November 2024

Tasmania’s Lost Eden – 1 hr documentary ($20,000)

• Producer – Nick Hayward
• Director – Matt Hamilton

The tiger is gone. Who will reign, the devil, the quoll or the feral cat? In this game of fangs to be king of Tasmania's Lost Eden.

Sins of Omission – 80 documentary ($17,500)

• Production Company – Roar Film
• Executive Producer – Craig Dow Sainter
• Producers – Kathryn Symmons, Steve Thomas
• Writer/Director– Sophia Turkiewicz

A black sheep brother returns to the fold after forty years… why did it take so long?

Neil the Seal – 1 hour documentary ($20,000)

• Production Company – Spectral Media
• Executive Producer – Gaby Bastyra
• Producers – Rob Innes, Fraser Johnston
• Directors – David Allen, Fraser Johnston

A young southern elephant seal becomes a global star on social media, putting him in danger of being loved to death.

Straight Outta Smithton – 90 min comedy ($15,000)

• Production Company – Blur Films
• Writers/Producers – Dylan Hesp, Michael O’Neill
• Script Editor – Drew Macdonald

Violence, mayhem and comedy ensues when two delinquents stumble upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong in North West Tasmania.

Mother Miriam – 85 minute documentary ($14,000)

• Producers – Julia Overton, Tom Zubrycki
• Writer/Director – Natalia Laska

The mother of a son convicted of murder decides to become a prison chaplain.

Little J & Big Cuz, season 5 – 14 x 15 min children’s animation ($29,924)

• Production companies – Ned Lander Media/Ramu Productions
• Producers – Jodie Bell, Ned Lander
• Co-producer – David Gurney
• Director – Tony Thorne
• Writers – Adam Thompson, Dot West

Little kids, big adventures.

Jennifer Eric is Cancelled – 8 x 10 minute comedy ($15,000)

• Producer – Olive Bilic
• Writer – Chloe Black
• Script Editor – Wendy Hannah

When ambitious, transgender comedian, Jennifer Eric, becomes a viral sensation overnight, she must navigate success, transphobia and a new romance at a breakneck pace... until a video resurfaces from her past that threatens to unravel everything.

Loose Units - Top-down action for PC ($20,000)

• Lead Developer – Nick Blackburn

Save the neighbourhood from eviction the only way you know how – hooning!

Captain Luckbeard – turn-based adventure sim for PC ($18,480)

• Studio – Shortbread Games
• Game Developer – Alex Viney

A turn-based pirate adventure where your luck is proportional to the condition of your beard.

Nullstar: Solus – Sci-fi action platformer for PC ($50,000)

• Studio – Smash Attack Studios
• Publisher – indie.io
• Game Director – Dean Baron
• Lead Artist – Ryan Gee
• Narrative Designer – Anniemay Parker
• Level Designer – Luke Dorman
• Lead Programmer – Dave Sebesta
• Audio Lead – Alec Shea
• Senior Artist – Lily Anderson

Execute the Nullstar Protocol! Fly through the world of Nullstar: Solus, a sci-fi platforming adventure with stunning visuals and audio. Explore a world at its end and scavenge fragments of a broken world's powerful nullstar.

Obliterator-X–Action /Tower Defence for PC ($42,000)

• Studio – Webbysoft
• Publisher  –  Armor Games
• Developer – Luke Webster
• Composer  –  Lynden Woodiwiss  (AKA Tweaklab)

In post-apocalyptic Australia, become Obliterator-X. Customize your character, deploy drones, and battle mutants with relentless fury. Push back raiders and reclaim the continent in this thrilling fusion of tower defence and action.