C O N T E N T S - Screen Australia

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C O N T E N T S - Screen Australia
CONTENTS
[2]
ABOUT THIS CATALOGUE
[3]
INTRODUCTION
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[6]
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[ 13 ]
[ 23 ]
Telemovies
Mini-series
Series/serials
Children’s TV Drama
SECTION 1. TV DRAMA
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[ 50 ]
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[ 90 ]
SECTION 2. DOCUMENTARIES
30 minutes and under
60 minutes and under
Feature Documentaries
Documentary Series
[ 110 ]
DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT INDEX
[ 115 ]
TV DRAMA TITLE INDEX
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DOCUMENTARY TITLE INDEX
DISCLAIMER:
The information included in this guide is of a general nature only, has been drawn from a variety of sources and is not intended as legal,
accounting or other professional advice. The AFC has undertaken all reasonable measures to ensure its accuracy and specifically disclaims any
liability for loss or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of
the contents. Information is current at the time of going to press, but details may change post-publication. Due to space restrictions it has been
necessary in some instances to reduce synopses.
Compiled by AFC Research: Asha Ardill, Liz Crosby, Morgan Gregory, Sophie Harper
Programming: Eric Scheid. Editing: Dan Edwards
Production coordinated by Fiona Jennings
Designed by Natalie Holdsworth and Boccalatte
© Australian Film Commission 2007
Cover images: Deborah Mailman as Detective Elsie Jones in Two Twisted – episode 2, ‘Soft Boiled Luck’ [d: Brendan Donovan, p: Bryan Brown, w:
James Robertson]. Courtesy of New Town Films. Feet Unbound [d/p/w: Khee-Jin Ng. Courtesy of Long March Films.
ABOUT THIS
CATALOGUE
The Australian TV Drama and Documentary
Catalogue March 2007
7 is one of a range
of Australian Film Commission (AFC)
publications designed to inform and assist
buyers, festival directors and foreign
producers about Australian film and
filmmakers.
This catalogue provides information
on recent Australian TV drama and
documentaries and includes:
• TV drama (mini-series, series/serials,
telemovies) in pre-production, production
and post-production, as well as recently
completed
• documentaries (23 min and over, and
series) completed since February 2006.
The asterisk sign * indicates that the
documentary title is a new entry.
International sales agents are listed for each
program. Please email [email protected] if
you are unable to contact a particular agent.
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For information on Australian TV drama and
documentaries back to 1990, consult the
AFC’s online searchable film database at
www.afc.gov.au/films
The AFC is grateful for the cooperation of
the many individuals and organisations who
provided information on their productions.
Please let us know of any additional titles for
inclusion in future catalogues (see the back
cover for AFC contact details).
All AFC catalogues are available as
downloads on our website at
www.afc.gov.au
INTRODUCTION
The March 2007 Australian TV Drama and
Documentary Catalogue is a comprehensive
guide to the latest programs being produced
in Australia, including many award-winning
titles and works that have screened to great
acclaim at international festivals.
The feature-length dramatised documentary
Hunt Angels (w/d: Alec Morgan, p: Sue
Maslin) had its international premiere at
the International Film Festival Rotterdam in
the ‘Cinema Regained’ category celebrating
innovation in cinema. The screening came
shortly after Hunt Angels collected three
Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards: Best
Documentary, Best Cinematography in a
Documentary, and the Visual Effects Award.
The Australian Children’s Television
Foundation drama series Mortified (p: Phillip
Bowman) collected a series of domestic
and international awards, including Best
Children’s Television Drama and First Prize
in the Live Action Television Category at the
2006 Chicago International Children’s Film
Festival.
Other highlights of the past six months
include:
• Feature documentary The Last Days of
Yasser Arafat
Arafat, produced and directed by
Sherine Salama (Wedding in Rammallah),
which screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the
UK. The film will also screen at Hot Docs in
Canada.
• The 2006 International Documentary
Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) screened a
range of Australian documentaries: feature
doc Feet Unbound (d/p: Khee-Jin Ng)
screened in the Jors Ivens competition, while
the short doco Pupusera: A Tale From My
Kitchen (d/p: Tanya Curnow) and short
experimental doc A Shift in Perception
(d/p: Dan Monceaux) screened elsewhere in
the festival. IDFA also hosted a retrospective
of over 20 documentaries created at the
Australian Film Television and Radio
School (AFTRS).
• TV drama series Remote Area Nurse
– R.A.N (executive producers Bryan Brown
and Sandra Levy) scooped the polls at the
2006 AFI Awards, winning four awards
including Best Screenplay in Television, Best
Telefeature or Mini Series, and Best Lead
Actress in Television Drama – Susie Porter.
This catalogue is prepared in time for MIPTV
featuring MILIA 2007, and contains programs
completed within the last 12 months. If you
cannot find a title here, or you are wanting
to search for other programs of interest,
check the AFC’s online searchable film
database at: www.afc.gov.au/films
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 3
TV DRAMA
THE BEACH HOUSE
98 MIN / ADVENTURE, DRAMA
PROD CO Masterbrand
Films and
Promotions
EXEC PROD Russell Buchanan
PRODUCER Phillip Avalon
DIRECTOR Samuel Clemens,
Vanessa Rose
WRITER Russell Buchanan,
Katherine Lawless
CAST Clinton Barter, Russell
Buchanan, Selena McKay,
Graham Plew, Clio Ross, Jerry
Stanley, Christie Steel, Tom
Zimmerman
STATUS Post-Production
A boy leaves home, swapping
the drought-stricken bush for the
coast. He discovers life is not all
it seems in the faster lane. Surf,
city and a country boy.
SALES CONTACT
Masterbrand Films and Promotions
Australia
MOBILE +61-411 867 983
[email protected]
BLACKJACK 2: AT THE
GATES
BLACKJACK 2: DEAD
MEMORY
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
PROD CO Jigsaw
PROD CO Jigsaw
Entertainment
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Sue
Entertainment
Pty Ltd
Masters, Nick
EXEC PROD Sue
Murray, Nick
Murray
Murray
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Katherine Thomson
CAST Colin Friels, Marta
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Tim Pye
CAST Colin Friels, Marta
Dusseldorp, Sophie Lee, David
Field, Marcus Graham, Shaun
Micallef, Rhys Muldoon
STATUS Completed
Dusseldorp, Sophie Lee, David
Field, Gary McDonald, Daniel
Macpherson, Erik Thomson
STATUS Completed
Detective Jack Kempson is
drawn into the disturbing world
of religious fanatics when the
mother of a baby killed 10 years
ago in a house fire comes to him
for help. In looking for the truth
Kempson will have to fight the
system and his own conscience,
only to uncover a tangled web
of lies and deception. Kempson
must decide if the truth should
prevail over the interests of the
innocent.
A young woman’s body is
discovered in a national park.
For Detective Jack Kempson’s
offsider Sam, details of the crime
mirror the disappearance of her
friend Hannah, who vanished
without trace some years ago. In
Kempson’s pursuit of the truth
Sam is forced to face the sordid
secrets of her past.
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 749 0538
www.bbcworldwide.com
[email protected]
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SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 749 0538
www.bbcworldwide.com
[email protected]
BLACKJACK 2: GHOSTS
CURTIN
ENDURANCE ISLAND
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
90 MIN / DRAMA
90 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Jigsaw
Entertainment
PROD CO Apollo Films
PRODUCER Andrew Wiseman,
PROD CO Tempo Pictures
PRODUCER Geoff Cox, Pascale
Murray, Sue
Richard Keddie
DIRECTOR Jessica Hobbs
WRITER Alison Nisselle
CAST William McInnes, Noni
Hazlehurst, Dan Wyllie, Asher
Keddie, Geoff Morrell
STATUS Completed
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Nick
Masters
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Kate Woods
WRITER Shaun Micallef
CAST Colin Friels, Marta
Dusseldorp, Sophie Lee, David
Field, Tom Long, Rebecca Rigg,
Libby Tanner
STATUS Completed
Twenty years ago a young
mother was killed during an
apparent kidnapping and
subsequent police chase.
It comes to Detective Jack
Kempson’s attention that dodgy
police work at the time may
have resulted in the wrong
man doing time. Kempson runs
the gauntlet of officialdom to
convince the department there’s
value in ‘unsolving’ a murder,
only to become a pawn in a sting
operation involving drugs, stolen
money and crooked cops.
1941. In Australia’s darkest
hours, John Curtin becomes
Prime Minister and must battle
his political and military foes as
well as his inner demons.
SALES CONTACT
Cox
DIRECTOR Geoff Cox
WRITER Hugh O’Brien,
Helen
Wentland
CAST Paul Mecurio
STATUS Completed
A mentally unbalanced man who
has been voted out by his fellow
competitors in a ‘Survivor’-type
reality show wreaks his revenge
by tricking them into a reunion
on a deserted island where he
plans to kill them.
ABC Content Sales
SALES CONTACT
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Tempo Pictures
Australia
MOBILE +61-418 721 607
www.tempopictures.com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 749 0538
www.bbcworldwide.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 7
TELEMOVIES
TELEMOVIES
THE KING – THE GRAHAM
KENNEDY STORY
MURDER IN THE OUTBACK
THE SOCIETY MURDERS
93 MIN / DRAMA
90 MIN / CRIME
90 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO GC Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Sue Masters, Andy
PROD CO Screentime Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Des Monaghan, Sue
Harries, Jeff Pope
PRODUCER Matt Carroll, Spencer
Campbell
DIRECTOR Tony Tilse
WRITER Kate Brooke
CAST Richard Carter, Joanne
Froggatt, Bryan Brown, John
Wood, Laurence Breuls, Asher
Keddie, Tom Long
STATUS Completed
Masters, Justin Bodle
PRODUCER Fiona Eagger, Greg
Haddrick
DIRECTOR Brendan Maher
WRITER Kylie Needham, Greg
Haddrick
CAST Georgie Parker, Alex
Dimitriades, Heather Mitchell,
Nicholas Eadie, Asher Keddie,
Matthew Le Nevez, Daniele
Farinacci, Julia Blake, Terry
Norris
STATUS Completed
PROD CO Crackerjack
Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Jason
Stephens, Peter
Hudson
DIRECTOR Matthew Saville
WRITER Jaime Browne, Kris
Mrksa
CAST Stephen Curry, Stephen
Hall, Jane Allsop, Shaun
Micallef, Garry McDonald,
Steve Bisley, Bernard Curry, Leo
Taylor, Beau Brady
STATUS Post-Production
The story of Australia’s first and
greatest home grown super
star, whose show In Melbourne
Tonight was made in Channel
Nine’s GTV studios in the 1950s
and ‘60s.
www.fremantlemedia.com
SALES CONTACT
FremantleMedia Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
FAX +61-2 9434 0700
www.fremantlemedia.com.au
[email protected]
The story of the disappearance
of English backpacker Peter
Falconio and the abduction of his
girlfriend Joanne Lees, and the
subsequent trial and conviction
of Bradley John Murdoch for
Falconio’s murder.
SALES CONTACT
Granada Media International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 491 1441
FAX +44-207 493 7677
www.int.granadamedia.com
[email protected]
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Follows the events surrounding
the disappearance of Margaret
Wales-King and her husband Paul
King. Seen through the eyes of
her five children, highlighting
their intense and private feelings
of grief and shock as they seek
the truth about that fateful
evening.
SALES CONTACT
Powercorp International Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 0070
FAX +44-207 323 0060
www.powcorp.com
[email protected]
TELEMOVIES
STEPFATHER OF THE
BRIDE
PROD CO Essential
TELEMOVIES
90 MIN / COMEDY
Viewing
(drama)
EXEC PROD Rosemary Blight
PRODUCER Kylie du Fresne, Ian
Collie
DIRECTOR Roger Hodgman
WRITER Geoffrey Atherden
CAST William McInnes, Noni
Hazlehurst, Alex Dimitriades,
Garry McDonald, Lucy Taylor,
Leon Ford, Kate Ritchie
STATUS Completed
A comedy about a modern
wedding, where the bride plans
an extravagant celebration, the
groom can’t believe his luck,
the parents and ex-husbands
and current wives squabble over
who is going to pay for it all, and
standing on the side, waiting for
disaster to strike is the groom’s
best friend.
SALES CONTACT
Channel 4 International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 396 4444
FAX +44-207 306 3756
www.c4i.tv
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 9
ANSWERED BY FIRE
BASTARD BOYS
THE CIRCUIT
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
2 X 90 MIN / HISTORICAL, POLITICAL
4 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
6 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Flying
PROD CO Media
PROD CO Muse
Entertainment
Enterprises, Terra Rossa
Pictures, Beyond Simpson Le
Mesurier Films
EXEC PROD Michael Prupas,
Mikael Borglund, Roger
Simpson, Barbara Samuels
PRODUCER Roger Le Mesurier,
Andrew Walker
DIRECTOR Jessica Hobbs
WRITER Barbara Samuels,
Katherine Thomson
CAST David Wenham, Isabelle
Blais, Alex Tilman, Fatima
Almelda, Damien Garvey, Ron
White
STATUS Completed
Set during East Timor’s 1999
referendum and its horrifying
aftermath, ANSWERED BY FIRE
is an exploration of first-world
intervention in third-world
traumas. Canadian Julie Fortin,
Australian Mark Waldman and
Timorese Ismenio Soares are
brought together by the UN’s
effort to give the Timorese a
voice. When the UN evacuates,
Mark and Julie are forced to
abandon Ismenio and his family.
Haunted by guilt, the two
Westerners return to Timor.
