Australians, Aboriginal Australia is invisible. Out of sight. Out of mind. FIRST CONTACT is a 3 x 52 min constructed documentary series that takes a group of six ordinary citizens and immerses them into Aboriginal Australia. Through a journey of conflict and discovery, light is shone on a hidden and divided nation. Stereotypes are smashed. Lives are changed. It’s a small step down a very long road to understanding and engagement between two deeply divided worlds. Post-Production Blackfella Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9380 4000 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 11 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Frackman, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary Environment & Conservation Trish Lake, Simon Nasht, Richard Todd Richard Todd Sarah Rossetti, John Collee 90 A smouldering resentment has turned conservative country people to civil disobedience. Politicians are caught off guard, not knowing who to support. Coal Seam gas is forcing us to ask difficult questions about our way of life and what we value. Into this maelstrom of conflict and passions ventures the Frackman and his filmmaker mate. They take a quixotic journey through the landscape and lives being torn apart by our desperate search for energy. Post-Production QLD Freshwater Productions Pty Limited Phone: 07 3252 4551 Hopscotch Films Phone: 02 8303 3800 Smith & Nasht Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9918 9688 Cargo Entertainment Phone: 1 646 354 7160 Frank Gehry's Treehouse Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Helen Vatsikopoulos Sally Aitken Helen Vatsikopoulos 60 Drawing on a life’s work defined by controversial and ground-breaking ideas, the world’s greatest architect creates his first Australian building in Sydney – where debate already rages over whether it will be an eyesore or icon. Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 12 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Franz Stampfl Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary 55 Wingman Pictures, is proud to announce that we are currently in production on a documentary film about one of Australia's most respected athletic coaches. This film won't bother telling the overly told story of how Franz coached the man that broke the four minute mile, nor will it tell the story of how he made Olympic Stars shine. This is the exclusive story told by those he loved and cared about, those who knew the real man but also a story told of such courage and sacrifice that will make you question your own life’s meaning. Production Wingman Pictures Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Freedom Stories Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Lisa Horler Steve Thomas 75 FREEDOM STORIES is a multi-platform documentary project exploring the contribution being made to Australian society by former asylum seekers who arrived by boat around 2001 – the year of political controversy over the MV Tampa, the Pacific solution, the children overboard affair and the SIEV X disaster. Post-Production Flying Carpet Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9685 9018 International Sales Contact Gallery of Everyday Things Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Paul Barron, Freddie Yeo 240 The extraordinary stories behind the ordinary things we use in everyday modern life. Post-Production Infinite Frameworks Pte Ltd Phone: +65 6222 7888 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 13 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Great Australian Fly, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Sally Ingleton Tosca Looby Sally Ingleton, Tosca Looby 52 As Aussie as meat pies and footy, the humble fly is Australia’s most annoying and enduring icon. Ever present at BBQs, they’ve even created a renowned Aussie salute. Our battle to zap them has spawned an entire pesticide industry and kept scientists busy for decades. The fly has influenced everything from fashion to farming and food, and legend has it, even the Aussie accent. But a closer look reveals the wretched Australian fly is more than just a pest. How has this fascinating and biologically complex creature helped shaped Australia and its people? Production 360 Degree Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 8669 0540 International Sales Contact Great Australian Race Riot, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Alan Erson Sally Aitken, Mike Bluett Alan Erson 180 Accommodated by none of our national myths, major race riots are a distinctive and enduring part of the way Australia works. Always big news at the time, they inhabit only the margins of history – until now. This major history series not only reclaims the dramatic stories, heroes and villains of tribe-on-tribe street fighting, but also reframes key riots as a vicious but vital part of our polity and progress. Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 14 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Hell No We Won't Go Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary History & Politics - Australian, Social Issues & Community Larry Zetlin, Chris Carroll Larry Zetlin Chris Carroll 57 In the 1960's and 70's a small group of Australians agitated for the end of conscription of young men to serve in the Vietnam War. This small group became a mass movement that caused the Menzies era Liberal/Country Party to lose power. This documentary looks at the personal cost of the activists by resisting conscription. Production QLD Gulliver Media Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 07 3262 2400 International Sales Contact Homesick Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Lisa Horler, Mick Cummins Mick Cummins Mick Cummins 84 The lives of Sue, Grant, Lee and Ingrid take a turn for the better when they are told their rooming houses are to be converted to independent living bedsits. They are to be a part of a unique social housing initiative that will allow them to escape the chaos and violence of rooming houses. Finally they have a chance to establish a proper home for themselves where they can re-build their lives. Post-Production Licketty Split Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9481 7238 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 15 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. In the Land of Wolves Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Brian McKenzie Grace McKenzie 90 A gentle weave portraying the inhabitants of a small village in the Caucasus mountains that seemingly is lost in time. The story teller is the most progressive of the farmers, the deaf and dumb Jimmy. Around him are his animals, his steadfast parents and a village of subsistence farmers. Emzari is the Ossetian boy who wants to be a tractor mechanic, Ruslan is the wayward Chechnyan who wants to start a tourist venture, Jean Jauqes the french baker with plans for a biodynamic farming culture. What will happen with each of these hopes and dreams and how will the old villagers respond to the shake up? Production Brian William McKenzie Phone: 03 9817 1594 International Sales Contact Inside the Inferno - The Science of Bushfires Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Environment & Conservation, Science & Technology Marcus Gillezeau, Ellenor Cox Max Bourke Simon Nasht 104 INSIDE THE INFERNO takes us into the terrifying heart of a major fire event, unfolding the many layers of knowledge that explain how fires start, grow and change; how we predict them, prevent them, fight them and hopefully survive these violent natural disasters. This is the most comprehensive examination of science of big fires ever attempted, filmed using ground-breaking techniques that reveal the awesome power of fires and the immense effort that goes into fighting them. Production NSW Smith & Nasht Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9918 9688 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 16 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. It's Not About the Sex Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Social Issues & Community Welfare Andrew Guy Andrew Guy, Ben Brockwell-Jones 90 From the age of 4, Anna knew she was a boy and asked her mother if there was something she could do about it. 25 years later, Anna began her transition to become Andrew and invited a camera in to document the experience. