FEATURE FILM (105 MINUTES)

When policewoman Samantha Romans fails to intervene in a shooting where her own son dies, she draws the condemnation of her colleagues and community and the attention of ambitious journalist, Jamie Connard. Keen to reignite the career she put on hold to have children, Jamie ignores Romans' pleas to be left alone and pursues her relentlessly. With nothing to lose, Romans retaliates by forcing Jamie into a night of terror that threatens everything Jamie holds dear.

Darklands is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Pivot Pictures. ROW rights pending.

FEATURE FILM - IN DEVELOPMENT

Helen needs to get her groove back. Her emotional world in the outer suburbs is drying up: her husband has recently died, her adult daughter is interstate, and Helen hasn't been in contact with her son Martin for ten years. In the aftermath of her husband's funeral she decides to find Martin, tell him about his father passing, and reconnect. 

But Helen quickly learns via her daughter that Martin wants nothing to do with her. There will be no reconciliation if he has anything to do with it. She also learns that Martin, now 24, may be involved with Drag performance. 

Helen naively asks her gay neighbour Shane to help her navigate the community so she can connect with Martin. Shane is too world-weary to tell Helen anything other than to leave well-enough alone; while he cares generally about Helen's well-being, he won't be the custodian of her feelings nor, when he realizes Martin had an AVO on his father, the solver of Helen's problems. 

As for Martin, he is a rising star on Australia's Drag scene. He has found his tribe and is happy and busy putting together the Drag Queen Victoria XXX-Mas Tour for the holidays - something he hopes will also be a celebration of success in the forthcoming Marriage Equality Bill. When Helen attends an open cattle call for the tour, planning to surprise him, she finds herself so intimidated by his glamour and success she chickens out of approaching him.

TELEVISION SERIES (8 X 1 HOUR ) - IN DEVELOPMENT AUS/IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION

Tinderbox follows the lives of six women through the over-arching story of a young Irish girl Claire, a young girl typical of many migrants of the then and now fleeing impoverishment. Claire is a “Famine Girl”, one of the 4000 who were offered maid work in a good Melbourne home.

Claire begins her sea journey from Ireland to Australia hiding her pregnancy and arrives on the dock with a new baby in her arms. Shunned, she ends up in Little Lonsdale Street, a busy village unto itself in the middle of inner-city Melbourne, a mix of retail shops, dwellings, and “flash houses” (brothels, which were not illegal), an already multicultural world with the traders and restaurateurs of Chinatown.

Here live the famous flash house owner Madam Brussels, Vera (Nadine Garner) struggling in a troubled relationship with her brother (Steve Mouzakis), Madam Lee escaping her family's disapproval of her lover Liling, and social justice warrior Varley who is losing his son to crime. Claire’s romance with Tommy, a policeman and star footballer, takes us back to Ireland with the promise of a wedding.

FEATURE FILM - IN DEVELOPMENT

After his life implodes in Chicago, Australian-born super-chef Ryan McAdams retreats to his sister’s picturesque vineyard restaurant in the Barossa Valley, Australia, to lick his wounds. Enter Maggie Cramer, the food critic who destroyed Ryan’s career. She happens to be in town for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to take down what Ryan’s serving up. Until catastrophe strikes and suddenly Maggie desperately needs Ryan’s help to make her sister’s wedding happen…

SHORT FILM ( 7 MINUTES)

A mysterious donation sends the sales clerks at a suburban charity store on a journey of self-discovery.

Winner - Best Comedy - New York City Short Film Festival - USA

Winner - Best Comedy - Canada International Film Festival

Winner - Best of Fest - Rochester International Film Festival - USA

Audience Favourites - Palm Springs International Shortfest - USA

Winner - Audience Prize - Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Winner - Best Comedy - Mexico International Film Festival

Winner - Best Comedy - Las Vegas Film Festival - USA

Winner Audience Prize - Young at Heart Film Festival & Tour

Winner - Audience Prize - Mudgee International Film Festival

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