Cabbage
Productions Pty Ltd, ABC
EXEC PROD Scott Meek
PRODUCER Brett Popplewell,
Raymond Quint
DIRECTOR Raymond Quint
WRITER Sue Smith
CAST Jack Thompson, Colin
Friels, Geoff Morrell, Daniel
Frederiksen, Dan Wyllie,
Anthony Hayes, Justine Clarke,
Rhys Muldoon, Lucy Bell, Justin
Smith, Caroline Craig, Helen
Thomson
STATUS Completed
On 7th April 1998 at 11.30pm
security men invade the docks
of every port in Australia,
and forcibly eject the entire
unionised workforce. BASTARD
BOYS is the dramatic story of
the biggest industrial dispute in
Australia.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Powercorp International Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 0070
FAX +44-207 323 0060
www.powcorp.com
[email protected]
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World Pictures
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Ross
Hutchens, Colin
South
DIRECTOR Catriona
McKenzie,
Richard Frankland, Steve
Jodrell
WRITER Various
CAST Aaron Pedersen, Gary
Sweet, Kelton Pell, Tammy
Clarkson, Marta Kaczmarek,
Nick Simpson-Deeks, LeRoy
Parsons, Bill McCluskey
STATUS Post-Production
Drew Ellis has taken a sabbatical
from a comfortable legal
career to go bush... Charming,
confident, capable, and now
completely out of his depth,
Drew finds himself in the chaotic
world of the Kimberley Circuit
Court which takes a magistrate,
court officials and lawyers on
a five-day 2,000 kilometre
round trip to dispense justice
in the remote communities of
north-western Australia. This is
no easy trip, particularly if like
Drew, you are black.
SALES CONTACT
Daro Film Distribution
Monaco
PHONE +377-9797 1600
FAX +377-9797 1591
[email protected]
MINI-SERIES
MAJOR CRIME
6 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
6 X 52 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Twenty 20 Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Fiona Eagger
WRITER Deborah Cox, Roger
PROD CO Knapman
Monk
STATUS Pre-Production
Art Watkins returns to the
neglected resort of Broken
Bay, the eastern-most point of
Australia, when his mother dies.
Art hopes his stay will be brief
but the legacy from his mother
binds him to his wayward
younger brother and the teenage
son he has hardly seen in 10
years. The longer Art stays, the
more he becomes enmeshed in
the lives of the locals and the
drifters who have found safe
haven in Broken Bay.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
SEA PATROL
13 X 60 MIN / ACTION, MYSTERY
Wyld
Television
PRODUCER Steve Knapman,
Kristine Wyld
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Various
CAST Don Hany, William
McInnes, Aaron Fa’Aoso, Susie
Porter, Renee Lim, Daniela
Farinacci
STATUS Production
This is the story of two detectives
– one a Muslim, the other
Anglo-Australian, and the battle
between them for survival. It is
also a metaphor for the fear that
exists between East and West
when two men search for love,
approval and forgiveness as their
destinies collide.
SALES CONTACT
Minotaur International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-020 7299 5703
FAX +44-020 7299 5777
[email protected]
PROD CO McElroy
All Media
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Hal
McElroy, Di
McElroy, Jo Horsburgh
PRODUCER Hal McElroy, Di
McElroy
DIRECTOR Chris Martin-Jones,
Geoff Bennett
WRITER Various
CAST Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake,
Saskia Burmeister, Matthew
Holmes, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor,
John Batchelor, Josh Lawson,
Jay Ryan, Kristian Schmid,
David Lyons
STATUS Post-Production
This is an action drama with
a mystery element threaded
through 13 hours of high-end,
primetime television. The story
of ordinary heroes doing an
extraordinary job – the men
and women of the Navy Patrol
Boat Service who battle the
elements and the odds to defend
our borders and enforce the
economic zone.
SALES CONTACT
Portman Film & Television
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 494 8024
FAX +44-207 494 8046
www.portmanfilm.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 11
MINI-SERIES
EAST OF EVERYTHING
TRIPPING OVER
TWO TWISTED
AUSTRALIA/UK CO-PRODUCTION
6 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
7 X 60 MIN / MYSTERY
PROD CO Corner
Ltd
Store Films Pty
Ltd, Channel Five
EXEC PROD Andrew Knight, Mike
Bullen, Sue Masters
PRODUCER Andrea Denholm, Sue
Seeary, Tim Whitby
DIRECTOR Sam Miller, Ian
Watson
WRITER Andrew Knight, Andrea
Denholm, Anna Funder, Matt
King
CAST Rebecca Gibney, Lisa
McCune, Daniel MacPherson,
Abe Forsyth, Nicholas Bell,
Brooke Satchwell, Paul
McGann, Alexander Moen,
Leah Ockenden, Kathryn
Drysdale
STATUS Completed
Finding out where you belong
can come as a surprise. It
may not be where you grew
up or where you thought you
belonged. You will trip over
trying to find it and it might not
even be a place. But when you
get there...
PROD CO New
Town Films Pty
EXEC PROD Bryan
Brown, Sandra
Levy
PRODUCER Bryan
Brown, Helen
Watts, Karen Radzyner
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Melissa George, Sam
Neill, Greta Scacchi, Jacqueline
McKenzie, Bill Hunter, Vince
Colosimo, Bryan Brown, Lisa
McCune, Tom Long, Susie
Porter, Peta Wilson
STATUS Completed
The worlds of the present, the
future and the supernatural
are the setting for this mystery
series. A 7 x 1 hour anthology,
each episode contains two halfhour stories.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Granada Media International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 491 1441
FAX +44-207 493 7677
www.int.granadamedia.com
[email protected]
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ALL SAINTS
415 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Seven
Network
Operations Limited
EXEC PROD John Holmes
PRODUCER MaryAnne Carroll
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST John Howard, Tammy
MacIntosh, Judith McGrath,
Alexandra Davies, Christopher
Gabardi, Wil Traval, Mark
Priestley, Chris Vance
STATUS Production
This medical drama focuses on
the working and personal lives of
the doctors and nurses of Ward
17 at All Saints Hospital.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
ANDREW’S GUIDE TO
BEING A MAN
BIT OF BLACK BUSINESS
13 X 3 MIN / COMEDY
PROD CO Film Depot Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Kath Shelper
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Aaron Pedersen, Lisa
PROD CO Boilermaker Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Andrew McInally,
Gareth Calverley
DIRECTOR Evan Clarry
WRITER Gareth Calverley
CAST Andrew Booth, Peter
Marshall, Andy McDonell
STATUS Completed
13 X 5 MIN / ACTION, COMEDY, FAMILY
Flanagan, David Page, Zoë
Carides, Roy Billing, Kelton Pell
STATUS Post-Production
An online soap box for Andrew,
a mentor to men in need of
guidance and a kindhearted best
mate to all those blokes troubled
by the complexities of manhood
in the 21st century. Need to
know the etiquette of shouting a
beer? Ask Andrew. Curious about
the mysteries of the modern
woman? Andrew will show you
the way. Andrew is a digital
agony uncle dispensing wisdom
on the issues that matter. He is
also a good bloke.
The business of being black today
takes many forms: outrageous,
courageous, mysterious, simple,
straightforward and complex. The
good, the bad and the ugly. But
what makes our bit of business
unique? The 13 short films in
this series are directed by Martin
Leroy Adams, Jon Bell, Michelle
Blanchard, Kelli Cross, Dena Curtis,
Aaron Fa’aoso, Debbie Gittens,
Michael Longbottom, Jacob Nash,
Trisha Morton-Thomas, Warwick
Thornton, Pauline Whyman and
Adrian Wills.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Bit of Black Business sales
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Australia
MOBILE +61-417 242 320
www.filmdepot.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 13
SERIES/SERIALS
SERIES/SERIALS
COMEDY INC
CROOKED
DANGEROUS
81 X 60 MIN / SKETCH COMEDY
6 X 45 MIN / CRIME, COMEDY
8 X 45 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO FremantleMedia
PROD CO Two Tone Pictures
PRODUCER Matthew Holmes,
PROD CO Southern
Adam Wilson, Paul Bellman
EXEC PROD Hugh
DIRECTOR Matthew Holmes
WRITER Matthew Holmes, Adam
Vecera
Australia
EXEC PROD Mark
Fennessy, Carl
Fennessy
PRODUCER David McDonald
DIRECTOR Damian Davis
HEAD WRITER Kevin Brumpton
WRITER Various
CAST Dave Thornton, Fiona
Harris, Janis McGavin, Rebecca
De Unamuno, Scott Brennan,
Simon Mallory
STATUS Production
A mix of sharp, fast-paced
humour and irreverence
featuring sketch, TV and movie
parody, non-existent cable
shows, products that don’t exist
and characters that have become
fixtures of popular culture.
SALES CONTACT
FremantleMedia Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
FAX +61-2 9434 0700
www.fremantlemedia.com.au
[email protected]
Wilson, Paul Bellman
CAST Paul Bellman, Adam
Willson, Joshua Jaeger, Rohan
Harry, Tristan Hudson, Anna
Cheney, Stephen DeGenaro,
Pete Michell, Terry Rogers, Van
Crouch, Michael Allen, Rod
Ho’vel
STATUS Post-Production
Small time crooks Dale Duggans
and Blake Eastwood have
a dream – to move beyond
the suburbs and become real
gangsters like the ones on TV.
But to make it in the criminal
underworld, they need a gang
of their own. Forming a team of
oddball crooks, they set about
their goal with hilarious and
disastrous results. An improvised
mockumentary based on Two
Tone Pictures 2005 feature, The
Biscuit Effect.
Star John
Edwards
Marks, Kim
PRODUCER John Edwards
CO-PRODUCER Imogen Banks
DIRECTOR David Caesar, Shawn
Seet
WRITER Fiona
Seres, David
Caesar, David Michod
CAST Joel Edgerton, Khan
Chittenden, Brooke Satchwell,
Paul Pantano, Robert
Mammone
STATUS Completed
An explosive action series
and tale of forbidden love set
against the culturally diverse
backgrounds of street crime
on the tougher side of the
city and the affluence of the
city beach suburbs. Breaking
new ground for Australian
drama, exploring youth culture,
including the taboo subjects of
the underground world of drag
racing and ram-raiding.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Two Tone Pictures
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
Australia
MOBILE +61-424 001 606
[email protected]
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DOUBLE THE FIST
HOME AND AWAY
KICK
16 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
4560 X 25 MIN / TEEN, FAMILY
13 X 25 MIN / COMEDY, ROMANCE
PROD CO Fistworthy Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Megan Harding
PRODUCER Jason Harty
DIRECTOR Craig Anderson, Doug
PROD CO Seven Productions
EXEC PROD John Holmes
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Nicholas Bishop, Holly
PROD CO Storm
Bayne, Bryan Moses, Tony
Walters
WRITER Craig Anderson, Doug
Bayne, Bryan Moses, Tony
Walters
CAST Bryan Moses, Craig
Anderson, Doug Bayne, Tony
Walters
STATUS Pre-Production
A team of lifestyle vigilantes set
out to destroy ‘weakness’ in all
aspects of modern existence,
and show the audience how
to make their lives more
‘fistworthy’. Series one screened
on Australian broadcaster ABC in
2004; series two is currently in
production.
www.abc.net.au/doublethefist
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Brisley, Tim Campbell, Lyn
Collingwood, Indiana Evans,
Mark Furze, Jodi Gordon, Chris
Hemsworth, Amy Mathews,
Lynne McGranger, Ray
Meagher, Bob Morley, Ada
Nicodemou, Paul O’Brien,
Kate Ritchie, Chris Sadrinna,
Jon Sivewright, Jessica Tovey,
Sharni Vinson, Rhys Wakefield
STATUS Production
Examines the lives, loves, drama
and heartache of the residents of
Summer Bay.
www.homeandaway.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Esben
Storm, Adam
Bowen
DIRECTOR Esben Storm
WRITER Various
CAST Zoe Ventoura, Raji
James,
Anh Do, Haiha Le, Maria
Mercedes, George Karpiniaris
STATUS Post-Production
Hope Street... it’s nothing flash
but it’s home. There’s Miki, a
wild and crazy Greek girl, who’s
falling for Joe the uptight Indian
doctor. Too bad he’s living with
that yuppie lawyer. Tatiana’s got
the boys drooling but she lives
for soccer. Tran the Man dreams
of a Karaoke kingdom. Wais
is trying to fit in. And Layla’s
coming out. They come from
everywhere to find each other.
Love, laughs, friendship, fighting,
families and football. It’s a
beautiful game.
SALES CONTACT
High Point Films & Television
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 586 3686
FAX +44-207 586 3117
www.highpointfilms.co.uk
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 15
SERIES/SERIALS
SERIES/SERIALS
THE LIBRARIANS
LOVE MY WAY
6 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
30 X 45 MIN / DRAMA
25 X 5 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Gristmill Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Robyn Butler, Wayne
PROD CO Southern
Hope
EXEC PROD Hugh
PROD CO Taylor Media
EXEC PROD Sue Taylor
PRODUCER Ian Booth, Francesca
DIRECTOR Wayne Hope
WRITER Robyn Butler, Wayne
Vecera
Hope
CAST Robyn Butler, Wayne
Hope, Roz Hammond, Bob
Franklin, Josh Lawson, Nicole
Nabout
STATUS Production
Karvan
Life unravels for THE LIBRARIANS
as they hurtle towards the event
of the year – Book Week! About
love, betrayal and revenge.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
MARX AND VENUS
Star John
Edwards
PRODUCER John
Marks, Kim
Edwards, Claudia
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Claudia Karvan,
Asher
Keddie, Brendan Cowell, Dan
Wyllie, Justine Clarke, Ben
Mendelsohn
STATUS Completed
An exploration of the love that
binds us and the relationships
that define us. It deals with the
randomness of life and death
and the realisation that life is so
precious that we have to grab
it with both hands, take risks,
be brave and most importantly
love. Eight new episodes of this
award-winning series.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
16 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Strano, Natalie Bell
DIRECTOR Peter Templeman,
Mark Powell, Renee Webster,
Robert Forsyth
WRITER Various
CAST Bryce Youngman, Rhoda
Lopez
STATUS Post-Production
The trials and tribulations of
flatmates John Marx and Venus
Hoy. A stripped drama, each
five minute episode will be
an interstitial in Australian
broadcaster SBS’s schedule,
shown five nights a week in
primetime.
www.marxandvenus.com.au
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS
MERMAID ISLAND
MOB DOWNUNDER
202 X 60 MIN / ACTION, FAMILY,
ROMANCE
1 X 22 MIN / DRAMA
26 X 11 MIN / ANIMATION, COMEDY
PROD CO Pisces All Media
PRODUCER Jonathan Nolan
DIRECTOR Jonathan Nolan
WRITER Jonathan Nolan
STATUS Completed
PROD CO Ettamogah
PROD CO Millennium
Television
Pty Limited
EXEC PROD Andrew Blaxland,
Posie Graeme-Evans, Karl
Zwicky
PRODUCER Vikki Barr
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Michala Banas, Rachael
Carpani, Aaron Jeffrey,
Simmone Jade Mackinnon,
Dustin Clare, Luke Jacobz, Doris
Younane, Zoe Naylor, Matthew
Passmore, Abi Tucker, Gillian
Alexy
STATUS Production
Adventure and romance with
four heroines of the outback. For
them it’s an extraordinary life.