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SEX explores Andy's transition on every level - from the dramatic physical changes to his emotional, spiritual and philosophical growth; and the stark shifts with friends, family and society at large. Production NSW On The Stare International Sales Contact John and Tim Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Nick Bird, Eleanor Sharpe Nick Bird Nick Bird, Eleanor Sharpe 90 At a prestigious Catholic boys school in Melbourne 1975, arty and flamboyant Tim Conigrave fell madly in love with John Caleo, the captain of the football team. Their operatic romance lasted for 16 years, facing disapproval, infidelity, separation, and the looming shadow of the grim reaper. Their relationship has been immortalized in Tim Conigrave's posthumous autobiography Holding the Man, which has been read and loved by millions worldwide. This is the true story of how Romeo met Romeo and what happened ever after. Post-Production Waterbyrd Filmz Production Group Pty Ltd Phone: 13 0061 9244 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 17 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Kids Unplugged Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Alex Tarney, Tosca Looby Tosca Looby, Alex Tarney Tosca Looby 57 'Over parenting' is now endemic to middle Australia. We're madly pushing, polishing and protecting our kids. The result seems to be children who are at a loss when there's a half hour gap in their schedule and a generation of permanently frazzled parents. What happens when world-renowned advocate for changing the pace of parenting, Carl Honore, enters three Australian family homes where gadgets rule and fast is the only speed? He unplugs the kids and adults. He throws out their schedules and replaces the race with a journey. Pre-Production 360 Degree Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 8669 0540 International Sales Contact Life on the Reef Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Nick Robinson Nick Robinson Matthew Tomaszewski 171 The Great Barrier Reef is one of the richest and most complex natural ecosystems on earth. Home to a stunning array of animals, from microscopic plankton to 100-tonne whales, it is one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. LIFE ON THE REEF combines the strongest elements of observational documentary storytelling with blue chip natural history, presenting unique, fresh and authentic stories of Australia’s greatest natural icon, through the eyes, actions, challenges and adventures of the rangers, Traditional Owners, police and scientists. Post-Production Eye Spy Productions Pty Ltd Trading As Northern Pictures Phone: 02 9420 3934 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 18 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Life Unexpected, A: The Man Behind the Miracle Mile Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Sports & Recreations Sally McLean, Ben Steel Sally McLean Sally McLean 90 A LIFE UNEXPECTED: THE MAN BEHIND THE MIRACLE MILE is the untold, true story of the world-renowned athletics coach Franz Stampfl - shining a light on an unsung hero of the sporting and motivational arenas, a man who inspired others to strive for excellence in their own lives and careers with wisdom, laughter and his own life experience. Production Finish Line Films Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Long Road Ahead Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood, Jules Fortune Roger Power 44 LONG ROAD AHEAD is an observational documentary that follows road train drivers who battle against the odds to transport crucial supplies across Australia’s toughest environments. It will capture all the high and lows of the job as well as providing a fascinating insight into a rarely seen world of high stakes, colourful characters, and extreme conditions, great feats of engineering, endurance, dogged determination and sheer brute strength. Production Prospero Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 08 9336 6006 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 19 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Maddie's Tough Jobs Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Daniel Joyce, Alan Erson Madeleine Parry 87 Old Growth Forest Logger, Pimp, Abortion Clinic Worker… Madeleine Parry has a go at doing the jobs that create the thorny dilemmas of our time. At 23 she looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but Maddie’s got more mongrel than a hungry dingo and a disarming frankness that no one sees coming. In each episode Maddie does a different job, and charts the practical and ethical challenges she faces Production SA Projector Films Pty Ltd Phone: 04 3981 8352 International Sales Contact Masterminds: The State of the Union Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Arts & Crafts, Cultures - Australian Corey Baudinette Corey Baudinette Bruce Beresford, Eva Omer, Robert Connolly, Jan Chapman, Scott Hicks, Lawrence Turman, Lynda Obst, James McTeigue, David Court, Marian Macgowan, Kerry Heysen, Adam Elliot An interactive feature documentary looking at the evolving director - producer relationship, and how a rapidly changing industry impacts the creative process of feature film making. Featuring in-depth interviews with leading Australian producers and directors working independently and in the studio system, authors and industry commentators. Post-Production NSW Radiant Films International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 20 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Matter of Looking, A Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Amanda (Mandy) King Amanda (Mandy) King Kathy Drayton 52 Clement Meadmore has been described as Australia’s greatest modernist sculptor, yet in 1963, at the age of 34, he left Australia for New York, returning only twice in 45 years. When Meadmore died in 2005, he left behind a body of sculpture installed across the US and in Japan, with only a few, yet significant public pieces in Australia. Yet despite this international recognition, Australia is shamefully slow to embrace his work. This documentary will seek to reclaim and reinstate Meadmore as one of this country's most significant sculptors. Post-Production Frontyard Films Phone: 02 9660 1059 International Sales Contact Mental Patient, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary 55 Wingman Pictures presents a documentary film that opens up the reality of mental disease. Gone are the days of being burnt at the stake for being "Mental", or is it? This documentary film examines in detail the main or most well-known mental diseases. It also looks at the medical and social issues relating to pill popping, suicide and diagnosis. We have collected well established doctors, mental health experts, patients and critics of Mental Disease awareness and care. We also speak to the people who suffer from what could be seen as a gift or a burden to some. An amazing insight into Mental Disease. Production Wingman Pictures Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 21 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Mother with a Gun Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Documentary John Lewis, Jeni McMahon, Lizzette Atkins Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels 90 Archetypal good Jewish girl Shelley, escapes family expectations by falling in love with the leader of America’s most active terrorist organization. Thrust into a world that walks the line between activism and terrorism, Shelley faces alienation from her family, then the imprisonment and violent death of her friends, her husband and ultimately her son. Shattered by this experience, Shelley must 30 years later, rebuild her own life. But before this, old debts must be paid. She must find a new leader for the Jewish Defence League. Her choice gives someone else the