Funding Approvals
2023-2024 ONLINE development
SEXTISTICS SEASON 2
6 x 15 mins
James Edu-Tainment Pty Ltd
Directors Esme Louise James, Dr Susan James, Dr Naomi Koh Belic
Writers Esme Louise James, Dr Susan James
Producers Esme Louise James, Dr Naomi Koh Belic
Synopsis Season Two of Sextistics will continue to explore titillating trends in sexuality and kink – but this time, the audience is in control, telling the research team what they want to learn about! Mother-daughter duo Esme and Dr James again take the helm, with the famed TikTok star and renowned statistician using statistics to create a snapshot - past and present - of gender, sexuality, and identity within Australia.
AMY THE PIRATE
10 x 5 mins
Not a Phase Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, comedy
Director Mimi Helm
Writers Mimi Helm, Lata Periakarpan, Brooke Collard
Development Producer Stephanie Cole
Synopsis A scam-artist turned pirate cons a group of chaotic prisoners into sailing the seven seas to evade an ancient curse and find mystical treasure.
FARTS & FAIRIES
6 x 4 mins
Farts & Fairies Pty Ltd
Genre Family Comedy
Director Dan Matthews
Writers Beth Knights, Nicholas Lin, John McGeachin, Svetlana Sterlin, Luke Tierney, Laura Walls
Producer Dan Matthews
Script Editor John McGeachin
Synopsis Farts & Fairies™ is a fart-warming animation series featuring a single parent family and their hilarious adventures in the fart clouds. The story revolves around Windiana, a young fairy who lives with her two siblings, Fartin and Poppy, and their famous father the Toot Fairy. By using the power of humour, this magical fart-related world is filled with endless characters including Farta Christmas, the Queen of Farts and Fartichokes.
TINT
6 x 10 mins
Praxis Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writers Miski Omar, Jack Voegt
Producers Eric Zac Perry, Pele Kuipers, Faraz Anarwala
Synopsis Tint follows Lance, a South African-Australian who is made to investigate his racial identity in the guise of often absurd, poignant and humorous circumstances. As he fumbles through life, and being a young person in present day Sydney he finds that “blackness” is not so easily defined.
LEVEL UP
6 x 5 mins
Amplify Live Pty Ltd
Director Luke Eve
Producers Michelle Melky, Hayley Adams, Pennie Brown
Executive Producers Laura Waters, Emma Fitzsimmons, Tom Maynard, Alex Reid
Synopsis Level Up is a sports documentary that explores the world of competitive skateboarding in Australia’s only dedicated skateboarding academy. At the heart of the school is Arisa Trew, a 14-year-old Olympic Gold Medalist skating prodigy. With pro-skaters as young as 5, the pressure to perform both athletically and scholastically leads to complex personal relationships between students, coaches and parents as these eager teens train for the X-Games, the world’s biggest skateboarding competition.
POWDER ROOM
6 x 8 mins
Tuia Suter
Genre Comedy, Drama
Creator Tuia Suter
Writers Tuia Suter, Madison Stephens
Story Writer Millie Holten
Producer Madeline Blake
Synopsis Two besties face the changing dynamics of their friendship in the pulsing heart of a nightclub women’s bathroom - a place inescapable from eavesdroppers, old faces, new flames, and dingy cubicles. Set over the course of one night, Powder Room is a celebration of girlhood, identity and growing up.
GOING HOME
30 x 1 min
Belinda Jombwe
Genre Drama, Comedy
Creator Belinda Jombwe
Writers Belinda Jombwe, Huna Amweero, Leigh Lule, Claire Cao
Producers Belinda Jombwe, Erica Long
Executive Producer Joanna Beveridge
Synopsis After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, prodigal daughter Grace Kisakye heads to her childhood farm in outback Australia. Seeking answers in a familiar landscape, Grace processes how her life spiralled out of control by confronting her family and healing past wounds.
CURSE OF THE VIRGIN
7 x 7 mins
Danielle Despina Stamoulos
Genre Cringe Comedy
Director Grace Tan
Writers Danielle Stamoulos, Nicole Delprado, Amal Awad, Vimbai Nenzou
Producers Danielle Stamoulos, Nicole Delprado, Chidiebube Uba
Executive Producers Barry Gamba, Bec Bignell
Script Consultant Kirsty Fisher
Synopsis Horny and anxious, Greek Orthodox Maria is cursed because she’s still a virgin. On the most powerful astrological day for losing virginity, Maria is in coochee ca-hoots with Zainab, her Afro-Christian virgin bestie and realigning queer witch. Together, they cast a sex goddess card spell found online to call in their inner confident energies, but the spell quickly wears off leaving them stuck in a time loop of the same day repeating itself until both virgins get some.