Five young explorers arrive
on a coastal island, trying
to photograph the mythical
mermaid that gives the island its
name. Instead they find danger,
mystery... and each other.
SALES CONTACT
Pisces All Media
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6296 7609
MOBILE +61-406 678 890
www.piscesallmedia.com
[email protected]
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Leigh C O’Brien
PRODUCER Paul Western-Pittard
WRITER Leigh C O’Brien, Paul
Western-Pittard
STATUS Pre-Production
There’s a town where the sun’s
hot and the beer’s cold. Where
the locals are almost as smart
as their dogs and being sober
is a criminal offense. Based on
the Ettamogah Pub cartoons,
this animated series is a sendup of a small outback town and
the mob of crazies that call it
home. So crack a coldie, switch
on, tune in and get mobbed. For
17-year-olds to young adults.
Also launching as one-minute
mobisodes.
www.mcleodsdaughters.
ninemsn.com.au
www.ettamogah.com
SALES CONTACT
The Mercer Group
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
United States
PHONE +1-718 788 3617
FAX +1-917 591 2832
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 17
SERIES/SERIALS
SERIES/SERIALS
NEIGHBOURS
PIZZA
5760 X 30 MIN / FAMILY
57 X 25 MIN / COMEDY
PROD CO Grundy
PROD CO Antichocko
Television
PIZZA: THE DA VINCI CUP
3 X 25 MIN / COMEDY
Productions
PROD CO Antichocko
Productions
Pty Ltd
P/L
P/L
EXEC PROD Riccardo Pellizzeri
PRODUCER Peter Dodds
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Alan Fletcher, Jackie
EXEC PROD Paul Fenech
PRODUCER Joanne Weatherstone,
EXEC PROD Paul Fenech
PRODUCER Paul Fenech,
Tanith Carroll
DIRECTOR Paul Fenech
WRITER Paul Fenech
CAST Paul Fenech, Tahir Bilgic,
Rob Shehadie, Johnny Boxer,
Jabba, Ahn Do, Kevin Taumata,
Andrew Ausage, Alex Romano,
Maria Venuti, Rebel Wilson
STATUS Pre-Production
Lwyn
Woodburne, Ian Smith, Tom
Oliver, Ryan Moloney, Carla
Bonner, Stephen Lovatt, Janet
Andrewartha, Kyal Marsh,
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Ingo
Dammer-Smith, Stephanie
McIntosh, Damien Bodie,
Ben Nicholas, Nell Feeney,
Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Sianoa
Smit-McPhee, Brett Swain,
Daniel O’Connor, Caitlin Stasey,
Matthew Werkmeister
STATUS Production
With a smile and a laugh and a
shoulder to cry on, the people
of Ramsay Street stick with each
other through life’s highs and
lows – friends to the end and
always good NEIGHBOURS.
www.neighbours.com
SALES CONTACT
Did you know pizza delivery is
the second most dangerous job
in the Western world? Made for
Australian broadcaster SBS, series
five promises more of the ever
popular PIZZA.
www20.sbs.com.au/pizza
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
FremantleMedia Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
FAX +61-2 9434 0700
www.fremantlemedia.com.au
[email protected]
18 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Tinzar
DIRECTOR Paul Fenech
WRITER Paul Fenech
CAST Paul Fenech
STATUS Completed
As part of the coverage of
the World Cup by Australian
broadcaster SBS, Pauly Falzoni
(AKA Paul Fenech) travels the
globe and takes us behind the
conspiracy of the world’s biggest
sport, where he is able to prove
categorically that the World Cup
is a sham.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
PIZZA: WORLD RECORD
RAIN SHADOW
REAL STORIES
6 X 25 MIN / COMEDY
6 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
8 X 30 MIN / COMEDY, SATIRE
PROD CO Southern
PROD CO Roving Enterprises
EXEC PROD Craig Campbell, Rove
PROD CO Antichocko
Productions
P/L
EXEC PROD Paul Fenech
PRODUCER Paul Fenech
DIRECTOR Paul Fenech
WRITER Paul Fenech
CAST Paul Fenech, Tahir
Bilgic,
Kevin Taumata, Katrina
Spadone
STATUS Completed
Pauly Falzoni (AKA Paul Fenech),
with the help of some of his
PIZZA friends, travels the globe
to prove he is the Number One
Pizza Deliverer. A Guinness World
Record attempt to help fight
cancer.
www.fatpizza.org
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Errol Sullivan, Hugh
Marks, Miranda Dear, Antonia
Barnard
PRODUCER Gus Howard
DIRECTOR Fiona Banks, Shawn
Seet
WRITER Tony Morphett, Jimmy
Thomson
CAST Rachel Ward, Victoria
Thaine
STATUS Production
McManus
PRODUCER Paul Horan
DIRECTOR Tim Bartley
WRITER Hamish Blake, Andy
Lee, Ryan Shelton
CAST Hamish Blake, Andy Lee,
Ryan Shelton
STATUS Completed
Two vets come to terms with
each other as a community
struggles with drought.
A hybrid current affairs/
documentary program that goes
beyond fly-on-the-wall reporting.
It probes everyday people
and their unique journeys,
circumstances and struggles.
SALES CONTACT
www.rovingenterprises.com
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Roving Enterprises
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9415 1061
FAX +61-3 9415 1951
www.rovingenterprises.com
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 19
SERIES/SERIALS
SERIES/SERIALS
THE RONNIE JOHNS HALF
HOUR
SATISFACTION
SPY SHOP
10 X 60 MIN / DRAMA
10 X 3 MIN / COMEDY
26 X 30 MIN / SKETCH COMEDY
PROD CO Lone Hand
EXEC PROD Kim Vecera
PRODUCER Roger Simpson,
PROD CO Boilermaker Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Gareth Calverley,
PROD CO Jigsaw
Entertainment
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Nick
Murray, Glenn
Robbins
SERIES PRODUCER Toni Malone
DIRECTOR Damian Davis
WRITER Chris McDonald
CAST Heath Franklin, Jordan
Raskopoulos, Felicity Ward,
Dan Ilic, James Pender and
Caroline Fitzgerald
STATUS Completed
Jesus is up to his devilish
tricks, the Garys kick janglies
and Chopper is fucken finding
himself. They are joined by a
talkback-loathing dog, too-coolfor-school night clubbers and
an embarrassing earth mother.
In 2006, the show received
a Logie nomination for Most
Outstanding Comedy Series, and
Heath Franklin was nominated
for the 2006 Inaugural Graham
Kennedy Logie Award for Most
Outstanding New Talent. Series 2
is currently in production.
Andrew Walker
DIRECTOR Ken Cameron, Paul
Maloney, Daina Reid
WRITER Various
CAST Kestie Morassi, Nicholas
Bell, Sullivan Stapleton,
Robert Mammone, Diana
Glenn, Bojana Novakovic, Peta
Sergeant, Madeleine West,
Alison Whyte
STATUS Production
Revolves around the lives and
loves of a group of women who
work in a city brothel.
SALES CONTACT
The Premium Movie Partnership,
PMP/Showtime, Showtime,
Showtime Greats and Encore
Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8374 6800
FAX +61-2 8374 6900
www.ronniejohns.com
SALES CONTACT
Jigsaw Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9326 9922
FAX +61-2 9326 9277
www.jigsaw.tv
20 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Andrew McInally
DIRECTOR Michael Boland
WRITER Gareth Calverley
STATUS Pre-Production
Dale Deakin, 23, owns and
operates a spy shop franchise
and presents a weekly online
video blog about the shop and
its amazing products.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
STUPID STUPID MAN
SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH
SUPERNOVA
8 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
8 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
12 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
PROD CO Jigsaw
PROD CO Princess
PROD CO Hartswood
Entertainment
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Nick Murray
PRODUCER Rick McPhee,
Ltd
Nick
Murray
DIRECTOR Will Usic
WRITER Tim Pye, Michael
Ward,
Mark Burnett
CAST Matthew Newton, Bob
Franklin, Wayne Hope, Leah
Vandenberg, Sophie Katinis,
Chris Leaney
STATUS Completed
Set in the office of a fictional
men’s magazine called COQ
(French for rooster) STUPID
STUPID MAN examines the lives
of the editorial team comprising
four blokes, struggling for the
right to express their blokedom
in an increasingly sensitive
society, juxtaposed with strong
female characters in senior
management and a P.A. with
attitude. Their contrasting
personalities and the conflict
between high journalistic
ideals and the grubby reality of
men’s magazines twists these
characters increasingly out of
shape.
www.tv1.com.au/
stupidstupidman
SALES CONTACT
Jigsaw Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9326 9922
FAX +61-2 9326 9277
www.jigsaw.tv
Pictures Pty
EXEC PROD Bruce Kane
PRODUCER Laura Waters
DIRECTOR Stuart McDonald
WRITER Chris Lilley
CAST Chris Lilley
STATUS Post-Production
Follows the journeys of multiple
characters over one term in an
average Australian high school.
Starring writer and performer
Chris Lilley (We Can Be Heroes),
the series documents the daily
lives of teachers, students
and staff. The characters take
us through the seemingly
huge traumas of friendship,
staff politics, schoolwork and
relationships that are the fabric
of life in the school universe.
Features the charismatic drama
teacher Mr G, who was part of
the Channel Seven shows Big
Bite and Hamish & Andy.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Films Ltd,
Fox World (Australia)
EXEC PROD David Taylor, David
Maher, Beryl Vertue, Sue
Vertue
PRODUCER David Taylor, David
Maher
DIRECTOR Matt Lipsey, Sandy
Johnson
WRITER Harry Cripps
CAST Rob Brydon, Kris
McQuade, Kat Stewart, Tim
Draxl, Hollie Andrew, Peter
Kowitz, Damion Hunter
STATUS Completed
A sitcom about a team of
scientific geniuses unravelling
the mysteries of the universe
in the remote Australian
desert. Paul, a repressed British
astronomer, dreams of a more
adventurous life. He abandons
his dull research role in London
and relocates to a ‘front line’
field position at the Royal
Australian Observatory. Paul
does his best to fit in with a
dysfunctional group of strangers
exploring the furthest reaches
of the galaxy from the most far
flung place on earth.
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 749 0538
www.bbcworldwide.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 21
SERIES/SERIALS
SERIES/SERIALS
THE WEDGE
WILFRED
26 X 30 MIN / SKETCH COMEDY
8 X 26 MIN / COMEDY, DRAMA
PROD CO Cornerbox Productions
EXEC PROD Steve Dundon
SERIES PRODUCER Michael
PROD CO Renegade
Horrocks
PRODUCER Ross Daniels
DIRECTOR Nicholas Bufalo
WRITER Ross Daniels
CAST Dailan Evans, Rebel
Wilson, Jason Gann, Julie
Eckersley, Anthony Ahern,
Katrina Mathers, Adam Zwar,
Marney McQueen, Aidan
Fennessy, Kate Jenkinson, Cori
Hopper, Julia Zemiro, Ross
Daniels, Frieda McKenna
STATUS Completed
Welcome to Wedgedale. Meet
Sherine and Leanne, glued to
their poker machines in the pub
while their kids live in the car
outside. Be in the front row at
a press conference as sporting
superstar Mark Warey apologises
for another off-field indiscretion.
See Jack and Jill, the country’s
most unsuccessful farmers,
launch another doomed scheme.
Or log onto ‘Lucy’s Webcam’ and
follow her exploits of teenage
love... and stalking. You wouldn’t
want to live there... but maybe
you do.
Films
(Australia) Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Joe Connor, Ken
Connor
PRODUCER Jenny Livingston
DIRECTOR Tony Rogers
WRITER Jason Gann, Adam Zwar
CAST Jason Gann, Adam Zwar,
Cindy Waddingham
STATUS Completed
A man and a dog vie for the
attention of a beautiful woman.
Can they come to a compromise?
Not likely.
www.renegade.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Renegade Films (Australia) Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9529 3999
FAX +61-3 9529 3699
www.renegade.com.au
[email protected]
www.thewedge.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Cornerbox Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9525 4600
FAX +61-3 9537 2014
eileen.newbury@cornerbox.
com.au
22 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
ANIMALIA
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
40 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO Animalia
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Various
PRODUCER Ewan Burnett,
Murray Pope
DIRECTOR David Scott
WRITER Tom Ruegger, Various
STATUS Production
Two contemporary kids visit
the land of Animalia, where
eccentric animals inhabit the
pages of an alphabet book. They
team up with G’Bubu, a green
gorilla, and Iggy, an iguana, to
restore peace. Adapted from
Graeme Base’s best-selling
picture book, aimed at six to
nine-year-olds.
SALES CONTACT
Porchlight Entertainment Pty Ltd
United States
PHONE +1-310 477 8400
FAX +1-310 477 5555
www.porchlight.com
[email protected]
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 749 0538
www.bbcworldwide.com
[email protected]
THE ANIMATED KIDS
BIBLE
BLUE WATER HIGH
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
52 X 30 MIN / DRAMA
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
12 X 40 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO Dominion V+TV Pty
PRODUCER Tom Broadbridge
STATUS Completed
PROD CO Southern
Ltd
The Genesis episodes comprise
Creation; Voyage of the Ark;
Towering Pride and True Lies,
where Abraham becomes the
father of many nations; Rain
of Fire, where God destroys
the wicked cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah; Brothers at War
which continues the story of
Abraham’s descendants; and
Joseph the Dream Reader starts
one of the great stories of the
book of Genesis. This series uses
the latest 3D-CGI animation to
transform the Bible from ricepaper pages. For young people
of every culture.
