Screen Australia has announced this morning the four teams which have been selected for the Hot Shots: Short Fiction Funding program.
The successful projects are A Terrible Beauty, The Disappearance of Willie Bingham, Elvis and Whirlpool. The support from Screen Aus totals at $280,000.
Screen Australia’s Head of Production, Sally Caplan, said, “It is fantastic to see the amount of budding talent we have in this country. We received a lot of applications for this program and wish we had been able to support more. We are pleased to back such a great range of emerging talent with a wide variety of vibrant stories.”
A Terrible Beauty is a sci-fi which follows the plight of Olivia, who questions the nature of love after her father destroys the robot, a companion purchased in a bid to replace her dead mother. It comes from writer/director Sarah-Jane Woulahan and is produced by Anna Kojevnikov and Sally Storey.
Writer/director Matthew Richards and producer Brendan Guerin are behind the absurdist horror The Disappearance of Willie Bingham, which is based on the short story ‘The Wilbur Bledsoe Amputations’ by Michael L Fawcett. The film is set in a future where amputations replace incarceration and the death penalty.
Elvis is a drama based on a story by executive producer Michaela Perske and follows the plight of a young girl who is trapped in a seaside caravan park, but wants to escape and make a better life for herself. The writer/director is Lucy Gaffy and it is produced by Kiki Dillon.
From writer/director Corrie Jones and producers Melissa Kelly and Jaclyn Hewer comes Whirlpool, a film about a girl who loses her father in a fire and subsequently sets out with her friend Lucas to get revenge on the couple she believes is responsible. It is based on the short story ‘Cumberland Breakdown’ by Joyce Carol Oates.
The Hot Shots: Short Fiction Funding program supports practitioners refining their skills to make a feature film.
The deadline for the second round of the Hot Shots: Short Fiction Funding program is 20 March 2015.
See more information on the projects below.
HOT SHOTS: SHORT FICTION PRODUCTION
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIE BINGHAM
Genre Horror Absurdist
Writer/Director Matthew Richards
Producer Brendan Guerin
Synopsis In the future, amputations replace incarceration and the death penalty. Based on the short story The Wilbur Bledsoe Amputations by Michael L Fawcett.
ELVIS
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Lucy Gaffy
Producer Kiki Dillon
Executive Producer Michaela Perske
Synopsis Trapped in a seaside caravan park, little Elvis thinks up a scheme to break free, determined to make a better life for herself.
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY
Genre Science Fiction
Writer/Director Sarah-Jane Woulahan
Producers Anna Kojevnikov, Sally Storey
Synopsis After her father destroys her prototype ‘Soulmate’ robot, a replacement for her dead mother, Olivia questions her fundamental belief in a world without suffering and the nature of love.
WHIRLPOOL
Genre Drama
Writer/Director Corrie Jones
Producers Melissa Kelly, Jaclyn Hewer
Synopsis After Regan’s father is killed in a fire, Regan and her friend, Lucas, set out to seek retribution on the couple who they believe are responsible for his death. Based on the short story Cumberland Breakdown by Joyce Carol Oates.
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