top job and all the perils associated with violent extremism ... or does it? Post-Production Unicorn Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9534 3359 The Film Sales Company Phone: 21 2481 5020 Night Parrot Stories Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Mitzi Goldman Robert Nugent Robert Nugent 55 Somewhere in the remote deserts of central Australia there lives an elusive nocturnal bird called the Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). For 75 years many thought it extinct. But in May 2013 a Queensland birder found and photographed a night parrot. The Night Parrot, in its enigmatic obscurity, remains a creature capable of invoking strong passions, controversy, and visions of the sublime. NIGHT PARROT STORIES looks at perspectives on one of Australia's most enigmatic and mysterious creatures, which has recently been rediscovered. Production QLD Looking Glass Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9008 7223 Looking Glass Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9008 7223 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 22 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. On the Banks of the Tigris Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Cultures - International, Performing Arts, Social Issues & Marsha Emerman Marsha Emerman Marsha Emerman, Majid Shokor 56 ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS celebrates Iraqi music and the power of culture to unite people across religious boundaries. It tells the story of Majid Shokor, an IraqiAustralian from a Muslim background who seeks the source of songs he loves and discovers a hidden history - the Jewish role in Iraqi music. The film follows Majid's journey to uncover this history and to meet Iraqi musicians of all faiths who sing and play these songs today. Post-Production VIC Fruitful Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9889 1717 International Sales Contact Only the Dead Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary War Patrick McDonald, Michael Ware Michael Ware, Bill Guttentag Patrick McDonald, Michael Ware Michael Ware 90 Michael Ware, an Australian journalist for CNN and Time Magazine, is transplanted into the Middle East by the reverberations of 9/11. He undertakes a journey through the deepest recesses of the Iraq War and finds a darkness lurking in his own heart that he never knew was there. Post-Production Wolfhound Pictures Pty Ltd Cinetic Media Phone: 21 2204 7979 Wolfhound Pictures Pty Ltd Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 23 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Opposition, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Rebecca Barry, Madeleine Hetherton Hollie Fifer 70 THE OPPOSITION tells the story of Paga Hill – the luscious mountain peninsula of Port Moresby with splendid views on three sides that sink into crystal blue waterfronts. This is the site for unfolding drama; the paradise everyone wants to claim. Production Media Stockade Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Ordinary Wonderlands Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Karina Astrup Penny Vozniak Penny Vozniak 85 Filmed over eight years, ORDINARY WONDERLANDS is the story of the world's first real-life superheroes - Squeegeeman, Captain Jackson, The Queen of Hearts and Polarman. Bridging reality and fantasy they live a double-life as costumed, unlikely saviours in the real world. However, it's a complex existence - forcing a choice between the life they're expected to live and the one they've created. Can we become what we pretend to be? ORDINARY WONDERLANDS is a 21st century fairytale about our quest for an authentic experience of life. Post-Production House of Gary Pty Ltd Phone: 07 3102 3150 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 24 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Outback ER Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Bob Campbell, Jennifer Collins, Simon Steel Tony de la Pena 200 The new Screentime series OUTBACK ER has exclusive access to the hospital Emergency Department in one of Australia’s most diverse locations, the red earth outback of Broken Hill. The emergency departments of outback hospitals have lists of cases unlike their big city counterparts. Yes there’s the usual car accidents, drug and alcohol problems, heart attacks and sporting injuries, but there are also a few more distinctive complaints like deadly snake bites, sick tourists who don’t speak English, miners tumbling down deep shafts, high speed car rollovers, semi-trailer accidents, livestock attacking farmers and kangaroos through windscreens. Pre-Production Screentime Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9439 4911 International Sales Contact Penguin Diaries Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary Environment & Conservation, Wildlife & Natural History Chris Carroll Chris Carroll, Clare Thomson Chris Carroll, Clare Thomson 55 It’s life on the edge in Antarctica. This summer in one of the fastest warming areas on the planet join a family of Adélie Penguins in a quest to make a chick against the odds. Production Gulliver Media Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 07 3262 2400 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 Pioneers, Soldiers & Renegades: The Story of Australian Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Nick Bird, Eleanor Sharpe Nick Bird, Eleanor Sharpe Eleanor Sharpe 84 Production Health Media Australia Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 25 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Priscilla: Monster in a Party Frock Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Jen (Jennifer) Peedom, Jo-anne McGowan, Jason Burrows Paul Clarke Paul Clarke 57 This is the story behind one of the world’s most loved films; about three unlikely hero(ine)s from a backwater at the arse-end of the world daring to step up from the shadows in their shimmering sequined glory and be counted. It’s the story of how a low-budget Australian film about three cocks-in-frocks changed the course of history and loudly and proudly brought a celebration of gay culture to the world that continues to resonate twenty years on. Pre-Production Jungleboys FTV Pty Limited Phone: 02 9357 5566 International Sales Contact Putuparri Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Series Documentary John Moore Nicole Ma Nicole Ma 104 Tom ‘Putuparri’ Lawford is an Aboriginal man struggling to reconcile his life in the modern world with his destiny as a cultural leader of his people. With his family’s cultural heritage at risk of being lost forever, Putuparri’s grandfather takes him on three epic journeys into the remote Great Sandy Desert. Each time, Putuparri learns more about his grandfather’s early life and the rainmaking ceremonies that connect him to his country. Putuparri comes to understand the spiritual significance of these ceremonies and his own responsibility for their survival. This realisation marks his passage from rebellious young man to inspirational leader. Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Post-Production WA Sensible Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9014 7820 International Sales Contact Sensible Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9014 7820 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 26 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Queen of Comedy Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Catherine Dyson, Sarah Royds Barbara Karpinski 52 QUEEN OF COMEDY is about the life of Mary Hardy, one of the pioneer figures of women in the Australian media. She was a TV comedian, Logie winner and talk show host revered and reviled, famous and infamous for her irreverent, razor sharp wit. QUEEN OF COMEDY is a feature documentary about the serious side of being funny and female. Post-Production International Sales Contact Quolls - Fast and Furious Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Environment & Conservation, Wildlife & Natural History Alberto Vale Alberto Vale 50 The Spotted-tail Quoll, the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial mammal currently living in mainland Australia. Endangered with few as 500 individuals possibly known to be only in existence, we investigate their secretive and short life span of three years in their remote and extremely isolated populations amongst the cloud forests of the North Queensland Wet Tropics. Spotted-tail Quoll, secretive, non gregarious and highly mobile. QUOLLS - FAST AND FURIOUS, before it’s too late... Production QLD WildCam Australia Phone: 07 4057 6272 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 27 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Sam Klemke’s Time Machine Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Rebecca Summerton Matthew Bate Matthew Bate 85 Sam Klemke is almost unique in human history. In 1977 aged 17 the obsessive amateur filmmaker set out to record himself every year until he died. Set against the tumultuous last 50 years of world history, we see Sam grow up on film from optimistic brace-toothed teen, to self-important 20 year old, into an obese, self-doubting 30-something and onwards into his philosophical 50’s. As he questions his own existence what will we learn about our own lives and mortality from this everyman time traveller? Post-Production Closer Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 08 8361 3933 International Sales Contact Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Danny Ben-Moshe Danny Ben-Moshe Danny Ben-Moshe 75 SHALOM BOLLYWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF INDIAN CINEMA is an all singing, all dancing documentary about the world’s most successful film industry. Production Identity Films and Productions Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 28 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary Travel & Adventure Bridget Ikin, John Smithson, John Maynard Jen (Jennifer) Peedom Jen (Jennifer) Peedom 90 In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the world in an act that symbolised everything good about human cooperation. Sixty years later, a confrontation high up the mountain between Western climbers and a mob of angry Sherpas makes global news. Experience the dangerous tensions of an Everest expedition from the Sherpas’ perspective. Post-Production Felix Media Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9319 7011 Footprint Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9646 4553 NBC Universal Television Phone: 81 8840 4444 Skullbone Plains Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Kathryn Symmons, Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas 56 Some of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary artistsare immersed in the remote ancient lands of Skullbone Plains. From the inspiration that comes from the retreat to exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TMAG, this is a rich and surprising journey that embraces landscape, isolation and the creative process. Could this be a new model that marries arts and environmental funding, remarkable artists forging a connection for us all with wild lands? Post-Production Roar Film Pty Ltd Phone: 03 6224 5222 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 29 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Snow Monkey Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Lizzette Atkins, Torstein Grude George Gittoes 90 Acclaimed filmmaker George Gittoes, director of Soundtrack to War, Rampage and Love City Jalalabad, brings his What the World Needs Now! trilogy to a close with SNOW MONKEY. Filmed in Afghanistan through 2014 when foreign forces leave and an internal power struggle begins, it is about whether the ideals and dreams fostered during the time of foreign military occupation can continue once outside protection has gone. SNOW MONKEY is a beautiful, humane, surrealist and no-holds-barred story from one of documentary cinema’s most exciting and daring visionaries. Production Snow Monkey SPV Pty Ltd International Sales Contact So Yesterday Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Lisa Shaunessy, Richard Kelly Seth Larney Richard Kelly 100 SO YESTERDAY is a four-part documentary series that investigates how trends and subcultures grow, travel and evolve in the context of Australia in the Information Age. Pre-Production Yesterday’s Gone Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 30 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Songs from the Inside Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Cultures - Australian, Performing Arts Kelrick Martin, Ron Saunders Kelrick Martin Kelrick Martin 55 SONGS FROM THE INSIDE is a 55-minute TV documentary exploring the experiences of five prisoners living inside the walls of Berrimah Prison. With a holding capacity of over 800, Berrimah is the Northern Territory’s largest prison. Nearly 85% of inmates are Indigenous. We’ll see and experience, through song, what it is like on a day-to-day basis to be in the prison, out of sight and mind of contemporary Australia. Production Beyond West Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Struggle Street Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Leonie Lowe, David Galloway, Olivia Rousset Nicholas Searle 156 Poverty and social disadvantage are things we usually associate with the Third World. But in areas of western Sydney - on the margins of Australia’s most affluent city thousands of families and individuals are struggling to get by. In this 3-part observationaldocumentary series to be filmed over a six- month period, we’ll go beyond the tabloid headlines and into the lives of a cross-section of residents living in some of the most under-resourced communities in the Mt Druitt area.Through their stories and voices, we’ll shed a light on a range of complex issues – from housing and employment, to problems of addiction and family breakdown. But against that backdrop of disadvantage, we’ll also witness the triumphs and joys that still emerge despite overwhelming odds. Pre-Production Keo Films Australia Pty Ltd International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 31 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. That Sugar Film Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Nick Batzias, Rory Williamson Damon Gameau Rory Williamson, Damon Gameau, Gareth Davies 90 An engaging and saccharine ride exploring what really happens when a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. THAT SUGAR FILM is a delightful combination of academia, irreverence, experiment, celebrity, science and vibrant entertainment. It will have a significant impact on the way the public views the most dominant food item in the world and then help them to start a new life without it. Post-Production Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9261 9200 International Sales Contact Tyke: Elephant Outlaw Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore 80 TYKE: ANIMAL OUTLAW tells the story of a circus elephant’s rampage that shook a city and raised fundamental questions about our connection to other species. Production Jumping Dog Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9365 3835 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 32 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Sonya Pemberton Wain Fimeri Wain Fimeri 180 Legends have it there’s a world beneath this one. They say that’s where the Dragon sleeps. Warm. Coiled. Ready to spring. They say she breathes fire. They say her wings might envelope the Earth. They say be careful if you wake the Dragon. The year 2015 is the 70th anniversary of the most profound change in the history of human enterprise; the unleashing of the elemental force within Uranium, the unleashing of the Dragon. Production Genepool Productions Phone: 03 9646 6678 International Sales Contact Vietnam ANZACS Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Short Documentary History & Politics - Australian, Social Issues & Community Jenny Day, David Bradbury David Bradbury David Bradbury 57 VIETNAM ANZACS tells the story of the 1968 battles of Coral and Balmoral, some of the soldiers who fought in them, and the psychological scars they have been wearing ever since. Production NSW