Funding Approvals
2024-2025 Production funding
JULY 2024
LEVITICUS
Causeway Works Pty Ltd
Genre Horror
Writer/Director Adrian Chiarella
Producers Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Hannah Ngo
Distributor Maslow Entertainment
International Sales Studio 301 Films
Synopsis Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.
CHASING MILLIONS
Invisible Republic Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director Stephen Burke
Writers Katherine Thomson, Stephen Burke
Producers Jane Doolan, Michael Wrenn
Distributor Bonsai Films
International Sales Level K
Synopsis Belfast 2004. Northern Ireland has been at peace for six years, but old enmities, and mistrust remain. Chasing Millions tells the story of the biggest bank heist in Irish, British (and Australian) history making reluctant partners of ambitious Australian police officer, Diana, with gruff, veteran Northern Irish detective, Crawford, as they investigate and seek to solve the crime while navigating their way through the minefield of a fragile peace.
October 2024
PENNY LANE IS DEAD
Sanctuary Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
Writer/Director Mia'Kate Russell
Producers Julie Ryan, Ari Harrison, Andre Lima
Executive Producers Jeff Harrison, John Sheedy, Joel Anderson
Distributor Umbrella Entertainment
International Sales Upgrade
Synopsis A warm night in and 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends Toni and Amy. The night, however, does not turn out as planned. Penny Lane’s jealous and troubled cousin Kat decides a cruel prank is in order and what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed.
December 2024
BOSS CAT
Bus Stop Films Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
Director Genevieve Clay-Smith
Writers Genevieve Clay-Smith Mandela Mathia
Producers Deanne Weir, Dianna La Grassa, Eleanor Winkler
Executive Producers Eleanor Winkler, Tracey Corbin-Matchett, Michele Turnure-Salleo, Nathan Basha, Mandela Mathia
Distributor Madman Entertainment
International Sales TBA
Synopsis A dance obsessed woman with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) must prove to her estranged grandmother that she has what it takes to live on her own, or else risk losing her friends, her home and her dreams to live an independent life.