SALES CONTACT
The Kids Bible Company
Australia
PHONE +61-3 0054 3724
www.thekidsbible.com
[email protected]
Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Noel Price
PRODUCER Noel Price, Dennis
Kiely
DIRECTOR Ralph Strasser, Marcus
Cole, Chris Martin-Jones
WRITER Various
CAST Kate Bell, Liz Burch, Ryan
Corr, Lochie Daddo, Trent
Dalzell, Sophie Luck, Martin
Lynes, Taryn Marler, Lesley
Mitchell, Adam Saunders,
Gabrielle Scollay, James
Sorensen
STATUS Completed
Seven top Australian teenage
surfers are selected to live in an
elite academy. Series two sees
new contestants battle it out
with Fly, Bec and Heath on the
junior-pro circuit. Surfing and
beach sport continue to play out
alongside school and budding
relationships.
http://abc.net.au/rollercoaster/
bluewaterhigh
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 23
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
DEADLY
DID YOU KNOW?
DIVE OLLY DIVE!
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 1 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 11 MIN / ANIMATION,
ADVENTURE
PROD CO SLR Productions
EXEC PROD Suzanne Ryan,
Geoff
Watson, Jo Horsburgh
PRODUCER Suzanne Ryan
DIRECTOR David Evans
WRITER Various
CAST Sarah Aubrey, Michelle
Doake, Rachel King
STATUS Completed
Stories involve the quest for
eternal youth, blue farts,
marauding botty worms, pooper
scooping, bad hair days, whale
gizzards, two-headed giraffes
and much much more. Based on
the best-selling book series by
Australia’s top children’s authors,
Morris Gleitzman and Paul
Jennings.
www.flyingbark.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Flying Bark Productions
PROD CO Head Pictures
EXEC PROD Domenic Friguglietti
PRODUCER Damon Escott,
Stephen Lance, Sally Madgwick
DIRECTOR Steve Baker
STATUS Completed
Did you know you can lead a
cow upstairs but not downstairs?
Did you know a duck’s quack
doesn’t echo? And did you know
turtles breathe through their
bottoms? Tropfest 2007 winner
Steve Baker presents obscure
facts in a subversive way. For
eight to 11-year-olds.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9519 1366
FAX +61-2 9519 1258
www.flyingbark.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Mike
Young
Productions, Flying Bark
Productions
EXEC PROD Geoff Watson, Mike
Young
PRODUCER Mike Young, Yasmin
McConville
DIRECTOR Jane Schneider, Bob
Doucette
WRITER Various
CAST Shane Withington, Gibson
Nolte, Suzie MacKenzie,
Sarah Aubrey, Julie McGregor,
Catherine McGraffin, Chloe
Harrison
STATUS Post-Production
Two young submarines
experience the joys and
challenges of life in their
underwater world, in much the
same way that preschoolers
experience life in their world.
The heroic fun-loving Olly and his
baby sister Beth solve problems
small and large. For five to eightyear-olds.
mikeyoungproductions.com
SALES CONTACT
Taffy Entertainment
United States
PHONE +1-181 8999 0082
www.taffyentertainment.com
24 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOGSTAR
DOUBLE TROUBLE
ERKY PERKY
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 30 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Media World Pictures
PRODUCER Colin South, Ross
PROD CO CAAMA
EXEC PROD Ron Saunders,
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 11 MIN / ANIMATION
Hutchens
DIRECTOR Aaron Davies
WRITER Doug MacLeod, Philip
Dalkin
CAST Voices of Henry Maas,
Michael Veitch, Marg Downey,
Matthew King, Roslyn Oades
STATUS Completed
Priscilla Collins, Jo Horsburgh
PRODUCER Terry Jennings, Rachel
Clements
DIRECTOR Wayne Blair, Richard
Frankland
WRITER Mitch Torres, Danielle
MacLean, Richard Frankland,
David Ogilvy
CAST Cassie Glenn, Chrissie
Glenn
STATUS Post-Production
It is the year 2347. On the
voyage from Old to New Earth,
a freak accident causes Dogstar,
a giant space ark containing all
the world’s dogs, to become
lost to mankind. On New Earth,
the evil Bob Santino gleefully
mass produces robotic dogs for
the canine-deprived humans.
But the Clark kids, three
members of your average 24th
Century family, miss their real
dog Hobart. They embark on a
journey to find the Dogstar with
Bob in hot pursuit.
Tells the story of twins,
separated at birth, who meet
and swap places in an adventure
that changes their lives. The
first children’s television
drama produced by the Central
Australian Aboriginal Media
Association (CAAMA) explores
different cultures: white and
black, city and bush, community
and urban lifestyles.
SALES CONTACT
www.mediaworld.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Daro Film Distribution
Monaco
PHONE +377-9797 1600
FAX +377-9797 1591
[email protected]
Australian Children’s Television
Foundation
PROD CO Various
EXEC PROD Avrill Stark,
Bryan
Lowe, Arnold Zipursky
PRODUCER David Webster,
Michael Boughen, Arnold
Zipursky
DIRECTOR David Webster
STATUS Production
About two bickering bugs
who are forced to survive in a
scary clean kitchen. Series two
introduces bossy flying bug Mad
Margaret, her ‘wing-man’ Cecil,
beguiling niece Sajuica, ‘veteran’
bug Frenzel, old-timer Moldy Van
Oldy and fart-propelled Stinks.
Aimed at seven to 11-year-olds.
www.ambienceentertainment.com
SALES CONTACT
CCi Releasing Inc
Canada
PHONE +1-416 964 8750
FAX +1-416 964 1980
www.ccientertainment.com
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 8800
FAX +61-3 9419 0660
www.actf.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 25
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
THE FAIRIES
FARMKIDS
FIVE MINUTES MORE
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 12 MIN / DRAMA
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 12.5 MIN / ANIMATION, COMEDY
PROD CO The Fairies
EXEC PROD Jenifer Watts
PRODUCER David Hancock
DIRECTOR Mark Evans
CAST Candy Moll, Ruth Fallon,
PROD CO FARMkids Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Scott Strachan, Ian
AUSTRALIA/UK CO-PRODUCTION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
65 X 5 MIN / ANIMATION
PJ Oates, Rhys Bobridge, Adam
Foodburn
STATUS Completed
Lose yourself in a world of
singing and dancing fairies,
elves, wizards, bees and lots of
other surprises in this magical
musical series for pre-schoolers
(and everyone else who still
believes). This exciting live
action series is available as 52 x
12 minutes, 26 x 30 minutes and
2 x 50 minutes episodes.
SALES CONTACT
The Fairies
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8333 2655
FAX +61-8 8333 2130
www.thefairies.com
[email protected]
Jones, Andrew Gibson
DIRECTOR Sorin Oancea
WRITER Various
CAST Voices of Andrew
Buchanan, Liz Buchanan,
Tiffany Lamb, Todd Levi, Bill
MacDonald, Danny Murphy,
Louise Bremher, Bryan
Proberts, John Hamon, Scott
Strachan
STATUS Production
A bunch of pampered city
animals swap their star-studded
life in a zoo nursery for remote
Dude Ranch. Based around
the irony of farm animals who
know nothing about living in the
country, this animated television
comedy series is for six to 11year-olds.
SALES CONTACT
FARMkids Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3723 8333
FAX +61-7 3715 1444
MOBILE +61-419 176 590
www.farmkids.com.au
[email protected]
26 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
PROD CO Buster
Dandy
Productions, Snow River Media
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Angus Fletcher,
Martin Robertson
PRODUCER Justine Flynn, Donna
Andrews
DIRECTOR Mark Barnard
WRITER Jan Page, Mellie Buse
STATUS Completed
Discover the wonderful world
of five furry friends who live
on a magical patchwork quilt.
One is the storyteller, one is
the interrupter and the other
three act out the stories with
imagination and humour. With
its soft ‘hand-sewn’ look and
familiar story-telling style
– complete with interruptions,
questions and detours – this
accessible series gently draws in
young viewers.
http://abc.net.au/children/
fiveminutesmore
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
G2G
H2O: JUST ADD WATER
I GOT A ROCKET
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 30 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 30 MIN / ADVENTURE, FANTASY
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 12 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO Moody
PROD CO H20
PROD CO SLR
Street Kids Pty
Ltd, March Entertainment Inc
EXEC PROD Gillian Carr, Dan
Hawes, Jo Horsburgh
PRODUCER Gillian Carr
DIRECTOR Gillian Carr
WRITER Various
STATUS Pre-Production
Follows 11-year-old Madison
Marples-Macintosh AKA
Maddie, who writes the ‘Dear
Abby’ column for her school
newspaper. While her eccentric
parents and attention-seeking
friends perform centre stage,
Maddie prefers to take notes
from the sidelines.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
March Entertainment Inc
Canada
PHONE +1-416 604 9000
FAX +1-416 977 1485
www.marchentertainment.com
Just Add Water
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jonathan M. Shiff
PRODUCER Jonathan M. Shiff
DIRECTOR Colin Budds, Jeffrey
Walker
WRITER Various
CAST Claire Holt, Phoebe
Tonkin, Cariba Heine, Angus
McLaren, Burgess Abernethy
STATUS Production
When the moon pool enhances
their mermaid powers in strange
and mysterious ways it’s hard for
Emma, Rikki and Cleo to control
them. But when meek and mild
Charlotte stumbles into the
moon pool and inherits all three
powers our heroes had better
watch their tails.
www.jonathan-m-shiff.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Productions, Mike
Young Productions, Taffy
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Suzanne Ryan, Bill
Schultz
PRODUCER Suzanne Ryan
DIRECTOR Glenn Kirkpatrick
WRITER Stu Connolly
CAST Voices of Thomas
Bromhead, Jamie Oxenbould,
Rachel King, Marcello Fabrizi,
Drew Forsythe, Trilby Glover
STATUS Post-Production
Thanks to Rocket, Vinnie’s got
plans. Big plans! Yes, Vinnie
wants it all! And Rocket’s
going to help him, in his own
jet-powered, gadget-packed,
impulsive way! Together, nothing
can stop Rocket and Vinnie.
Nothing that is, except, well,
Rocket and Vinnie. Just try to stay
out of their way!
ZDF Enterprises
Germany
PHONE +49-6131 9910
FAX +49-613 199 1260
www.zdf-enterprises.zdf.de
[email protected]
www.slrproductions.com
SALES CONTACT
Taffy Entertainment
United States
PHONE +1-181 8999 0082
www.taffyentertainment.com
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 27
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
LI’L LARIKKINS
LOCKIE LEONARD
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 10 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / TEEN
PROD CO Ettamogah
PROD CO Essential
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Leigh C O’Brien
PRODUCER Paul Western-Pittard
WRITER Leigh C O’Brien, Paul
Western-Pittard
STATUS Pre-Production
(drama)
Eight-year-old Amy, her koala,
Maddie and their pals are
trouble-looking-for-a-placeto-happen. Mischievous, fun,
adventurous – these Li’l Larikkins
are pint-sized dynamos with
energy to burn and adventure
blazing in their hearts. But in
the sleepy town of Ettamogah
adventure is hard to come by.
Solution? Make your own. Join
them on crazy, laugh-filled
adventures through the outback
as they cause mayhem in a way
only eight-year-olds can. For four
to seven-year-olds.
www.ettamogah.com
SALES CONTACT
The Mercer Group
United States
PHONE +1-718 788 3617
FAX +1-917 591 2832
[email protected]
Viewing
EXEC PROD Rosemary
Blight, Jo
Horsburgh
PRODUCER Kylie du Fresne
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Sean Keenan, Rhys
Muldoon, Corey McKernan,
Briony Williams, Gracie Gilbert,
Clarence Ryan
STATUS Completed
Lockie Leonard moves to the
most remote town on earth
– Anjelus. This is a TOTAL LIFE
DISASTER: no friends, new
school... but then Lockie spots
the one thing that makes it all
okay. This weird little town has
the best surf he has ever seen.
Based on the award-winning
novels of Tim Winton.
SALES CONTACT
Australian Children’s Television
Foundation
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 8800
FAX +61-3 9419 0660
www.actf.com.au
[email protected]
IDM
France
PHONE +33-331 4747 2509
FAX +33-331 4745 3632
[email protected]
28 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
THE LOST TREASURE OF
FIJI
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE, FANTASY
PROD CO Pirate Islands Fiji Ltd
EXEC PROD Jonathan M. Shiff
PRODUCER Jonathan M. Shiff,
Judith John-Story
DIRECTOR Grant Brown
WRITER Various
CAST Saskia Burmeister,
Adelaide Clements, Jim Daly,
John Noble, Kain O’Keeffe, Sera
Tikotikovatu, Wame Valentine,
Nathan Vernon
STATUS Post-Production
Top gamers from around the
world Tyler, Kirra and Alison
are in Fiji for the launch of the
new computer game, ‘The Lost
Treasure of Fiji’. But things go
awry when they find themselves
pulled inside the digital world
in search of Tyler’s younger
brother. Swashbuckling pirates
and tropical dangers become all
too real obstacles as they join
forces to solve the game and
find their way back home before
it’s too late.
www.jonathan-m-shiff.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Banana J Media
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9647 7200
FAX +61-3 9647 7299
www.bananaj.com.au
[email protected]
MASTER RAINDROP
MORTIFIED
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION, ACTION
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE
PROD CO Big
PROD CO Mortified Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Phillip Bowman,
Communications,
Flux Animation, Flying Bark
Productions
EXEC PROD Geoff Watson,
Vincent Lim, Brent Chambers
PRODUCER Yasmin McConville,
Brent Chambers, Vincent Lim
DIRECTOR Steve Cooper
WRITER Various
STATUS Production
Chronicles the journey of four
young friends – Raindrop, Shao
Yen, Jinhou and Niwa – across
‘The World of A Thousand
Lands’ in search of their Master,
who has been captured by the
Evil General Bu. This new 3D
animated series brings to life
characters and creatures from
various Asian Legends and
Folklore, as their stories are
retold within the adventures of
our young heroes. For eight to
11-year-olds.
www.flyingbark.com.au
SALES CONTACT
EM.TV AG
Germany
PHONE +49-8999 5000
FAX +49-8999 5111
www.em.tv
[email protected]
Jenny Buckland, Bernadette
O’Mahony
PRODUCER Phillip Bowman,
Bernadette O’Mahony
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Marny Kennedy, Nicholas
Dunn, Maia McCall Mitchell,
Luke Erceg, Dajana Cahill
STATUS Completed
On the brink of adolescence,
a girl’s got a lot to deal with:
a changing body, a flood of
hormones, relentless judgment
by her peers, even a first,
unrequited crush. Although
Taylor Fry is a lively, smartlipped kid, she feels she doesn’t
belong (and with a father known
locally as ‘the underpant king’
who could blame her?). But
eventually Taylor must confront
the truth: she is who she is.
