April 2024

Dead ‘Til Midnight – 90 minute horror/thriller feature ($16,000)

• Production Company – Stud Ranch
• Producer – Benjamin Jung-Clarke
• Writer/Director – Sam Curtain
• Script Editor – Shane Krause

A team of paramedics must transport a patient from a rural community, only to realise she's possessed by a malevolent spirit.

Echoes Through Ice – 90 minute feature documentary ($20,000)

• Production Companies – Polaris Pictures, Wild Pacific Media
• Executive Producers – Sue Clothier, Electra Manikakis
• Producers – Peta Ayers, Sue Clothier
• Director – Bobbi Hansel
• Composer – Mary Finsterer

A breathtaking visual and musical exploration of Antarctica that intertwines the profound beauty of the continent with scientific investigation, revealing timeless stories held within the ice and seas.

The Pledge – 90 minute feature documentary ($15,000)

• Production Companies – Do the Work, Mint Pictures
• Executive Producers – Craig Graham, Jodi Boylan
• Producers – Dena Curtis, Amanda Ducker, Dan Goldberg
• Writers – Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Dan Goldberg.
• Director – Beck Cole

Two women, one secret pact and a radical plan to raise an Aboriginal child far from her remote traditional homeland.

Should We Quit Drinking? – 90 minute feature documentary ($10,000)

• Production Company – Reunion Media
• Producers – Nick Maher
• Writers – Nick Maher, Suzannah Bayes-Morton, David Boyle
• Director – Nick Maher

After one too many rock bottoms, two booze-fuelled besties face the ultimate question. Like a glass of chardonnay, the sober curious movement has been dry and white – until now.

Lyell – 100 minute thriller feature ($16,250)

• Production Company – Campfire Films
• Producer – Joe Weatherstone, Kristian Moliere
• Writer/Director – Damien Power
• Story Consultants – Victoria Madden, Nick Maher

When several young women go missing from a remote mining town, a rookie cop is compelled to investigate, until her off-the-book investigations lead her back to the ex-con she has fallen in love with.