HYSTERIA
25 x 2 mins
Red Moon Media Pty Ltd
Writer/Director Maddie Massy
Producer Margie Bryant
Executive Producer Maddie Massy
Synopsis Hysteria is a multi-part TikTok documentary series that explores the barriers young women face navigating a health system designed for men, by men.
TROPHY BOYS
20 x 1 min
Soft Tread Enterprises
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer/Director Emmanuelle Mattana
Producer Jo Dyer
Story Consultants Marni Mount, Leigh Lule, Gaby Seow, Fran Sweeney-Nash
Synopsis The Year 12 debating team from the elite all-boys St Imperium College have one week to prepare for the Grand Final before they face off against their sister school rivals.
DARK MATTER DON’T MATTER
20 x 1 min
Odd Tale Productions Pty Ltd T/A Odd Pirate
Genre Comedy, Science fiction, First Nations
Directors Tamara Whyte, Isaac Lindsay
Writers Tamara Whyte, Isaac Lindsay, Warren Milera
Producers Tamara Whyte, Philip Tarl Denson
Synopsis After the mass evacuation of Earth, a small Aboriginal Community launch themselves to the stars in their own makeshift spaceship, the SS Troopy.
MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR
30 x 2 mins
Story Mill Studios Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directors Sophie Saville, Rowan Devereux
Writer Rowan Devereux
Producer Sophie Saville
Synopsis After receiving a surprise invitation to her ex-girlfriend's upcoming wedding, Amber Rose convinces true crime podcaster Fox McKenzie to be her date. But when the insufferable maid of honour dies on the dance floor, they must work together to solve a real-life murder mystery.
LUSTRATION 2.0
6 x 15 mins
New Canvas Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Fantasy
Director Ryan Griffen
Writers Ryan Griffen, Hannah Belanszky
Producers Carolina Sorensen, Nathan Anderson
Executive Producers Nathan Anderson, Wadooah Wali, Ryan Griffen, Wolfgang Bylsma
Synopsis Life is hard. Life after death is harder.
TALKED ABOUT MEDIA
50 x 1 min
Big Yellow Taxi Productions
Genre Comedy, Parody
Director Sarah Ben-m'rad
Writers Sarah Ben-m'rad, Edward Gates
Producers Sarah Ben-m'rad, Edward Gates
Executive Producer Kay Lawrence
Synopsis Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, the host of a quasi-successful entrepreneurial podcast goes to increasingly dangerous and dramatic lengths to increase listenership.
TORNADOHEAD
6 x 5 mins
Turbo Chook PTY LTD
Genre Comedy
Director Jess Murray
Writers Jess Murray, Declan O'Byrne-Inglis, Thomas Ward
Producer Felicity Wilkinson
Synopsis A loner with a tornado for a head searches for love (and a quick root) in a strange Tasmanian town.
Digital Originals
BOUNDARY’S END
Native Born Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Fairytale
Directors Kisha Broome, Miriam Dynevor
Writers Kisha Broome, Miriam Dynevor
Producer Miriam Dynevor
Synopsis Two Blak Queens living on Boundary St, are thrust into the unknown when their onsite landlord dabbles in spellcasting, accidentally blurring the boundary between reality and fantasy. Now at the centre of a fairy-tale with a confused prince and his esquire, they'll need to complete wacky quests in order to find normality again.
LITTLE KOREA
Lark Films Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Directors Lark Lee, Katrina Irawati Graham
Writers Lark Lee, Katrina Irawati Graham
Producer Lark Lee
Script Editor Loani Arman
Story Consultants Loani Arman, Ana Tiwary
Synopsis Two migrant Korean women spiral out of control when they become locked into a battle between their restaurants.
DISMISSABLE
Lazy Susan Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Alistair Baldwin
Writers Rhian Wilson Ruge, Artemis Munoz
Producer Hannah Ngo
Script Editor Madeleine Gottlieb
Synopsis Disabled activist Alana has always hated her family’s obsession with the local Miss Sultanah Beauty Pageant, but her able-bodied sister Nicky would do anything to save it… So when its financial backing is cut and Nicky makes it ‘disabled-only’ in a secret ploy for diversity funding, Alana enters to burn down this supposed family legacy once and for all.
FISH BOI
KAPWA Studioworks
Genre Drama, Comedy, Adult Animation
Writer/Director Robertino Zambrano
Producers Robertino Zambrano, Dulce Aguilar, Gabrielle Joosten
Synopsis A disgraced sneaker hustler takes the leap to save his parents’ bankrupt Filipino mini-mart to reclaim his family’s respect - by going all-in on setting up the biggest underground fish delivery hustle in Western Sydney.
LINGERED
Mad Ones Films Pty Ltd
Genre Supernatural Family Drama
Writer AP Pobjoy
Producer Cyna Strachan
Script Producer Kirsty Fisher
Executive Producer Liam Heyen
Synopsis When trans man Darcy returns to his regional hometown to help his estranged mother Nora, he discovers that someone unexpected from his past has been living in his family home since the day he left.