NEW MACDONALD’S
FARM
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
135 X 30 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO Pacific
and Beyond
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Ron Saunders
DIRECTOR Ian Munro
WRITER Various
STATUS Completed
Follows the adventures of Max
and Milly and their lovable
farmyard animal friends: Henry
the horse, Charlotte the chook,
Dash the duck, Shirley the sheep,
Percy the pig and Daisy the cow.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond International
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9348 9340
FAX +61-3 9326 5493
www.beyond.com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Australian Children’s Television
Foundation
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 8800
FAX +61-3 9419 0660
www.actf.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 29
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
PIXEL PINKIE
POP PUPS
ROCK IT!
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
13 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 5 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 30 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Blue
Rocket
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Alicia Rackett, David
Gurney
DIRECTOR David Gurney
WRITER Stephen Davis, Stu
Connelly
STATUS Production
PROD CO A
PROD CO Galaxy Pop Pty Limited
EXEC PROD Gian Christian, Dina
Newly arrived in town, Nina
wants to be accepted at school.
If only she had a normal,
dysfunctional family, instead
of hippie parents. Most of all,
Nina wants a mobile phone just
like everyone else! When her
wish comes true, she discovers
her new phone has an unlikely
occupant who can grant all of
her wishes! But as Nina soon
discovers, wishes seldom go
exactly to plan. Available as 13 x
24 and 26 x 12 minute episodes.
Follows the adventures of three
cheeky little puppies as they
discover the world through a
series of fun adventures. Series
one is 26 x 1 minute and series
two is 26 x 5 minutes. For
children under seven-years-old.
www.blue-rocket.com.au
Stark Production
Pty Ltd and Ambience
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Avrill Stark
PRODUCER Avrill Stark
WRITER Avrill Stark, David
Webster
STATUS Production
SALES CONTACT
A Stark Production Pty Ltd and
Ambience Entertainment
Australia
www.ambienceentertainment.
com
astark@ambienceentertainment.
com
McPherson, Cherrie Bottger
PRODUCER Nicholas Bufalo, Gian
Christian, Dina McPherson
DIRECTOR Nicholas Bufalo
WRITER Dina McPherson, Robert
Greenberg
CAST Kate Barresi, Lisa
Marie Charalambos, Gian
Christian, Stacey Knight, Dina
McPherson, Bruce Paterson
STATUS Completed
Follows the adventures of
a group of friends who find
a derelict rocketship in an
abandoned fairground and
accidentally blast into outer
space! This preschool program
combines live action, animation,
music, dance and esteem
building concepts with a cool
retro design.
SALES CONTACT
www.galaxypop.com
Daro Film Distribution
SALES CONTACT
Monaco
PHONE +377-9797 1600
FAX +377-9797 1591
[email protected]
30 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Galaxy Pop Pty Limited
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9866 1611
FAX +61-3 9866 7011
www.galaxypop.com
[email protected]
SEA PRINCESSES
SEASIDE HOTEL
THE SHAPIES
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 12 MIN / ANIMATION
AUSTRALIA/FRANCE CO-PRODUCTION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 26 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
39 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE,
ANIMATION
PROD CO Tele
PROD CO Light
PROD CO Neptuno
Films,
Flamma Films, Southern Star
Pacific
EXEC PROD Catherine Payne,
Cristina Brandner, Josep Viciana
PRODUCER Noel Price
DIRECTOR Craig Handley
WRITER Kevin Nemeth
STATUS Production
Based on the ‘Princesas do Mar’
books by Brazilian author Fabio
Yabu, the series explores the
kingdoms of the sea through the
animated adventures of the Sea
Princesses.
www.southernstargroup.
com/ProductDetails.
aspx?productid=18241
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
Neptuno Films
Spain
www.neptunofilms.com
[email protected]
Flamma Films
Brazil
PHONE +55-113 541 3670
www.flammafilms.com
[email protected]
Images Kids,
Flying Bark Productions
EXEC PROD Philippe Alessandri,
Geoff Watson
PRODUCER Philippe Alessandri,
Geoff Watson
DIRECTOR Charlie Sansonetti,
David Witt
WRITER Various
CAST Voices of Di Adams, Sarah
Aubrey, Michelle Daoke, Drew
Forsythe, Rachel King, Troy
Planet
STATUS Completed
An animated series about an
unlikely friendship between
two 11-year-olds. George is the
inhibited, straitlaced son of the
owner of a rather stuffy hotel.
Rosy is an eccentric, spirited girl
who upsets the delicate balance
of George’s world and leads him
into adventures he would have
never imagined. Available as 26
x 13 minute and 13 x 26 minute
episodes.
Knights
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Angliss
SERIES PRODUCER Mark Traynor
PRODUCER Wes Tatters
DIRECTOR David Merson, Mark
Traynor
WRITER Mark Traynor
CAST Voices of Tony Bellette,
Bonnie Fraser, Jane U’Brihien,
Joey Moore
STATUS Production
The 3D adventures of a toy rock
band. For five to seven-year-olds.
www.lightknights.com
SALES CONTACT
Three Roads Media Partners
United States
PHONE +1-212 472 8339
www.3roadsmediapartners.com
www.flyingbark.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Tele Images International
France
PHONE +33-14435 1700
FAX +33-14225 7756
www.teleimages.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 31
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
SLEEPOVER CLUB
STAINES DOWN DRAINS
STREETSMARTZ
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 24 MIN / DRAMA
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
CO-PRODUCTION
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: MINI-SERIES
39 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE, TEEN
PROD CO Southern
Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Noel Price
PRODUCER Susie Campbell
DIRECTOR James Bogle, Mark
DeFriest, Steven Peddie
WRITER Various
CAST Katie Nazer-Hennings,
Morgan Griffin, Monique
Williams, Manu Bains, Rachel
Watson, James Bell, Shannon
Lively, Julia O’Connor, Ruby
Hall, Geoff Kelso, Michael
Loney, Michelle Fornasier
STATUS Completed
Life is pretty humorous when
you look at it from the point of
view of the five young teenage
girls in THE SLEEPOVER CLUB.
Based on the international
bestselling books of the same
name.
www.southernstargroup.com
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
PROD CO Traction
Inc Limited,
Flying Bark Productions
EXEC PROD Geoff Watson, Brent
Chambers
PRODUCER Yoram Gross, Brent
Chambers, Geoff Watson
DIRECTOR Jane Schneider, Guy
Gross
WRITER Various
CAST Voices of Jane U’Brien,
Rachel King, Sarah Aubrey,
Keith Scott, Drew Forsythe
STATUS Production
Slipping down the plughole
starts the ride of a lifetime for
John Stanley Staines and his
sister Mary Jane. They travel a
maze of drains all the way to a
huge underground world full of
fantastic creatures and fabulous
places. Even though it lies right
beneath us it’s a world most
people don’t know about. It’s a
world only kids can get into.
www.flyingbark.com.au
SALES CONTACT
EM.TV AG
Germany
PHONE +49-8999 5000
FAX +49-8999 5111
www.em.tv
[email protected]
32 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
PROD CO Wikkid
Entertainment
(for Great Western
Entertainment Pty Ltd)
EXEC PROD Jo Horsburgh
PRODUCER Paul Barron
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Coral Drouyn, Vanessa
Yardley, B.S. McQueen-Mason
CAST David Richardson, Chelsea
Jones, Valentina Barron,
Anthony Harwood, Lucy Cooke,
Joel Turner, Pia Prendiville,
Rebecca McCarthy, Michaela
Sojak, Anthony Spanos, Jesse
Martin, Ben Garside, Fernando
Colella, Iain Gately, David
Smyth, Luke Hewitt, Robbie
Vecchio, Luciano Vecchio
STATUS Completed
Follows the story of Vinnie, his
family and his mates on the one
day of the week that kids call
their own – Saturday.
www.streetsmartz.tv
SALES CONTACT
Fireworks International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-020 7851 6500
FAX +44-020 7851 6504
www.contentfilm.com
[email protected]
SUMO MOUSE
THE UPSIDE DOWN SHOW
WAKKAVILLE
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 24 MIN / COMEDY, FAMILY
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 22 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO Blink Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Michael Bourchier
PRODUCER Wendy Gray
DIRECTOR Julie Money, Peter
PROD CO Ettamogah
PROD CO Moody
Street Kids Pty
Ltd, Title Entertainment
EXEC PROD Gillian Carr, Frank
Taylor
SERIES DIRECTOR Gillian Carr
PRODUCER Gillian Carr, Frank
Taylor
WRITER Ray Boseley, Katherine
Sandford, Chris Anastassiades
STATUS Pre-Production
When Yama, a timid little mouse,
dons a sacred o-isho, he is
transformed into a mountain
of mouscular mayhem – Sumo
Mouse!
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
Nelvana Limited
Canada
PHONE +1-416 535 0935
FAX +1-416 530 2832
www.nelvana.com
Cudlipp
WRITER Belinda Ward
CAST Shane Dundas, David
Collins, Mat McCoy, Amanda
Bishop
STATUS Completed
A live-action preschool series
presenting the physical comedy
of the Umbilical Brothers.
SALES CONTACT
Sesame Workshop
United States
PHONE +1-212 875 6321
FAX +1-212 875 6101
www.sesameworkshop.com
[email protected]
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Leigh C O’Brien, Paul
Western-Pittard
WRITER Leigh C O’Brien, Paul
Western-Pittard
STATUS Pre-Production
Thirteen-year-old Jaz is sent
to a town full of crazy kids
and psycho adults, Wakkaville
– as different from Sydney as
night from day. But this is her
last chance to get it together.
With Flick, her self-appointed
tour guide, Martin, her cowboy
‘jackaroo’ neighbour and Buzza,
an aquaphobic surfer, Jaz makes
it her mission to drag Wakkaville
into the 21st century. For eight
to 12-year-olds. Available as 26
x 22 minute and 52 x 11 minute
episodes.
www.ettamogah.com
SALES CONTACT
The Mercer Group
United States
PHONE +1-718 788 3617
FAX +1-917 591 2832
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 33
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
WORM HOLLOW
TV DRAMA: SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 24 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO Wikkid
Entertainment
(for Great Western
Entertainment Pty Ltd)
PRODUCER Paul Barron
DIRECTOR Edward McQueenMason, Mark DeFriest
WRITER Various
STATUS Pre-Production
Mick, Ned and Danni Bourke live
in the strange town of Worm
Hollow where the economy
depends on worms, noses run
(literally) and boys can fly.
SALES CONTACT
Great Western Entertainment Pty
Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9433 6899
FAX +61-8 9433 6922
www.gwe.net.au
[email protected]
CCi Releasing Inc
Canada
PHONE +1-416 964 8750
FAX +1-416 964 1980
www.ccientertainment.com
[email protected]
34 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
C H I L D R E N ’S T V D R A M A
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 35
DOCUMENTARIES
16MM MAXWELL
*
FILM & MEDIA
BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO VCA
School of Film and
Television
DIRECTOR Elizabeth Hoyle
WRITER Elizabeth Hoyle
ABOUT A GIRL: CASEY
DONOVAN
ANTARCTICART –
EVERYSOMEWHEREVER
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
ARTS & CRAFTS, ENVIRONMENT &
CONSERVATION, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DV/MINI DV / 26 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Nancia Guivarra
DIRECTOR Nancia Guivarra
WRITER Nancia Guivarra
The filmmaker returns to her
hometown in New Zealand,
taking the journey south with
her father. During this visit
she meets Maxwell, who has
transformed his house into a
100 seat cinema, and discovers
a history of local documentary
filmmaking and the elderly men
and women who made them.
Casey Donovan has sung her way
into the hearts of a nation and
become our Idol in the process.
At just 16 years of age, she won
Australian Idol, had a number
one single, and launched her
own album.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Victorian College of the Arts School
of Film and Television
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9685 9000
FAX +61-3 9685 9001
www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv/
index.html
[email protected]
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
PRODUCER Matthew Rooke
DIRECTOR Matthew Rooke
WRITER Matthew Rooke
A celebration of the ‘frigid
exotic’, a journey into
abstraction. Grand vistas,
ageless beauty and a neversetting sun. Few people ever
get to Antarctica, less go there
to paint. Steven Eastaugh has
travelled for the last 23 years,
calls nowhere home, feeds off
isolation and suffers from a selfdiagnosed affliction called still
sickness. How does he connect
with the pristine environment,
deal with the bitter climate and
then translate that experience
onto canvas? Set amongst
the backdrop of the coldest,
windiest, driest continent on
Earth, we witness the working
process and creation of over 200
individual works.
SALES CONTACT
Matthew Rooke
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9534 6251
MOBILE +61-422 904 561
[email protected]
38 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
*
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
AUNTY CONNIE
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 28 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
PROD CO Switch Films
PRODUCER Janelle Landers
DIRECTOR Sheila Jayadev
WRITER Sheila Jayadev
ARRANGING LOVE explores
the realities of the arranged
marriage and the rules of love
and relationships for second
generation Indians living in
Australia. In doing so ARRANGING
LOVE attempts to look past the
stereotype of children struggling
against their controlling Indian
parents that is so often portrayed
in Western cinema.
SALES CONTACT
Switch Films
Australia
MOBILE +61-402 062 096
[email protected]
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Ivan Sen
DIRECTOR Ivan Sen
WRITER Ivan Sen
Connie McDonald is a woman
who has been liberated by love.
