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December 2023

Market Attached Stage

Handyman – 100 min horror/thriller ($10,000)

  • Production company – Monster Pictures
  • Producers – Grant Hardie, Kristian Moliere
  • Writer/Director – Sean Byrne

Unable to get a recognised plumbing company in the lead up to Christmas, Violet takes a chance on a self-employed handyman who turns out to be psychologically disturbed and refuses to leave her home.

Intermediate Stage

The Sanctuary – 6 x 1 hr documentary series ($20,000)

  • Production company – Spectral Media
  • Executive Producer – Ross Dinerstein
  • Producers – Fraser Johnston, David Elliot Jones, Dave LaMattina
  • Directors – Fraser Johnston, Dave LaMattina
  • Writer – David Elliott Jones

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is on a mission to Rescue, Rehabilitate and Release iconic Australian wildlife in trouble.

Unearthed – 8 x 60 min young-adult drama series ($20,000)

  • Production company – Perpetual Entertainment Rights
  • Executive Producer – Lisa Duff
  • Producers – Lisa Duff, Franz Docherty, Belinda Bradley
  • Writers – Franz Docherty, Belinda Bradley

A burned journal of secrets forces the unearthing of a town's shameless secrets and the truth about a death.

Short-form series booster

Bottle-Oh! – 6 x 10 min comedy series ($25,000)

  • Production company – Oi Studios
  • Executive Producer – Matt Osborne
  • Producer – George Underwood
  • Director – Ainslie Clouston
  • Writers – Jane Hamilton-Foster, Helen Dallimore
  • Script editor – Marieke Hardy

In a tipsy comedy of self-destruction, Sam, who’s lost it all, spirals into an alcohol-fuelled abyss, but her last hope for redemption comes in the unlikeliest place… a suburban bottle shop.

Letter Club - 30 x 3 min animated comedy series ($25,000)

  • Production company – Turbo Chook
  • Producer – Felicity Wilkinson
  • Director – Jess Murray
  • Writers – Chloe Black, Thomas Ward, Declan O’Byrne-Inglis, Jess Murray
  • Script Editor – Rick Kalowski

What if the alphabet could talk?

Games development – Conceptual design

Lifeboat Earth – PC/Mobile Co-op Strategy ($20,000)

  • Game Developer – Ada Gatt

Can YOU work with 40 other players around the world to prevent the climate apocalypse?