DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT TITLE – RAINBOW RUN
APPLICANT – Freshwater Pictures
Producer/s –Trish Lake, Owen Johnston
Writer/s – Lawrence Johnston
Director – Lawrence Johnston
Category – Feature Film / Family
Current & Proposed Stage – Drafting
PFTC Investment – $17,000
PROJECT TITLE – EDDIE CAMPBELL’S DOMESTIC APOCALYPSE
APPLICANT – Boilermaker Pty Ltd
Producer/s – Ewan Burnett, Andrew McInally, Gareth Calverley
Writer/s –Gareth Calverley, Stephen Davis, Edie Campbell
Category – TV Series – Comedy
Current & Proposed Stage – Outline
PFTC Investment – $15,000
PROJECT TITLE – RAIDER’S OF THE SILK ROAD
APPLICANT – Gulliver Media Australia Pty Ltd
Producer/s – Larry Zetlin, Chris Carrol
Writer/s –Frank Chalmers
Category – Documentary – Adventure
Current & Proposed Stage – Outline
PFTC Investment – $7,500
SHORT FILM DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
PROJECT TITLE – GONE ARE THE DAYS OF SUMMER
APPLICANT – Jon Henricks
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Jon Henricks
Director – TBD
Category – Horror.
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up
to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $2000
PROJECT TITLE – FREE FALLER
APPLICANT – Will Goodfellow
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Will Goodfellow
Director – TBD
Category – Action
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up
to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $2,000
PROJECT TITLE – Vena Cava
APPLICANT – Ian Irvine
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Ian Irvine
Director – TBD
Category – Drama
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $4,100
PROJECT TITLE – AFTERNOON
APPLICANT – Jenna Dawkins
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Jenna Dawkins
Director – TBD
Category – Drama
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $4,100
PROJECT TITLE – IN A FOREIGN LAND
APPLICANT – Susan Woodford
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Susan Woodford
Director – TBD
Category – Drama
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $2000
PROJECT TITLE – PEOPLE YOU PASS BY
APPLICANT – Victoria Carless
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Victoria Carless
Director – TBD Category – Drama
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 3 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $5,200
FEATURE FILM INITIATIVE
PROJECT TITLE – Glenny
APPLICANT – Aaron Fa’aoso
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Jon Henricks
Category – Drama
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 2 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $26,312
PROJECT TITLE – Nine
APPLICANT – Ian Irvine
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Ian Irvine Category – Thriller
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 2 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $26,312
PROJECT TITLE – Prey
APPLICANT – Loaded Dice Pictures
Producer/s – TBD
Writer/s – Andrew Macdonald
Director – TBD
Category – Horror
Current & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 2 drafts of the script.
PFTC Investment – $26,312
PROJECT TITLE – MetamorphosisAPPLICANT – Sharlene Lea’uanaeProducer/s – TBDWriter/s – Sharlene Lea’uanae Director – TBD Category – FamilyCurrent & Proposed Stage – Draft development of screenplay into a scene breakdown and up to 2 drafts of the script.PFTC Investment – $26,312
PRODUCTION PRODUCTION FUND
PROJECT TITLE – TRIANGLE
APPLICANT – Pictures in Paradise
Producer/s – Mark Gooder, Chris Brown, Jason Newmark
Writer/s – Christopher Smith Director – Christopher Smith
Category – Feature Film
Stage – Development Co-investor/s – FFC, Icon, Framestore, UKFC PFTC Investment – $400,000
Synopsis: TRIANGLE is a psychological thriller set inside the Bermuda Triangle.
PROJECT TITLE – MY AMERICA
APPLICANT – Soulvision Films Pty Ltd
Producer/s – Trish Lake, Peter Hegedus, Jane Jeffes
Writer/s – Peter Hegedus & Mark O’Toole
Director – Peter Hegedus Category – Social DocumentaryStage – Development Co-investor/s – FFC, Arte7, Marshall & Dent, SBSi, Arte, RTL Klub Hungry, ORF
PFTC Investment – $101,000
Synopsis: In MY AMERICA writer/director Peter Hegedus travels to America to find out what happened to the country he fell in love with as a boy.