Born in the Kimberley with
a debilitating bone disease,
Connie’s first baby steps broke
both her legs. This is a love story
and a tale of courage.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
BETWEEN THE OIL AND
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
BETACAM / 25 MIN
PROD CO San
Polo Productions,
United Notions Productions
EXEC PROD Salvatore Braca
PRODUCER Dan Fallshaw, Violeta
Ayala
DIRECTOR Violeta Ayala
WRITER Violeta Ayala, Dan
Fallshaw
BETWEEN THE OIL AND THE DEEP
BLUE SEA is a plea of a young
African nation trying to stamp
out corruption within the oil
business and rescue its country
from poverty.
SALES CONTACT
United Notions Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9365 7321
FAX +61-2 9328 0352
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 39
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
ARRANGING LOVE
BEYOND THE BELLY
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HEALTH,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Religion and
Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Roger Bayley
Australian men are in crisis.
They’re fatter than ever before
and by the time they are 40 our
men are dying like never before.
But is obesity the problem?
Or is a big belly a symptom of
an inward spiritual void? By
following three middle-aged
blokes through a weight-loss
program this story goes BEYOND
THE BELLY to find out why our
menfolk are not taking care of
themselves. Beyond the mere
physical, we explore how men
are coming to terms with the
challenges of mid-life in a
secular society which celebrates
youth and all but ignores them.
A story for our time.
CHANT OF THE SCRUB
TURKEY *
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Gabrielle
Jones
Productions
PRODUCER Gabrielle Jones
The scrub turkey vs. the veggie
patch, Darwin vs. Buddha and for
one small community a clash of
colossal proportions.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Enterprises
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3999
FAX +61-2 8333 3998
www.abc.net.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
40 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
CHEEKY DOG
*
ARTS & CRAFTS, HEALTH, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO CAAMA
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Rachel Clements
PRODUCER Barbara Clifford
DIRECTOR Dena Curtis
WRITER Dena Curtis
Despite living with Muscular
Dystrophy and being profoundly
deaf, Dion, a 15-year-old artist
from Central Australia, has been
able to create a unique fashion
label to assist his financial
security.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
*
RELIGION, CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Religion and
Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Mark Edmondson
DIRECTOR Rhianna Patrick
29-year old Marcus Smith is at a
crossroads in his life and decides
to go ‘home’ to the Torres
Strait during its most important
celebration of the year, the
Coming of the Light. This event
commemorates the arrival of the
first missionaries in the Torres
Strait.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
COOL DRINK AND
CULTURE
COS I’M FREE: CATHY
FREEMAN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 28 MIN
PROD CO CAAMA
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Rachel Clements
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR Sonja Dare
WRITER Sonja Dare
Mt Leibig is a remote Aboriginal
community 250kms west of Alice
Springs. Within this community
live strong vibrant young women
who have a unique view of
the worlds they live in. These
young women move successfully
between two cultures: their
traditional culture and white
man’s culture.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Louise Glover
DIRECTOR Louise Glover
WRITER Louise Glover
This film reveals Cathy’s secret
weapon, the real life story of her
life, the inspiration that made
our golden girl of the track fly
into the record books and into
the nation’s heart. This is her
story.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 41
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
COMING OF THE LIGHT
ELVIS LIVES IN PARKES
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Big Island Pictures
EXEC PROD Mark Chapman
PRODUCER Melissa Fox, Noelene
Hayes
DIRECTOR Anthony Mullins
WRITER Anthony Mullins
Despite the threat of bushfires,
flood, public ridicule, financial
loss, theft and outright
exhaustion, a small band of
devotees from the tiny rural
town of Parkes have battled
against the odds to create the
biggest and most unlikely of Elvis
Presley festivals in Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Fusion Films
Australia
MOBILE +61-403 133 565
[email protected]
FAIR DINKUM MANJIT
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Faraway
Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Faramarz
K-Rahber,
Axel Grigor
DIRECTOR Faramarz K-Rahber
WRITER Faramarz K-Rahber
Meet Manjit, a 49-year-old
Indian cab driver who has made
it his mission to tell the world
what a great nation Australia is
– through his own homemade
music! And now he had decided
to make a Bollywood-style music
video for his most popular track
‘Song Australia’.
SALES CONTACT
Faraway Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3219 1107
FAX +61-7 3219 1107
www.faraway.com.au
[email protected]
42 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
FOOTPRINTS IN THE
SAND: THE LAST OF THE
NOMADS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
BETACAM / 24 MIN
PROD CO BlackRussian
Productions
EXEC PROD Trevor Graham
PRODUCER Paul Roberts
DIRECTOR Glen Stasiuk
WRITER Glen Stasiuk
Journey into the Gibson Desert
to the country traversed by Warri
and Yatungka, the last of the
nomads who were brought in
to Wiluna in 1977 in a time of
drought.
SALES CONTACT
BlackRussian Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-414 386 468
FAX +61-8 9490 7354
MOBILE +61-414 386 468
[email protected].
edu.au
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA, SPORTS &
RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM/DVC PRO 50 /
25 MIN
PROD CO Dreaming
Digital Pty
Ltd
PRODUCER Lisa Duff
DIRECTOR Michael Longbottom
WRITER Michael Longbottom
FOOTY – THE LA PEROUSE WAY is
the story of a small Aboriginal
community located in bustling
multicultural Sydney. It is the
journey of a community, whose
beginnings were marked by
racial division and the suffering it
brought, and their embracing of
football as a starting point to put
these historic differences behind
them, forging what has now
become a unique and prosperous
mix of black and white cultures,
working together side-by-side in
all aspects of life, with respect,
honour, integrity and trust.
SALES CONTACT
Dreaming Digital Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9699 4212
MOBILE +61-412 373 761
[email protected]
HABIBI JAMMIN’
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Virus Media Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Enda Murray, Cinzia
Guaraldi
DIRECTOR Brian
Rapsey
HABIBI JAMMIN’ takes us
behind the headlines and into
the lives of four young people
from the Arabic community in
the troubled western Sydney
suburb of Bankstown. Nomise,
Julie, Susan and Matuse are the
most talented and articulate
participants in the ‘Jammin’ in
the Middle E’ drama project,
which promises to produce
a television drama based
on stories from their lives.
We follow them through the
production stages of this unique
drama process and explore the
tricky topic of Arab/Australian
representation.
IN SEARCH OF THE
WATCHMAKER
ARTS & CRAFTS
DVD / 26 MIN
PROD CO Melpet Productions
PRODUCER Tatiana Simonow
DIRECTOR Nicholas Sherman
The film represents a series of
paintings by Australian artist Nick
Chlebnikowski under the title IN
SEARCH OF THE WATCHMAKER. His
work is simple and provocative.
Sensing that mathematical forms
(fractals) are binding the fabric
of the universe, his thoughts
have materialised via the
unexpected medium of art.
SALES CONTACT
Melpet Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9752 9330
FAX +61-3 9752 9330
MOBILE +61-411 114 316
www.nsherman.info
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Virus Media Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9569 1313
FAX +61-2 9569 1313
MOBILE +61-407 011 176
www.virusmedia.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 43
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
FOOTY – THE LA PEROUSE
WAY
INSIDE OVERTURE 1812
*
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
PERFORMING ARTS
HD / 25 MIN
PROD CO Youth
Musical
Endeavours Ltd
EXEC PROD Ian Hamilton
PRODUCER Adam Sebire
DIRECTOR Adam Sebire
WRITER Adam Sebire
This program explores the events
and places behind Tchaikovsky’s
1812 Overture, performed by the
SBS Youth Orchestra. Tragically,
Napoleon’s folly of 1812 proved
to be a harbinger of what was
to follow 130 years later: on the
same ground where 80,000 men
lost their lives in a single day,
trenches were again being dug,
as Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet
Union in 1941.
ISLAND FETTLERS
LIVING COUNTRY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DV/MINI DV / 25 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO Core Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Pauline Clague
DIRECTOR Kelrick Martin
WRITER Kelrick Martin
The untold history of a small
diaspora of Torres Strait Islander
people, and the massive
contribution they made to the
development of a billion dollar
mining industry in the harsh
north west of Western Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Core Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9566 4415
FAX +61-2 9566 4435
MOBILE +61-417 485 908
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
44 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
PROD CO CAAMA
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jacqui North
PRODUCER Jacqui North
DIRECTOR David Tranter
WRITER David Tranter
Traditional owners of the proposed
nuclear dump sites in central
Australia show us what’s at stake
if the unthinkable happens.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DVD / 27 MIN
PROD CO Double
Wire
Productions
EXEC PROD Felecia Watkin Lui
PRODUCER Lenora Thaker
DIRECTOR Douglas Watkin
WRITER Felecia Watkin Lui,
Lenora Thaker
By the 1920s, Cairns’ Malaytown
became home to one of the first
waves of Torres Strait Islander
families to settle on mainland
Australia. Close to the sea,
Malaytown enabled Islander
families to replicate as many
of their cultural traditions as
possible, providing a place of
social and economic support
within a predominantly white
population. In the tradition of
family oral histories, Malaytown
Stories features interviews with
six former Malaytown residents
and descendants.
SALES CONTACT
MURRAY, LIFE AND DEATH
MY BROTHER VINNIE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Miriam Corowa
DIRECTOR Miriam Corowa
WRITER Miriam Corowa
An investigative film on the
views of the traditional owners
who share the mighty Murray
River and the influence they
have on the river’s future.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Black
Ruby Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Sarah Bond
DIRECTOR Steven McGregor
WRITER Aaron Pedersen
Aaron and Vinnie Pedersen are
two brothers who have been
each other’s shadow. Aaron has
established a successful career
as an actor, all the while being
responsible for the care of
Vinnie, who has mild intellectual
disabilities and cerebral palsy.
MY BROTHER VINNIE intimately
explores a relationship full
of humour and charm. The
characters will touch you with
their wit and honesty.
SALES CONTACT
Black Ruby Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9827 3510
FAX +61-3 9827 3510
MOBILE +61-402 584 172
[email protected]
Double Wire Productions
Australia
FAX +61-7 4033 1100
MOBILE +61-410 326 562
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 45
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
MALAYTOWN STORIES
ONE CUP
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DVD / 29 MIN
PROD CO Mutiny
Media, Scarab
Studio
EXEC PROD Nicholas Hansen
PRODUCER Dominic Allen
DIRECTOR Dominic Allen
WRITER Dylan Tromp
A documentary film about
fair trade and coffee farmers
in Timor Leste, filmed in the
mountains during January 2006.
ONE CUP offers rare insight into
the struggles of coffee farming
in the poorest country in Asia.
Among the immense everyday
difficulties described by coffee
producer communities, health
concerns are paramount.
Featuring Foreign Minister Jose
Ramos Horta, Oxfam Program
Director Keryn Clark and scores
of Timorese coffee farmers, ONE
CUP illustrates the benefits of the
international fair trade system.
ONE CUP is a moving and visually
arresting reminder of the ever
increasing need for support for
the millions of developing-world
farmers across the globe.
THE PASSION OF GINA
SINOZICH *
PLAGUED BY MEMORIES
ARTS & CRAFTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 28 MIN
PROD CO Vagabond Films Pty
EXEC PROD Amanda Duthie
PRODUCER Sylvie Le Clezio
DIRECTOR Olivia Rousset
Ltd
THE PASSION OF GINA SINOZICH
follows artist Gina Sinozich
as she opens her first major
exhibition in Croatia. Sinozich has
only been painting for four years,
and is 74 years old.
SALES CONTACT
Vagabond Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9664 4331
FAX +61-2 9664 4331
MOBILE +61-415 790 392
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Scarab Studio
Australia
PHONE +61-402 923 479
FAX +61-3 9646 2774
www.thescarab.org
[email protected]
46 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
*
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 27 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Religion and
Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Steven Salgo
DIRECTOR Steven Salgo
For many survivors of the
Holocaust the horror has
returned. When Renee Symonds
placed her mother in a nursing
home, her mother’s dementia
not only worsened, but the
loss of her home, family and
freedom, as well as her new
surrounds, triggered memories
suppressed for 60 years. Renee,
a psychotherapist, and the
nursing home embarked on
a groundbreaking program to
identify the ‘triggers’ and treat
Holocaust survivors experiencing
these psychotic episodes.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
THE SAFE HOUSE
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, TRAVEL &
ADVENTURE, EDUCATION
DVD / 25 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Gribler Films
EXEC PROD Chrissie Hall
DIRECTOR Chrissie Hall
WRITER Chrissie Hall
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve
PRODUCER Denise Haslem
DIRECTOR Lee Whitmore
WRITER Lee Whitmore
This film is designed to act as a
counterweight to the centuries
of defamation and bad press
rats have received worldwide.
It shows that rats are not just
sewer dwelling animals that live
to bite you, but are adorable
little pets with personality.
This film from award-winning
animator Lee Whitmore is
based on a true story from her
childhood in 1950s Australia
– her brush with the Cold War
spy drama known as the Petrov
Affair.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Gribler Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9665 9520
FAX +61-2 9665 9520
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
STONE COUNTRY
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DV/MINI DV/DVD / 26 MIN
PROD CO Frog Films
PRODUCER Katrina Lucas,
Stephen Morgan, Jeff Morgan,
Mark Andersson
DIRECTOR Mark Anderson
WRITER Mark Andersson, Katrina
Lucas
Set in the remote township
of Ngukurr on the southeast
border of Arnhem Land, this
documentary is a snapshot of the
community as seen through the
eyes of Ngukurr residents, from
the local radio DJ to community
elders.
SALES CONTACT
Ronin Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6248 0851
FAX +61-2 6249 1640
www.roninfilms.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 47
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
RAT RIBBONS
SUNSET TO SUNRISE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO CAAMA
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Rachel Clements
PRODUCER Barbara Clifford
DIRECTOR Allan Collins
WRITER Allan Collins
On a winter’s evening, by the
light of a comforting campfire,
Max Stuart, senior Arrente
elder and custodian of the
Alice Springs area, divulges
poignant words of wisdom to his
descendants.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
THE TAKING OF
WITTENOOM *
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO VCA
School of Film and
Television
DIRECTOR Carolyn Macdonald
WRITER Carolyn Macdonald
In outback Wittenoom, life’s
becoming increasingly insular.