Battle Of Balmoral Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9499 5980 Battle Of Balmoral Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9499 5980 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 33 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Walking with Martyrs Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Cultures - International, History & Politics - International, Amin Palangi Amin Palangi Amin Palangi 75 Amin Palangi grew up in the shadow of the glory of the Iran-Iraq war, and with the fantasy of one day visiting the iconic murals that his father painted during the war in a mosque in the city of Khorramshahr. But before he had a chance to do so, his family left Iran. Almost twenty years later his dream comes true when he meets a couple who are taking people on a war-pilgrimage, called Rahyan-e Nour to visit battle-sites, including the mosque. But the journey transforms itself and Amin in the most unexpected ways. Production Palangi Productions International Sales Contact Waves of ANZAC Cove Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary Alan Erson, Owen Hughes Tony Krawitz Alan Erson, Owen Hughes Sam Neill 90 Sam Neill explores the Anzac century, beginning with his own family’s long involvement in wars, and discovers how the Anzac story continues to capture the hearts of two countries a hundred years on from Gallipoli. Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 34 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Weird and Wonderful: The Rise and Fight of the Disability Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Short Documentary Sarah Barton Sarah Barton Sarah Barton 55 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL, a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the rise and fight of the disability rights movement from the late 1960s until today. Why did people with disabilities rise up and start complaining about their lot? Who were the leaders of this rights movement and how did they get this message out? Post-Production Fertile Films Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9510 9575 International Sales Contact What's the Catch? Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Documentary Stephen Oliver Stephen Oliver, Rachel Hardie Michael O’Neill, Matthew Evans, Stephen Oliver 156 The gourmet farmer Matthew Evans embarks on a voyage of discovery to reveal the complex, and sometimes shocking, truths behind the seafood Australians produce and consume. Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 SBS International Phone: 02 9430 3975 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 35 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Winter at Westbeth Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Adam Farrington-Williams Rohan Spong 75 Amongst the original occupants of a New York artist housing project known as Westbeth, modern dancers Edith Stephen and Dudley Williams recall their glory days training and performing with the likes of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham and Alvin Ailey. Well into her twilight years, Edith has shifted her focus to experimental filmmaking, with hopes of completing her first feature by her 95th birthday. Dudley, 75, now teaches the next generation of dancers the technique of modern dance, having been forced into retirement a few years ago at the age of 68. As winter descends on Westbeth, Dudley and Edith's passion to perform continues unabated as they prepare for life's final curtain call. Production Unicorn Films SPV PTY LTD Phone: 03 9699 3677 International Sales Contact Women He's Undressed Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Feature Documentary Damien Parer Gillian Armstrong Katherine Thomson 90 Orry-Kelly designed costumes for Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda, Bette Davis and Ava Gardner during the boom years of Hollywood. His films included Some Like It Hot, Casablanca, Now Voyager and Oklahoma!. This feature-length documentary celebrates the colourful life of Australia's greatest Oscar®-winner. Post-Production Damien Parer Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9519 0271 Hollywood Classics Phone: 442074247280 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 36 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Zach's Ceremony Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Feature Documentary Alec Doomadgee, Dan Goldberg Aaron Petersen Sarah Linton 90 ZACH'S CEREMONY reflects the modern-day struggle for many Indigenous kids who grow up in urban environments, as it follows the cultural crisis of a boy, raised in suburban Sydney, who seeks to reconnect with his tribal roots and become an Aboriginal man. Post-Production Postbox Sydney International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 37 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Banished Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama Sita Williams Jeffrey Walker, Dan Percival Jimmy McGovern, Shaun Duggan Myanna Buring, Russell Tovey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Joanna Vanderham, Orla Brady, Ned Dennehy, Nick Moss, David Walmsley, Rory McCann, Tim McCunn, Ewen Bremner, Genevieve O’Reilly, David Wenham, Joseph Millson, David Dawson, Cal MacAninch, Ryan Corr, Adam Nagaitis, Jordan Patrick-Smith, Brooke Harman 420 The lives, loves, relationships and battle for survival, of a group of convicts, the marines that guard them, and the men who govern them, in the initial weeks after landing in Australia in 1788. Production NSW RSJ Films Phone: +44(0)161 686 BBC Worldwide Australia Phone: 02 9744 4500 BBC Worldwide Phone: 20 8433 2000 Childhood's End Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Science Fiction Jeffrey Hayes, Brett Popplewell Nick Hurran A new US science fiction television miniseries based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel, CHILDHOOD'S END and follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords. Pre-Production VIC Universal Cable Productions International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 1 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Deadline Gallipoli Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama, Historical, War Penny Chapman, John Schwarz, Jacqueline Perske Michael Rymer Jacqueline Perske, Cate Shortland, Shaun Grant, Stuart Beattie Sam Worthington, Hugh Dancy, Joel Jackson, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Ewen Leslie, Jessica De Gouw, Anna Torv, James Fraser, Charles Dance 188 DEADLINE GALLIPOLI brings together the high-octane drama of the battlefront and the personal journeys of the soldiers who have signed up for a war they believe will be glorious. It is the untold story of the journalists – Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Phillip Schuler & Keith Murdoch – who find themselves appalled by how the battle is being managed. They are flawed human beings, workaholics, and womanisers, but each is profoundly affected by the bravery and wholesale slaughter he witnesses. Post-Production SA Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8248 6800 NBC Universal Television Phone: 81 8840 4444 NBC Universal Television Phone: 81 8840 4444 Doctor Blake Mysteries, The series 3 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast MiniSeries Drama Crime, Mystery Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Production VIC December Media Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9699 8911 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 2 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Gallipoli Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama, War John Edwards, Imogen Banks, Robert Connolly Glendyn Ivin Christopher Lee Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, James Callis, Tom Budge, Lincoln Lewis, Matt Nable, Anthony Hayes, Lachy Hulme, Ashleigh Cummings, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Travis Jeffery, Sam Parsonson, Justine Clarke 480 The greatest invasion in the history of warfare was to become a diabolical failure – an eight-month siege where the bravery of Anzac troops was squandered. But in doing