December 2023

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.

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.

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?

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

• Game Developer – Alex Butterfield

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