The government claims this
ex-asbestos mining town is
polluted, attempting to shut the
town by bulldozing buildings and
cutting off power. Now nature’s
taking over. Yet eight determined
residents of the once booming
town remain.
SALES CONTACT
Victorian College of the Arts School
of Film and Television
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9685 9000
FAX +61-3 9685 9001
www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/ftv/
index.html
[email protected]
48 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
WALKING WOUNDED
*
HISTORY & POLITICS AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 28 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Religion and
Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Francoise Fombertaux
WALKING WOUNDED examines
the enduring cost of conflict.
It is a deeply moving story
about Australia’s ageing World
War II veterans who fought as
very young men, only to spend
the rest of their lives suffering
the consequent trauma in
silence. Only now are they, and
their families, finding some
measure of peace with the help
of Australia’s first treatment
program for older veterans
diagnosed with post-traumatic
stress disorder.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINUTES & UNDER
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Catriona McKenzie
DIRECTOR Catriona McKenzie
WRITER Catriona McKenzie
Waverly Stanley is a young man
with a big dream. He wants as
many kids as possible to have
access to prestigious private
schools around the country, just
as he did. This is his story.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
WIRRANGUL WOMEN:
ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS
WILL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO CAAMA
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Rachel Clements
PRODUCER Barbara Clifford
DIRECTOR Jason Ramp
Doreen and Gladys Miller are
some of the last of the Wirrangul
Tribe from the Eyre Peninsular
Region. The two sisters revisit
the landscapes of their early
childhood and recount their
young lives as Wirrangul Women.
But reliving moments in history
and recovering an unspoken
language makes the sisters
realise that when they go, their
Wirrangul language goes with
them.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 49
DOCUMENTARIES
30 MINS & UNDER
WAVERLY’S DREAM
900 NEIGHBOURS
*
ARTS & CRAFTS, PERFORMING ARTS,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Arts and
Entertainment, BIG hART
Productions
EXEC PROD Amanda Duthie
PRODUCER Frank Haines
DIRECTOR Brendan Fletcher
The arts documentary 900
NEIGHBOURS unravels the story
of Northcott, an inner city public
housing estate in Sydney, by
following the tenants as they
develop, rehearse and perform
the play, ‘StickybrickS’ for the
2006 Sydney Festival. High
profile Australian performers,
including Leah Purcell, Kerry
Armstrong and Lex Maronos
work with the residents in both
developing and performing the
show.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
A DOLLAR FOR THE GOOD
ONES *
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DV/MINI DV/DVD / 34 MIN
PROD CO Joshua Lee
EXEC PROD Josko Petkovic
PRODUCER Joshua Lee
DIRECTOR Joshua Lee
WRITER Joshua Lee
A glimpse into the life of a
heroin addict who besides using
burglary as a source of income,
also swims in golf course lakes
for golf balls which he in turn
sells. A DOLLAR FOR THE GOOD
ONES screened at Revelation
International Film Festival 2006,
and won Best Documentary at
the WA Screen Awards 2006, and
Best Documentary, Direction and
Film at the Final Cut Film Festival
2006.
AFTER MAEVE
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DVC PRO 50 / 52 MIN
PROD CO Big Island Pictures
EXEC PROD Mark Chapman, Ruth
Berry
PRODUCER Mark Chapman
DIRECTOR Jan Cattoni
WRITER Jan Cattoni
Ten-year-old Maeve Coughlan
was an unusual and gifted child.
She was born in Ireland and
died in a pedestrian accident
whilst on a cycling trip in southeast Queensland in November
2003. The event, and her
family’s decision to document
their story, are the foundations
of AFTER MAEVE, a 52-minute
documentary that explores the
most painful experience that
can befall a parent: the loss of
a child.
SALES CONTACT
Joshua Lee
Australia
MOBILE +61-405 919 644
[email protected]
50 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
AJANTA: WRITTEN IN THE
STONE
ASIA’S ELEPHANTS – THE
LAST DEFENSE *
AUSTRALIA’S DEADLIEST
SEA CREATURES *
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES –
INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO David
PROD CO Grainger
Castle
Productions
PRODUCER Laurence Castle
DIRECTOR Laurence Castle
WRITER Laurence Castle
Almost 50 years ago a young
upstart from the USA began
to stir up the conservative
Indian Art History world. The
Ajanta cave system, one of
India’s premier Buddhist sites,
is held sacrosanct by Indian
scholars. After half a lifetime of
investigation, Professor Walter
Spink, from the University of
Michigan, has changed the
history of India.
Adams Films
Australia
EXEC PROD David Adams
DIRECTOR David Adams
WRITER Andrew Saw, David
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Greg Grainger
Adams
A Thai man’s struggle to change
the way Thai people, as well as
the international community,
regard the Asian elephant.
Fighting for elephants to be
placed back at the peak of
Thai consciousness, Piom takes
his elephants to help tsunami
victims.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
David Adams Films Pty Ltd
Laurence Castle Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9918 7484
FAX +61-2 9918 6277
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6584 0085
www.ajanta.info
[email protected]
Television
Pty Ltd
This documentary explores the
wide assortment of vicious
and deadly creatures that live
in Australia’s coastal waters.
From sea snakes, octopuses,
cone shells and stingrays to
jellyfish, crocodiles and sharks.
This documentary reveals
the instincts of territorial sea
creatures and their alarming
defense mechanisms that harm
unsuspecting human swimmers.
SALES CONTACT
Grainger Television Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9449 6074
FAX +61-2 9488 7970
MOBILE +61-409 121 129
www.graingertv.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 51
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
PROD CO Laurence
AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST
ISLANDS *
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Grainger
Television
AUSTRALIAN TO KOKODA
EXEC PROD Troy Gray
PRODUCER Bryan Mason,
PROD CO Soda
Gray
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Bryan Mason
WRITER Troy Gray
SALES CONTACT
THE AWAY GAME
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Australia
Producer/presenter Greg
Grainger takes a very close
swim with manta rays and
whales, tracks endangered seals
and kangaroos and watches
birds that fly backwards. As
animals fight to survive in these
paradises, so do plants. From
tropical beaches to sub-zero
temperatures, AUSTRALIA’S
GREATEST ISLANDS guides
viewers through the abundance
of wildlife while exploring how
the unique wildlife survives.
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
Troy
A dozen Australians embark
on the trek of a lifetime.
This adventurous trip takes a
diverse group of people out of
their comfort zones. They are
removed from the solace of
their content and comfortable
lifestyles and put into the rugged
jungles of Papua New Guinea.
(Also available in a 90 minute
version.)
SALES CONTACT
Vox Ventures
Australia
PHONE +61-411 171 703
MOBILE +61-411 171 703
[email protected]
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
52 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Presents, Last
Straw Productions
EXEC PROD Anthony LaPaglia
PRODUCER Anita Bulan, Scott
Ferguson, Matthew Hall
DIRECTOR Scott Ferguson
WRITER Matthew Hall, Scott
Ferguson
THE AWAY GAME delves behind
the TV match highlights and
glowing newspaper reports to
bring you the reality of life as an
Australian playing professional
football in Europe. This 52minute documentary, narrated
by Anthony LaPaglia, takes you
behind the dressing rooms and in
to the players’ homes, exploring
their lives, loves, obsessions and
heartaches.
SALES CONTACT
Soda Presents
United States
PHONE +1-212 691 0175
FAX +1-212 228 6139
www.sodapresents.com
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
THE BALANDA AND THE
BARK CANOES
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, FILM &
MEDIA
HD/DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Vida Films
EXEC PROD Cathy Beitz
PRODUCER Cathy Beitz
DIRECTOR Sich Mchawala
PROD CO Fandango Australia
EXEC PROD Sue Murray
PRODUCER Rolf de Heer, Julie
In Sudan it is taboo for a man to
cook. What happens when Ayen
starts a cooking class for refugee
boys and asks them to prepare
a feast for their biggest critics
– the elders?
SALES CONTACT
Our Bizniss Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8424 5226
[email protected]
Ryan
DIRECTOR Molly
Reynolds, Tania
Nehme, Rolf de Heer
WRITER Molly Reynolds, Tania
Nehme, Rolf de Heer
‘We are making a movie. The
story is the story of those
that live on this land, in their
language, and set a long time
before the coming of the
Balanda, as we white people
are known. For the people of
the Arafura Swamp, this film
is an opportunity, maybe a
last chance, to hold on to the
old ways. For all of us, the
challenges are unexpected, the
task beyond anything imagined.
For me, it is the most difficult
film I have made, in the most
foreign land I’ve been to... and it
is Australia.’ Rolf de Heer
THE BIG BLUE
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
HD / 50 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Natural
History Unit, NHK-Japanese
Broadcasting Corporation
Science Division
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour
PRODUCER Jeni Clevers
For years lobster and tuna
fishermen knew about a
unique spot in the ocean just
off southern Australia. They
also knew they were not the
only ones reaping the riches of
this treasure trove – with tales
of huge whales luminescent
in colour. A whale researcher
decided to investigate. He has
discovered that the Blue Whales,
the biggest living animal, come
here every summer to feed.
There are only a few places in
the world like this. Cold Antarctic
water rises up from 400 metre
depths as it nears the coast,
bringing nutrients into the range
of sunlight. This sparks off a
chain of events leading to a
feast. Then comes the biggest of
them all – the Big Blue.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Fandango Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9238 0586
FAX +61-2 9238 0587
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 53
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
AYEN’S COOKING CLASS
FOR AFRICAN MEN
BIG DREAMERS
BLACK ‘N’ DUSTY
THE BOMBER REEF
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 42 MIN
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY, WAR
DV/MINI DV / 50 MIN
PROD CO CAAMA
PROD CO Seawest Productions
PRODUCER Walter Deas
DIRECTOR Walter Deas
WRITER Jean Deas, Walter Deas
PROD CO Barking
Cat
Productions
PRODUCER Camille Hardman,
John Fink
DIRECTOR Camille Hardman
WRITER John Fink
BIG DREAMERS is a hilarious
comic documentary focusing on
one man’s struggle to build the
world’s biggest gumboot.
SALES CONTACT
Barking Cat Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9357 3054
MOBILE +61-410 032 143
www.barkingcat.tv
[email protected]
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jacqui North
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR Vance Glynn
WRITER Vance Glynn
A story about Indigenous riders/
drivers in the Finke Desert Race
2005, the toughest and hardest
motor vehicle race in the world.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9778
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
MOBILE +61-419 814 960
www.caama.com.au
[email protected]
This revealing story is set in New
Guinea during World War II and
takes the viewer on a voyage
of historic discovery. A North
American B-25 Mitchell bomber
was downed in 1943 on a
mission over Madang, to destroy
a fleet of Japanese barges. Hit by
ground fire, the blazing bomber
plunged into the sea. Today, the
B-25, lying 20 metres below the
surface, is a diver’s dream and
has become an integrated part of
the ecosystem. The underwater
exploration is interwoven with
the history of how the B-25 came
to rest on the sea floor and who
discovered it.
SALES CONTACT
Seawest Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 5538 8231
MOBILE +61-427 147 711
www.seawestproductions.com
[email protected]
54 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
THE BOOK THAT SHOOK
THE WORLD
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO WAMdoc,
Storyteller
Media Group
EXEC PROD Mike Searle, Clay
Bryce
PRODUCER Clay Bryce, Mike
Searle
DIRECTOR Stuart Scowcroft, Clay
Bryce
WRITER Ingo Helbig, Stuart
Scowcroft
In a deep cave below Australia’s
Nullabor Plain, a secret was
revealed. It was the pristine
skeleton of Thylacoleo, the
pouched lion. Its white
bones were placed in perfect
formation as if it had only
recently died. Dating the bones
would only be the first shock
awaiting scientists. Recreating
its brain would yield even
more information, challenging
established perceptions of
Australia’s primordial past.
PROD CO Fortian
Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Con
Anemogiannis,
Judy Menczel
DIRECTOR Con Anemogiannis
WRITER Con Anemogiannis
A film about the censorship of
sex and politics through the
debate of ‘The Little Red School
Book’.
SALES CONTACT
TVZ World
Denmark
PHONE +45-56521 2223
www.tvzworld.com
[email protected]
THE BUCHENWALD BALL
*
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 53 MIN
PROD CO Pericles Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Andrew Wiseman,
Danny Ben-Moshe
DIRECTOR Andrew Wiseman, Uri
Mizrahi, Danny Ben-Moshe
A celebratory story about a group
of orphans from the Holocaust
who found their way to Australia
and became a family.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
WA Museum Documentary Unit
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9427 2746
FAX +61-8 9427 1039
[email protected]
Storyteller Media Group
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9354 2903
MOBILE +61-413 054 739
www.storyteller.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 55
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
BONE DIGGERS: MYSTERY
OF A LOST PREDATOR
THE BURMA ROAD – AN
INSIGHT INTO MYANMAR
*
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION, HISTORY &
POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL
HD / 52 MIN
PROD CO David
Adams Films
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Adams
PRODUCER Jon Miceler
DIRECTOR David Adams
WRITER Andrew Saw, David
Adams
BURMA ROAD explores the
lives of diverse individuals
whose livelihoods depend on,
or will be impacted by, a road
linking Burma, India and China.
Those for the road forecast
times of plenty and see it as a
lifeline for trade and tourism.
Detractors believe the road
will have disastrous effects on
the environment and facilitate
smuggling in the region. What
does the future hold, and
how can the Burmese regain
the peaceful balance they so
desperately crave?
