December 2020
Screen Tasmania approved support totalling $48 000 in four applications through Project Development and $10 000 for one application in Games Development.
Details of the successful applicants and projects are below.
Project Development – Intermediate Stage
Hide the Dog - 100 minute family feature film ($15 000)
Production Company: Wooden Horse Pty Ltd
Executive Producer: Jude Troy
Producer: Richard Finlayson
Writers: Nathan Maynard, Jamie McCaskill
What do you do if you find the last surviving Tasmanian Tiger? Get it out of Tasmania, fast.
Skills for Survival – 110 minute drama feature ($15 000)
Production Company: GGG Films
Executive Producer: Sue Maslin
Producers: Gillian Crosby, Gabrielle McLeod
Writer/Director: Greta Nash
On school camp, 14-year-old Tamar attempts to join the ranks of the popular group at the expense of her best friend Eddy - pushing their friendship into dangerous new territory.
First Dog on the Moon – 10 x 30 minute animated comedy series ($8 000)
Production Company: Emerald Films
Producers/Writers: Sally Browning, Monica O’Brien
Creator/Writer: First Dog on the Moon
Writers: Stephen Abbott
First Dog On The Moon is an opinionated Australian canine who, with his marsupial mates, is navigating life, the universe and other big issues with 2020 hindsight.
Project Development – Short-form Series Booster
Emotional Whiplash - 10 x 5 minute short-form musical comedy ($10 000)
Production Company: Polyphonic Media
Consultant Producer: Rosie Lourde
Writer/Producer: Fiora Cutler
Story Consultant: Bar Ben-Yossef
Settling down in a small town has never gone more according to plan...NOT.
Games Development – Conceptual development
ShapeVS – Couch Party game for consoles ($10 000)
Production Company: Smash Attack Studios
Lead Programmer, Lead Designer, Lead Producer: Dean Barron
Programmer: Alex Lobley
Art Director: Stella Beech
Lead Sound Designer: Aaron C Edwards
Moving from the phone to the couch, ShapeVS takes the Shape series of games and flips it on its head. Grab some friends and play against each other in a range of games inspired by the successful mobile game series.