so a legend, and a nation, were born. Post-Production VIC Endemol Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 61 2 9902 8555 Endemol Worldwide Distribution Phone: 02 9202 8555 Endemol Worldwide Distribution Phone: 02 9202 8555 Glitch Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon, Ewan Burnett Tony Ayres, Kris Mrksa, Louise Fox, Giula Sandler 342 GLITCH is a supernatural series set in the small Victorian town of Rochester which erupts into mayhem when six previously deceased town members suddenly and inexplicably come back to life. Pre-Production Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8248 6800 Universal Media Studios International Limited Hiding Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama David Taylor, David Maher, Matt Ford, Diane Haddon Shawn Seet, Tori Garrett, Grant Brown Matt Ford James Stewart, Kate Jenkinson, Lincoln Younes, Olivia DeJonge, Stephen Curry, Nathan Page, Jodi Gordon, Kim Gyngell, Jacqueline McKenzie 456 A Gold Coast criminal enters witness protection, along with his dysfunctional family. He suddenly finds himself in a strange city, with a new name, a new house and a new job – in a university psychology department. Production NSW Playmaker Media Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9383 4380 Universal Pictures Australasia Phone: 02 8274 1600 ITV Studios Global Entertainment Phone: +44-20749 1441 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 3 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. House of Hancock, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama Paul Bennett, Michael Cordell, Claudia Karvan Mark Joffe Paul Bennett, Katherine Thomson Mandy McElhinney, Sam Neill, Peta Sergant 240 A sweeping saga of empires rising and falling as the world’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, fights to maintain and expand the mining dynasty left to her by her father, whilst her children sue her for their share of the multi-billion dollar inheritance. Production NSW Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder International Sales Contact In Your Dreams series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Children's Noel Price Ralph Strasser Josh Mapleston, John Armstrong, Tim Gooding, Julie Miller Tessa de Josselin, David Delmenico, Kendra Appleton, Bardiya McKinnon, Mia Morrissey, Soma Pysall, Joern Knebel 624 Sam and Ben are settling back into life in Australia when their eccentric German relatives, Philipp and Lili von Hasenburg arrive unexpectedly. But things suddenly go pear shaped when Philipp is arrested and can't return to Germany. The Australian twins must then make choices that will affect the lives of everyone around them. Post-Production NSW Endemol Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 61 2 9902 8555 Endemol Worldwide Distribution Phone: 02 9202 8555 Endemol Worldwide Distribution Phone: 44 087 033 1700 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 4 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Kettering Incident, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Crime, Mystery Vincent Sheehan Rowan Woods, Tony Krawitz Victoria Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland, Louise Fox Elizabeth Debicki, Matt Le Nevez, Brad Kannegiesser, Alison Whyte, Katie Robertson, Marcus Hensley, Nathan Spencer, Kris McQuade, Matthew Burton 376 When two girls mysteriously disappear in identical circumstances in the wilds of Tasmania 15 years apart, Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to both cases. To clear her name, Anna must delve into her troubled past and face some truths about herself and the otherworldly nature of this gothic land. Production TAS Porchlight Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9326 9916 Jetty Distribution Phone: 02 9326 9916 BBC Worldwide Phone: 20 8433 2000 Killing Field, The part 2 TBC Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Sarah Smith, Chris Martin-Jones Lynn Hegarty Rebecca Gibney 360 A six-part thriller TV series based on the telemovie THE KILLING FIELD, starring Rebecca Gibney. Production NSW International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 5 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Love Child series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama Tom Hoffie, Tim Pye Shawn Seet, Geoff Bennett, Lynn-Maree Danzey Cathryn Strickland, Jane Allen, Tim Pye, Tamara Asmar, Christine McCourt Jessica Marais, Jonathan LaPaglia, Mandy McElhinney, Ella Scott Lynch, Sophie Hensser, Gracie Gilbert, Harriet Dyer, Miranda Tapsell, Matt le Nevez, Lincoln Younes 352 Series Two of LOVE CHILD begins on the eve of 1970. The final moments of the tumultuous sixties segue into the seventies, a new decade full of promise and rapid social change. Joan Millar, now a qualified obstetrician and the young mothers we have come to love are back in the heart of Kings Cross. We’ll continue with them as they fight for their rights, for self-empowerment and for each other in a world changing, but still structured to deny them. Production NSW Playmaker Media Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9383 4380 All 3 Media Pty Ltd Phone: 20 7845 4350 Mako Mermaids series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Action, Adventure, Children's, Mystery Jonathan Shiff Evan Clarry, Grant Brown Anthony Morris, Michael Joshua, Max Dann, Sam Carroll, Evan Clarry, Mark Shirrefs, Chai Romruen, Amy Ruffle, Isabel Durant, Allie Bertram, Alex Cubis, Gemma Forsyth, Kerith Atkinson 624 A new mermaid arrives convinced that Zac is a danger to mermaids everywhere, not realising that there may be another merman in town bent on seizing Mako Island for himself. Post-Production QLD Jonathan M Shiff Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9647 7200 Jonathan M Shiff Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9647 7200 ZDF Enterprises Phone: 61 3199 1247 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries series 3 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast MiniSeries Drama Crime, Drama, Mystery Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Pre-Production VIC Every Cloud Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 6680 8858 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 6 Upcoming Productions as at 2/10/2014 Cont. Principal, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama Ian Collie Kriv Stenders Kristen Dunphy, Alice Addison Alex Dimitriades 208 Synopsis A gritty adult drama that revolves around a high school in Sydney’s tough south-west where life’s lessons are more often handed down on the streets than in the classroom. Pre-Production Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 DCD Rights Phone: + 44 (0) 20 8563 9393 Secret River, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact MiniSeries Drama Drama, Historical Stephen Luby, Mark Ruse Daina Reid Jan Sardi, Mac Gudgeon Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin, Genevieve Lemon, Trevor Jamieson 200 In 1810, emancipated English convict William Thornhill stakes a claim on 100 acres of land on the remote Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, only to find that a clan of Aboriginal people also lay claim to the land, as they have done since time immemorial. Post-Production VIC Ruby Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 03 8851 4999 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 2 October 2014 ) 7 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 8MMM Aboriginal Radio Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Drama Comedy Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Anna Cadden Dena Curtis, Adrian Russell Wills Trisha Morton-Thomas, Danielle MacLean, Sonja Dare Geoff Morrell, Shari Sebbens, Ian Meadows, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Laura Hughes, Elaine Crombie, Zac James, Warren H Williams 180 8MMM Aboriginal Radio in Alice Springs runs on the smell of an oily rag, the enthusiasm of its motley Indigenous crew and the misguided intentions of the whitefellas in charge. For the 3M's of Alice Springs - the missionaries, mercenaries and misfits - saving Aboriginal people from