Funding Approvals
In the archive
2016–2017 development funding

high end television

THE GLOAMING
Sweet Potato Films Pty Ltd & M4 Entertainment Pty Ltd
Genre Crime
Producer Vicki Madden, John Molloy
Writer Vicki Madden
Synopsis A reunited Victorian detective and Tasmanian police officer must overcome the shared grief of their personal history to pursue a killer whose ritualistic crimes re-open the wounds of the past. Created and written by Vicki Madden, co-creator and showrunner of The Kettering Incident.

UNTITLED PROJECT
FremantleMedia Australia Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Executive Producers Jo Porter, Anthony Ellis
Writer Bea Christian

UNTITLED PROJECT
FremantleMedia Australia Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Executive Producers Jo Porter, Anthony Ellis
Writer Bea Christian

ONLINE AND INTERACTIVE

AWAKE – FIRST CONTACT
Start VR Pty Ltd
Genre Science Fiction
Producer James Marshall
Executive Producer Nathan Anderson
Director Martin Taylor
Writer Mike Jones
Interaction Designer Christian Cantamessa
Synopsis Pilot episode of the ‘Awake’ 8-part series following ‘the chosen’, a group of seemingly ordinary people being visited in their dreams by an alien presence from another reality. Harold Whitbread, a cranky elderly widower with a talent for keeping secrets, is about to get a wakeup call.

BLACK CHAMBER
Goliath Productions Australia Pty Ltd
Genre Thriller, Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
Producers Raquelle David, Enzo Tedeschi
Executive Producer Mike Jones
Director Kriv Stenders
Writers Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause
Synopsis Six chilling tales by Edgar Allan Poe reimagined in Virtual Reality.

THE FAIR WAY
One Stone Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Crime
Producer Georgie Lewin
Director Nathan Earl
Writer Nathan Earl, Georgie Lewin, Veronica Milsom, Nick McDougall
Synopsis All's fair in golf and war.

HEADY DAYS
Media World Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Colin South
Director / Writer Shaun Patten
Synopsis 'Three forty year old men still live like they're in their early twenties' - sounds like a tweet from the Onion. It's the premise of animated comedy series Heady Days which follows Garth (Merrick Watts), Mick (Mick Molloy) and Geeza (Ralph Ineson) as they unsuccessfully navigate their constantly disappointing lives.

HOMECOMING QUEENS
Generator Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Producer Katia Nizic
Director Corrie Chen
Writer Michelle Law, Chloe Reeson
Synopsis Two best friends in their mid-20s help each other navigate the expectations of youth: living as young women both suffering from chronic illnesses, who feel anything but youthful.

MODERN LOVE
Cabbage Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Nicole Minchin
Writers Melinda Cklamovska, Stevo Petkovic
Synopsis Stevo & Mel's bold new comedy series asks the question "what does love look like in the 21st Century?”

NEWS JUNKIES
Weave Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producers Emma Masters, Kristy O'Brien
Director Emma Masters
Writer Lucy McNally
Synopsis Wannabe hotshot journalist Elle Walker faces a baptism of fire when she’s banished from Sydney to a tabloid television newsroom in remote northern Australia.

SMALL TOWN HACKERS
Mad Kids Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Producer Lauren Elliott
Director Henry Inglis
Writers Henry Inglis, Matthew Lovkis
Synopsis When Alex Gout returns to his backwater hometown, he is shocked to discover the police lied about the death of his high school sweetheart, Lucy Boddington. Alex must enlist the help of his idiot younger brother, Devon and his ragtag gang of wannabe hackers to get to the bottom of the mystery.