NEW SCREEN PRODUCTION FUND
PROJECT TITLE – NIA’S MELANCHOLY
APPLICANT – La La Pictures Pty Ltd
Producer/s – Andrew Arbuthnot
Writer/s – Sio Tusa Fa’aaefili
Director – Sio Tusa Fa’aaefili
Category – Short Film – Drama
Stage – Development
Co-investor/s – AFC PFTC Investment – $50,000
Synopsis: NIA’S MELANCHOLY a young ‘Yalanji’ girl witnesses her sister’s suicide. This is her tale of her descent into melancholy and her journey of redemption.
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION FUND
PROJECT TITLE – SALT APPLICANT – Jerrycan Films Pty Ltd
Producer/s – Michael Angus, Murray Fredericks
Writer/s – Michael Angus
Director – Michael Angus
Category – Television Documentary
Stage – Development Co-investor/s – Film Finance Corporation, AFF. PFTC Investment – $20,000
Synopsis: SALT is a 30 min documentary about photo-artist Murray Fredericks’ solo pilgrimage to the heart of Lake Eyre and finds that something can be produced from ‘nothing’.
PROJECT TITLE – Chopper Rescue
APPLICANT – Big Island Pictures Pty Ltd Producer/s – Mark Chapmen, Ruth Berry
Writer/s – Jan Cattoni
Director – Jan Cattoni
Category – Documentary SeriesStage – Production Co-investor/s – AFC, ABC, Granada PFTC Investment – $15,000
Synopsis: The Queensland Emergency Service operates the busiest helicopter rescue service throughout Australia. This series follows the crews and their camaraderie’s as they go about their job of saving lives.
MARKETING
INTERSTATE MARKETING SCHEME
PURPOSE – To attend the AIDC 2008 conference in Perth.
APPLICANT – Sally Mckenzie
Writer – Sally McKenzie
Projects – Actormyspace.com, Smita: Short Men In the Arts, Mel Gibson: Man Behind the Myth.
PFTC Grant – $1,500
PURPOSE – Business/Marketing Meetings in London
APPLICANT –Hoodlum Active Pty Ltd
Producer – Tracey Robertson
Projects – Threads, The Secret Life of Me, Fat Cow Motel, After Dark, Screeners, Man’s Best FriendPFTC Grant – $4,800
PURPOSE – Business/Marketing Meetings in London
APPLICANT –Hoodlum Active Pty Ltd
Producer – Nathan Mayfield
Projects – Threads, The Secret Life of Me, Fat Cow Motel, After Dark, Screeners, Man’s Best Friend
PFTC Grant – $4,800
PURPOSE – Real Screen Summit 2008
APPLICANT – Gulliver Media Australia Pty Ltd
Producer – Larry Zetlin
Projects – Raiders of the Silk Road, Bali – The Last Paradise, Loggerheads – The Lost Years.
PFTC Grant – $5,967
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
PURPOSE – Further expand business development.
APPLICANT – FURY PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD
Projects – The Curse of the Gothic Symphony, Exxplored, The Mary River Project, Clown Camp. PFTC Grant – $20,000
PURPOSE – Further expand business development.
APPLICANT – BELOW H20 Productions Pty LtdProjects – Travel Wild, Envirotraveltv.com, Jungle Travel, Ocean Travel.
PFTC Grant – $40,000
PURPOSE – Further expand business development.
APPLICANT – Stewart & Wall Entertainment Pty LtdProjects – Acolytes, White Fang, Odd Sox, K9.
PFTC Grant – $40,000
PURPOSE – Further expand business development.
APPLICANT – New Holland Pictures Pty LtdProjects – Crosswires, Enternally Ours, Strangerland, Awakening the Spirits
PFTC Grant – $40,000
PURPOSE – Further expand business development.
APPLICANT – Vizpoets Pty Ltd
Projects –Woomera, Beg Your Pardon, Million $ Mutt, Love & Destiny
PFTC Grant – $25,000
For more information please contact Rowena Billard at the PFTC by telephone 3224 4114.
All funding approvals are subject to contractual agreements and are payable up to the total amount plus GST, upon delivery.International and Interstate Marketing schemes are payable up to the total amount upon delivery of valid receipts and tax invoices.