themselves is hard work. Especially Aboriginal people who expect to be heard on the radio and in the office. Princess Pictures and Brindle Films bravely step into the vortex of Aboriginal Australia, where truth and comedy collide. Production NT Brindle Films Pty Ltd Phone: 08 8953 5909 International Sales Contact Adventures Of Bubble Bath Bay, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Carmel Travers Steven Trenbirth Clare Madsen, Kym Goldsworthy, David Witt, Cleon Prineas, Alexa Moses, Rachel Colin Friels, Samson Hyland, Frederique Sims 572 Fast-paced and full of fun and adventure, this animated series for pre-schoolers features best friends Sydney the Sailboat and Zip the trainee Water Taxi as they learn how to ride the waves of life alongside the other vessels of bustling Bubble Bath Bay. Production Bubble Bath Bay Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Essential Media and Entertainment Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8568 3100 Bejuba Entertainment Phone: +1 514 466 2899 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 1 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Suzanne Ryan Greg Ingram David Witt, Cleon Prineas, John Armstrong, Tom K. Mason, Dan Danko, Rachel Spratt, Andrew Ellis, Sash Hirra, Kirra Young, Simone Craddock, Daniel Fletcher, Dan Russell 572 Pirattitude meets silly in these riotous tales of a jam-stealin’ Captain T Rex, Stig the stegosaurus, Dippy the diplodocus, Tricky the triceratops and Terry the pterodactyl and four adventure lovin’ kids Captain Flinn, Pearl, Tom and Violet who teach them a thing or two! Production NSW SLR Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9356 4911 SLR Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9356 4911 ZDF Enterprises Phone: 61 3199 1247 Exchange Student Zero Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Comedy Bruce Kane Patrick Crawley Bruce Kane, David Witt, Shane Krause, Shayne Armstrong, Tony Wilson ACS 286 EXCHANGE STUDENT ZERO tells the story of two boys who bring an animated character from a fantasy card game to life and pass him off as an exchange student. Production Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment Pty Ltd Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Guess How Much I Love You series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Drama Jo-Anne Boag, Steve Moltzen Melanie Alexander, David Evans, Jane Schneider, Lisa Hoppe, David Witt, Tammy 286 Season Two of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU will keep love as the major theme and each adventure in the series will have a particular season as its backdrop, the wildflowers of Spring, the long, lazy days of Summer, the brilliant colours of Autumn or the frozen landscape of Winter Pre-Production SLR Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9356 4911 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 2 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Hairy Legs Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Noel Price Craig Handley Kevin Nemeth Dan Wiley, Jamie Croft, Emma Jane Hyland, Kieth Buckley 572 Hairy Legs is a boisterous fairy who's mischievous actions lead the King of Fairyland to banish him to the human world. There he must commit one hundred good deeds before he's allowed to return. Hairy teams up with ten year old Jevan and it's madness and mayhem from then on. Production NSW Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd Endemol Worldwide Distribution Phone: 44 087 033 1700 Heidi Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Barbara Stephen, Jacques Romeu Andrew Collins, Jerome Mouscadet Laurent Auclair, Sam Meikle, Cleon Prineas, Zoe Harrington Simone Hore, Peter McAllum, Beth Armstrong, Sophia Morrison, Jamie Croft 1014 Knee-high to a grasshopper, Heidi, a young orphan brunette with curly hair and the face of an angel, is brought by her aunt to the Swiss Alps to live with her grand-father, a silent and solitary old man. Taking up the challenges of her new existence, she will display all her strength and natural resources to find her rightful place in a sometimes harsh and unfriendly environment. Whether in the mountains with Peter, the goatherd, or in a Frankfurt mansion with Clara, a disabled girl confined to a wheelchair, Heidi learns the priceless value of friendship and support. Production NSW Studio 100 Animation SAS Flying Bark Productions Phone: 02 8568 5555 Studio 100 International BV Phone: +31(0)70 390 77 97 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 3 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Home and Away series 27 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Serial Drama Drama Lucy Addario Ada Nicodemou, Alec Snow, Andrew Morley, Bonnie Sveen, Bridgette Sneddon, Cassie Howarth, Charlie Clausen, Dan Ewing, Demi Harman, Emily Symons, Georgie Parker, Isabella Giovinazzo, Jackson Gallagher, Jake Speer, Jessica Grace Smith, Johnny Ruffo, Kassandra Clementi, Kyle Pryor, Lincoln Younes, Lynne McGranger, Nic Westaway, Philippa Northeast, Ray Meagher, Shane Withington, Steve Peacocke, Tai Hara, Will McDonald 5625 Examines the lives, loves, drama and heartache of the residents of Summer Bay. Production Seven Network Operations Limited Phone: 02 8777 7777 International Sales Contact KooKoo Harajuku Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Comedy Gillian Carr Ray Boseley, Brendan Luno, Tim Bain, Tania Lacy, Elizabeth Keyishian, Becky Overton, 624 Insanely talented and passionate, pop act HJ5 have never finished a concert. G, LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC and BABY adore their well-meaning, hip manager RUDIE, but he books them in some crazy places. Aliens, giant spiders, squids and dictators interrupt their concerts, but the girls struggle against all odds to bring the spirit of Harajuku to the world through music and dance. KOOKOO HARAJUKU is a collision of cultures, a grab bag of music, fashion and style. It’s a ping-pong match between East and West. Gwen Stefani and her “Harajuku Lovers” brand inspired this animated series. Production VIC Moody Street Kids Pty Ltd Phone: 03 9859 0056 DHX Media Ltd Phone: +1-416-363-8034 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 4 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Little Lunch Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Comedy Wayne Hope, Robyn Butler Wayne Hope Wayne Hope, Robyn Butler 390 A mockumentary series about what happens at snack time in the primary school playground, based on the books written by Danny Katz and illustrated by Mitch Vane. Pre-Production Gristmill Pty Ltd Australian Children's Television Foundation Phone: 03 9419 8800 Neighbours series 31 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Serial Drama Family Jason Herbison, Laurence Wilson Tony Osicka, Jo O'Shaughnessy, Gary Coneay, Chris Adshead Stephen Vagg Chris Milligan, Saskia Hampele, Alan Fletcher, Stefan Dennis, James Mason, Jackie Woodburne, Eve Morey, Ryan Moloney, Kate Kendall, Josef Brown, Calen Mackenzie, Jenna Rosenow, Tom Oliver, Colette Mann, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Kip Gamblin, Harley Bonner, Ariel Kaplan, Scott McGregor, Morgana O'Reilly, Olympia Valance, Tim Phillipps, Meyne Wyatt 7200 With a smile and a laugh and a shoulder to cry on, the people of Ramsay Street stick with each other through life's highs and lows - friends to the end and always good neighbours. Production VIC Fremantle Media International Distribution Phone: 02 9434 0666 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 5 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. New Adventures of Figaro Pho, The Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Frank Verheggen, Dan Fill, Luke Jurevicius Luke Jurevicius Mark Shirrefs, Ray Boseley, Bruce Griffiths, Charlotte Hamlyn, Tim Bain, Frank Luke Jurevicius 312 Figaro Pho has had enough of being fearful. His fears are preventing him from enjoying a fulfilling life. He has decided, once and for all, to face them and head out into the world and live! With his trusty companion Rivet by his side, surely he will succeed. But Figaro Pho’s new adventures are wilder, more