funding Approvals
in the archive
2008-2009 production funding
DRAMA - FEATURE
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DATE APPROVED
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TITLE
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AMOUNT
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TEAM
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9/10/09
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Toomelah
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$550,000
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Ivan Sen Bunya Productions
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7/7/09
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The Place Between
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$905,000
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Scarlett Pictures
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DOCUMENTARY
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DATE APPROVED
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TITLE
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AMOUNT
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TEAM
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11/6/09
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The Story of Bran Nue Dae
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$24,000
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Graeme Issac, Robyn Kershaw,
Adrian Wills
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27/5/09
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Yarning Up - Series 2
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$30,000
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Penny Smallacombe, Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Assoc
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1/12/08
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Lani's Story
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$180,000
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Genevieve Grieves, Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins
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27/11/08
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Life, Love and Hope (aka Big Rodney's Story)
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$90,000
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Michael Longbottom, Lisa Duff
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27/11/08
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Nin's Brother
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$90,000
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Lisa Duff, Mary Munro
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27/11/08
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Sung: Warrumungu Love Magic
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$90,000
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Dena Curtis
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DRAMA - SHORT FILM - THE NEW BLACK
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DATE APPROVED
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TITLE
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AMOUNT
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TEAM
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10/9/08
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Aunty Maggie & the Womba Wakgun
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$54,219
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Bain Stewart
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10/9/08
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The Farm
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$96,866
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John Harvey, Romaine Moreton
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10/9/08
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The Party Shoes
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$50,064
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Black Ruby Productions,
Sarah Bond, Michelle Blanchard
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20/7/08
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Nia's Melancholy
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$34,266
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Andrew Arbuthnot, Sio Tusa Fa'aaefili, Jason Hargeaves,
Rima Tamou
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20/7/08
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Ralph
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$34,831
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Jessie Mangum, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair
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17/6/08
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Bourke Boy
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$65,610
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Anusha Duray, Kath Shelper, Adrian Wills
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17/6/08
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Jacob
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$114,525
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Rhea Stephenson, Dena Curtis, Darren Dale
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August 2008
NIA’S MELANCHOLY
Lala Pictures Pty Ltd as part of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Branch New Black initiative
Producer Andrew Arbuthnot
Writer/Director Sio Tusa Fa'Aaefili
Synopsis A young ‘Yalanji’ girl witnesses her sister’s suicide. This is the tale of her descent into melancholy and her journey of redemption.
RALPH
Goalpost Pictures Australia as part of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Branch New Black initiative
Producer Jessie Mangum
Writer/Director Deborah Mailman
Writer Wayne Blair
Synopsis Madeline learns that it takes more than just dreaming to survive; it takes a friend.
OCTOBER 2008
New Black initiative
AUNTIE MAGGIE AND THE WOMBA WAKGUN
Bungabura Productions
Producer Bain Stewart
Director Leah Purcell
Writer Angelina Hurley
Synopsis Aunty Maggie struggles to feed her three boys, and what she finds as an easy solution becomes a major problem – a problem that makes her famous.
BOURKE BOY
Scarlett Pictures
Producers Kath Shelper and Anusha Duray
Writer/Director Adrian Wills
Synopsis A true story about a father and son trying to find the words to say to each other before it’s too late.
THE FARM
Brown Cab Productions
Producer John Harvey
Writer/Director Romaine Moreton
Synopsis A young girl named Olivia longs to know the people who came before and the stories they left, uncovering a landscape imbued with history and wonder.
JACOB
Blackfella Films
Producers Darren Dale and Rhea Stephenson
Writer/Director Dena Curtis
Synopsis When George witnesses the deterioration of Gina and Max’s relationship, he must choose the right time to intervene.
THE PARTY SHOES
Producers Helen Panckhurst and Sarah Bond
Writer/Director Michelle Blanchard
Synopsis A little girl devises a logical plan to rid the world of sadness … well her own world at least.
DECEMBER 2008
Letters of Offer - IndiVision Production Fund
THE PLACE BETWEEN
Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd
Producer Kath Shelper
Writer/Director Beck Cole
Synopsis When Karen Burden is released from jail after three years, she quickly discovers that between guilt and forgiveness is the place between.
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