surreal and more hilarious than you could ever have imagined. Production VIC Chocolate Liberation Front ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 Nowhere Boys series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Beth Frey Rachel Griffiths, Peter Salmon, Craig Irvin, Alister Grierson Roger Monk, Craig Irvin, Elise McCredie, Giula Sandler, David Hannam, Pete McTighe, Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Rahart Adams, Matt Testro 338 In Season Two ‘Jake, Sam, Andy and Felix’ soon discover that despite making their way back home the adventure hasn’t stopped and that they aren’t the only ones who crossed back into this universe. Production VIC Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8248 6800 Australian Children's Television Foundation Phone: 03 9419 8800 NBC Universal Television Phone: 81 8840 4444 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 6 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Pirate Express Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's Donna Andrews, Rob Simmons Dave Woodgate Cleon Prineas, Bruce Griffiths, Brendan Luno, Ray Boseley, Michael Drake, Cyrus Doron Bell, Gary Chalk, Ian James Corlett, James Haguchi, Alessandro Juliani, Dee Jay Jackson, Lee Tockar, Matt Cowlrick 624 Put in charge of a motley band of wild and crazy buccaneers, Poseidon’s youngest son Newt embarks on the mission of a lifetime, aboard a pirate ship sailing mysterious seas, calling on ports unknown, and attempting to tame the untamable. Join Newt and his motley menagerie of misfit mariner miscreants as they travel the 7 Seas and beyond, spreading comedy… and CHAOS! Production Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9692 8732 Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9692 8732 Breakthrough Entertainment Prisoner Zero Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Science Fiction Joshua Campbell Sean Zwan, Joshua Campbell Gary Russell Alexander Vlahos, Sophie Wu, Gary Martin, Toby Longworth, John Schwab 624 Gem Coll and Tag Anaton, two teenagers from different worlds, join the mysterious Prisoner Zero and his crew aboard the spaceship Rogue. Across 26 x 24 minute action packed episodes, our heroes battle against the evil Imperium, travel to alien worlds to fight monsters from ancient times and try to find out just who Prisoner Zero is, and why the Imperium took away his memories. Production NSW Prisoner Zero Productions Pty Ltd Phone: 02 4365 6321 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 7 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Ricketts Lane Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Drama Sitcom Donna Andrews Craig Melville Sammy McMillan, Heath McIvor 144 Loyal, eccentric and prone to bursting into song at any given moment, socially inept Sammy J, an incompetent lawyer, and still pining divorcee Randy make unlikely best friends. But their cavalier approach to life sees them shunned by their neighbours and despised by their colleagues so all they have is each other. But when Randy's need to win back his ex-wife clashes with Sammy's push to finally win a case their friendship will be severely tested. Their can't-live-with / can't-live-without each other relationship will be forced to go one way or the other. Pre-Production Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9692 8732 International Sales Contact Tashi Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Children's, Comedy Barbara Stephen Marc Wasik Fin Edquist, Cleon Prineas, Sam Meikle, Michelle Offen, Guila Sandler, Zoe Harrington, Leon Williams, James Buckingham, Jacqueline Marriott 572 When Jack's parents bundle him off to stay with his distant cousin, Tashi, the two boys become swept up in a series of wild adventures, exploring a fantastical land far, far away and protecting Tashi's village from a host of creatures and villains. Production NSW Flying Bark Productions Phone: 02 8568 5555 Flying Bark Productions Phone: 02 8568 5555 Studio 100 International BV Phone: +31(0)70 390 77 97 Winners & Losers series 4 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Series Drama Drama Paul Moloney Various Various Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay, Katherine Hicks, Zoe Tuckwell Smith, Melanie Vallejo 1560 Australia's favourite best friends will face some of their biggest challenges, in what promises to be the most compelling season yet. Production VIC Seven Network Phone: 02 8777 7777 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 8 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Animation, Children's, Comedy 572 Winston was flying his home-made rocket ship during a minor space trip one day when it got bumped by the mysterious oracle borealis comet. This strange and powerful comet suddenly gave his otherwise normal pets on board the power to speak (and act “human”). Ever since this chance encounter, Winston has been obsessed with locating and capturing the elusive comet. He believes that, along with “enchancing” normal animals, the comet must have all kinds of incredible powers that can help the people of earth and beyond. Pre-Production Sticky Pictures Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9692 8732 eOne Phone: 41 6646 2400 Wonderland series 2 Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Series Drama Jet Wilkinson Darren Ashton, Julie Money, Jennifer Leacey, Jo O'Shaughnessy, Adrian Russell Wills, Sarah Walker, Jeffrey Truman, Christopher Burke, Marieke Hardy, James Walker, Brooke Satchwell, Michael Dorman, Peter Phelps, Tracy Mann, Les Hill, Jessica Tovey, Ben Mingay, Emma Lung, Glenn McMillan, Martin Sacks, Anna Bamford, Tim Ross 1320 With an idyllic beachside as the backdrop, the residents of Wonderland show that holding down a dream relationship, an attractive career and maintaining solid friendships is sometimes anything other than plain sailing. Production NSW FremantleMedia Australia Phone: 02 9434 0666 Beta Film Phone: +4989673469 878 Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 9 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Dogstar - A Christmas in Space Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact International Sales Contact Telemovie Drama Children's, Comedy, Drama, Family, Science Fiction Colin South Scott Vanden Bosch Doug MacLeod, Philip Dalkin 90 In space, no one can hear you open your presents. Pre-Production Media World Pictures Phone: 03 9329 3252 Daro Film Distribution GmbH Phone: +377-9797 1600 Daro Film Distribution GmbH Phone: +377-9797 1600 Monster Beach Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Telemovie Drama Children's Bruce Kane Patrick Crawley Bruce Kane, Patrick Crawley, Shane Krause, Shayne Armstrong Rove McManus, Steven Hall, Jacquie Brennan 70 A 1x70’ special that tells the story of two brothers who are packed off on holiday to stay with their uncle, but run into trouble with the local community who turn out to be monsters. Production VIC Bogan Entertainment Solutions Phone: 03 9354 2224 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 1 Upcoming Productions as at 3/10/2014 Cont. Promise Me Length Content Genres Producer Director Writer Cast Duration (mins) Synopsis Status State Production company Australian Sales Contact Telemovie Drama Drama Darren Dale, Miranda Dear Rachel Perkins Steven McGregor Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Rarriwuy Hick, Lisa Flanagan, Kelton Pell, Kirk Page, Anthony Hayes, Daniella Farinacci, Genevieve Lemon 100 The REDFERN NOW telemovie explores the question, how is it possible to maintain a sense of identity and culture in a changing world? How does one maintain a sense of community with the encroachment of other interests, demographics, businesses? It will explore the complexities of contemporary urban blackfellas dealing with these issues. And the conclusion will be yes, the community remains despite the challenges, and there is hope. Production Blackfella Films Pty Ltd Phone: 02 9380 4000 ABC Commercial Phone: 02 8333 3314 International Sales Contact Source: Screen Australia ScreenTitles Database ( 3 October 2014 ) 2
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