THE CHOICE
HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Parham
Media
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jennifer Crone
PRODUCER Don Parham
DIRECTOR Don Parham
WRITER Don Parham
Woman and men talk intimately
about their personal experience
of abortion. The film reveals the
complex personal and social
contexts that influence the
decision to have an abortion. It
is a timely contribution to the
renewed political debate on the
issue.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
David Adams Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9918 7484
FAX +61-2 9918 6277
[email protected]
56 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
CONSTRUCTING
AUSTRALIA: PIPE
DREAMS *
EDUCATION, HISTORY & POLITICS
- AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR, INDUSTRY &
COMMERCE
HD / 55 MIN
EXEC PROD Alex West
PRODUCER Ed Punchard,
Julia
Redwood
DIRECTOR Franco di Chiera
As Australia was beginning its
life as a new nation, a tragedy
was unfolding. From the remote
coast of Western Australia, to
deep within its inhospitable
interior, an immense water
pipeline was being constructed
that would unlock countless
riches and help build the nation.
But the ambitious dream of
political visionary Sir John Forrest
and engineering genius Charles
Yelverton O’Connor would end
in tragedy. In their struggle
against the forces of nature, and
the forces of politics, one would
be proclaimed a national hero,
while the other would be driven
to his death.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
*
EDUCATION, HISTORY & POLITICS
- AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR, INDUSTRY &
COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PRODUCER Simon
Nasht, Renee
Kennedy
DIRECTOR Simon Nasht
WRITER Simon Nasht
Massive, majestic, breathtaking
– the Sydney Harbour Bridge
was the greatest engineering
challenge of its day anywhere
on earth. Completed during
the Great Depression, it is the
legacy of a fateful partnership
between two very different
men – a brilliant engineer and a
maverick politician – who shared
a relentless ambition to create
‘the people’s bridge’. Celebrating
the 75th anniversary of one of
Australia’s most loved icons,
this is the epic and definitive
story behind the building of the
bridge and the vision of those
who made it happen, despite
personal conflict and political
intrigue.
CONSTRUCTING
AUSTRALIA: WIRE
THROUGH THE HEART
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
*
EDUCATION, HISTORY & POLITICS
- AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR, INDUSTRY &
COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Film
Australia, Piper
Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Alex West
PRODUCER Simon Nasht, Mike
Piper
DIRECTOR Darcy Yuille
WRITER Simon Nasht
The struggle to cross a vast
continent and build a telegraph
line through lands no white man
had conquered.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
*
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
HD / 46 MIN
PROD CO Becker Entertainment
EXEC PROD John Godfrey, Sue
Clothier
PRODUCER Mike Bluett
DIRECTOR Bernadine Lim,
Paul
Faint
WRITER Mike
Bluett
Since records began in 1900,
the frequency and impact of
natural disasters has increased.
This documentary looks at
six different potential natural
disasters in six different
vulnerable cities, analysing
their preparedness and plans,
and talking to the new breed of
hazard scientists whose job it is
to ask COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?
SALES CONTACT
Becker Entertainment
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9438 3377
FAX +61-2 9439 1827
www.beckerentertainment.
com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 57
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
CONSTRUCTING
AUSTRALIA: THE BRIDGE
CRICKET IN THE ‘50S
– DISCOVERING NEW
BOUNDARIES *
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 58 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Production
Adelaide
EXEC PROD Margot Phillipson
PRODUCER Lincoln Tyner
DIRECTOR Lincoln Tyner
WRITER Lincoln Tyner
In the 1950s, Australian cricket
went through many trials and
tribulations. There were issues
of captaincy, losses in three
consecutive ‘Ashes’ series,
allegations of ‘doctored’ pitches,
controversy over illegal bowling
actions and the advent of
television coverage. The 1950s
was the decade when Australian
cricket ventured beyond its
traditional boundaries for the
first time, making visits to
the West Indies (1955), then
India and Pakistan (1956 and
1959/60). By the end of the
decade, Australia had played
official matches in every corner
of the cricket world.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
CRICKET IN THE ‘60S
– WINDS OF CHANGE
*
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Production
Adelaide
EXEC PROD Margot Phillipson
PRODUCER Lincoln Tyner
DIRECTOR Lincoln Tyner
WRITER Lincoln Tyner
The 1960s saw a shift in the
axis of power in world cricket.
For the first time, in the space
of a few years, the traditional
powerhouses of the game
Australia and England were both
defeated by the West Indies
and South Africa. The tragedy
of the ‘D’Oliveira Affair’ and
world opposition to the policy of
apartheid would see South Africa
banished from the international
stage for nearly a quarter of
a century. Sport and politics
became a volatile instrument for
change.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
58 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
CUTTLEFISH – THE BRAINY
BUNCH *
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Kaufman Productions
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour
PRODUCER Gisela Kaufman
Cuttlefish are one of the most
intriguing animals on our planet.
Their famous cousins, the
octopus, are widely believed
to be very clever. These
celebrity suckers usually steal
the limelight. But now experts
suspect that cuttlefish may not
only beat the octopus in the
smart stakes, but are possibly
the brainiest of all inerterepates.
SALES CONTACT
Kaufman Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9361 3316
FAX +61-2 9360 0724
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
DISCOVERY ATLAS:
AUSTRALIA REVEALED
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, HISTORY
& POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
PERFORMING ARTS
HD / 52 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
HD / 60 MIN
EXEC PROD Adam Sebire
PRODUCER Adam Sebire,
Pty Ltd
Janneke
Robers
DIRECTOR Adam Sebire
WRITER Adam Sebire
In Europe’s last divided city,
Turkish and Greek Cypriots
prepare to bridge no-man’sland with a performance like no
other, from the rooftops of the
old Venetian town. Instruments
are sought from Nicosia’s war
detritus. Through the performers
we come to understand what
it means to grow up on an
island divided by barbed wire
and minefields. ‘Long Distance
Call’ by Dutch composer Merlijn
Twaalfhoven brings together
musicians from both sides of the
U.N. buffer zone – the infamous
‘Green Line’ – until political
reality rudely interrupts the
project’s grand finale...
PROD CO Beyond
EXEC PROD John
Productions
Luscombe, Geoff
Fitzpatrick
Produced by Beyond Productions
for a global audience on the
Discovery Channel and Discovery
High Definition Theatre,
DISCOVERY ATLAS: AUSTRALIA
REVEALED is a feature-length
documentary capturing the spirit
and spectacle of Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Circe Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Lizzette Atkins
DIRECTOR Davor Dirlic
WRITER David Tiley
A filmmaker’s journey to
understand the mystery of death
as three characters make choices
regarding their own mortality.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Adam Sebire
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9241 6168
http://adamsebire.googlepages.
com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 59
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
CYPRUS: ECHOES ACROSS
THE DIVIDE
EXTREME ENCOUNTERS
IN TRAVEL: MEMORABLE
MOMENTS FROM
A DOCUMENTARY
PRODUCER *
EYES OF THE TIGER
– DIARY OF A DIRTY WAR
FILM & MEDIA, WILDLIFE & NATURAL
HISTORY, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Let’s Play Productions
EXEC PROD Monica O’Brien
DIRECTOR Monica O’Brien
WRITER Monica O’Brien
PROD CO Grainger
Television
Australia
WAR, HISTORY & POLITICS INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM/HD / 45 MIN
Australian documentary maker
Greg Grainger has had some
fascinating encounters in his
filming career... face to face
meetings with cannibals in
Irian Jaya, sky burials in Tibet,
collapsing glaciers in South
America. Highlights from
these expeditions form part
of Grainger TV’s production
EXTREME ENCOUNTERS IN TRAVEL:
MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM A
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER.
EYES OF THE TIGER – DIARY
OF A DIRTY WAR is an explicit
account of the real Vietnam
War told through vivid stories
of some of the members of the
first Australian Reconnaissance
Platoon. This elite platoon was
made up of national servicemen
and regular army volunteers
from 5RAR Tiger Battalion.
This is a film full of untold
heroic and adventurous tales
of survival, of great humour,
difficult ambushes and military
gunfights, interwoven with the
cold harsh realities of war and
intimate accounts of the Vietnam
veterans’ struggle to move past
the lingering memories.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Greg Grainger
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
Let’s Play Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9939 0309
FAX +61-2 9939 0309
MOBILE +61-412 414 044
[email protected]
60 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
THE FABRIC OF A DREAM
– THE FLETCHER JONES
STORY
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DVC PRO/DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Film
Australia,
Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Melanie Coombs
DIRECTOR Dennis K Smith
WRITER Dennis K Smith
The story of how a shellshocked
war veteran took to the road as a
hawker and ended up creating a
national icon.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
DIGITAL BETACAM/HD / 52 MIN
PROD CO David
Adams Films
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Adams
DIRECTOR David Adams
WRITER Andrew Saw, David
Adams
A documentary about the
plight of eight Asian elephants
destined for zoos in Sydney and
Melbourne. The film covers the
16 month saga of protests and
delays by animal rights groups
and explores the conservation
issues confronting the Asian
elephant.
SALES CONTACT
David Adams Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9918 7484
FAX +61-2 9918 6277
[email protected]
FOOTY CHICKS
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, CULTURES
- AUSTRALIAN, RELATIONSHIPS &
SEXUALITY
DV/MINI DV / 52 MIN
PROD CO Red Ithaka Productions
PRODUCER Michaela Perske
DIRECTOR Rebecca Barry
WRITER Michaela Perske,
Rebecca Barry
The possibility of sex with a
footballer is a fantasy for many
women and a reality for some.
FOOTY CHICKS explores the scene
off the footy field – a colourful
world of sex, male bonding,
and the women who pursue the
players. It can be a fun, alluring
and sometimes dangerous game.
SALES CONTACT
Electric Sky Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-127 322 4240
FAX +44-127 322 4250
http://www.electricsky.com/
[email protected]
FROM MOZART TO
MORRISON
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES AUSTRALIAN, PERFORMING ARTS
DV/MINI DV / 52 MIN
PROD CO Youth
Musical
Endeavours Ltd
EXEC PROD Ian Hamilton
PRODUCER Adam Sebire
DIRECTOR Adam Sebire
WRITER Adam Sebire, James
Morrison
Recorded live at the Sydney
Town Hall, James Morrison and
the SBS Youth Orchestra pay
tribute to the great Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart on his 250th
birthday. Jazz virtuoso James
Morrison adapts some of the
well known Mozart repertoire,
as well as some common garden
implements to perform the
Mozart 4th Horn Concerto.
SALES CONTACT
Youth Musical Endeavours Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9241 6168
http://web.mac.com/
adamsebire
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 61
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
FLIGHT OF THE
ELEPHANTS *
THE GOOD THE BAD AND
THE UGG BOOT
GRAEME BELL ALL STARS:
PLAY ON
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, LABOUR, INDUSTRY
& COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 54 MIN
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 56 MIN
PROD CO Jumping
Liliian Pang
DIRECTOR Marco Ianniello
Dog
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross
PRODUCER Susan Lambert
DIRECTOR Susan Lambert
WRITER Susan Lambert, Stefan
Moore, Greig Pickhaver
A spaghetti western following
the funny, brave and tragic
efforts of a bunch of feisty small
family businesses, in Australia
and America, as they fight a
giant US corporation over who
owns the weird cultural icon
– the ugg boot. Along the way
we see how trademarking has
become a lethal weapon in the
global market place.
SALES CONTACT
PROD CO Marco Ianniello
PRODUCER Marco Ianniello,
In the golden era of Australian
jazz, The Graeme Bell All Stars
were icons. From touring the
globe to hosting their own
television show they captured
the world with their music.
Recently, at 88 years of age,
Graeme Bell reformed the band
and went back on tour.
SALES CONTACT
Marco Ianniello
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9572 8794
FAX +61-2 9899 6280
MOBILE +61-402 020 896
www.playon.net.au
[email protected]
TVF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 520 8550
FAX +44-207 278 8833
www.tvfinternational.com
[email protected]
62 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
THE GREATEST REEF
*
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Brent Rees, Scott
Everingham
The spectacular Great Barrier
Reef of Australia and its diverse
marine life are facing a myriad
of challenges. This documentary
succeeds in showing both the
brilliance of the reef and its
creatures, and modern threats
such as invasion by colonies of
Crown of Thorns starfish and
human development.
SALES CONTACT
Grainger Television Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9449 6074
FAX +61-2 9488 7970
MOBILE +61-409 121 129
www.graingertv.com
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Iris
Pictures Pty Ltd,
Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Mary-Ellen Mullane
DIRECTOR Belinda Mason
WRITER Belinda Mason
Three teenagers, adopted by
an extended Australian family
as children, return to Ethiopia
to reconnect with the family,
friends and culture they left
behind.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
I WILL BE A SURVIVOR
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, WOMEN
BETACAM / 50 MIN
PROD CO Guinness
Entertainment
PRODUCER Janet Cousens
DIRECTOR Martin Guinness
WRITER Janet Cousens, Martin
Guinness
The film follows three women’s
journeys with breast cancer.
SALES CONTACT
Verve Entertainment International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8353 2571
FAX +61-2 8353 2466
MOBILE +61-419 680 593
www.verveentertainment.com
[email protected]
IN SEARCH OF BONY
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA, LITERATURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Two
Heads Media Pty
Ltd, Janet Bell Productions
PRODUCER Caroline Baum, Janet
Bell
DIRECTOR Lisa Matthews
WRITER Lisa Matthews, Caroline
Baum
Shot on location in outback
Australia, this is the previously
untold story of inspector
Napoleon Bonaparte, known
as Bony to millions of readers
around the world (Orson Welles
was a fan). This film traces
the intriguing story of how
Arthur Upfield created a unique
character.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 63
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
GROWING UP AND
GOING HOME
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Handmade
Productions
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Steve Jeffares
DIRECTOR Sean Cousins
WRITER Sean Cousins
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
questions why forensic DNA
testing in Australia is used to
convict the guilty in our courts
but rarely exonerate the innocent
in prison. Looking at models
in the UK and US we question
why the Australian judiciary and
police are lagging behind recent
advances in science.
SALES CONTACT
Handmade Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9348 9503
FAX +61-3 9348 9503
MOBILE +61-425 713 327
[email protected]
THE IRISH BOG – RETURN
OF A NATIVE
JOHNNY WARREN’S
FOOTBALL MISSION
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, CULTURES
- AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION
DVC PRO 50 / 55 MIN
PROD CO LJM Productions Pty
PRODUCER Lesley Hammond,
Ltd
Jenny Walsh
DIRECTOR Jenny Walsh, Lesley
Hammond
WRITER Jenny Walsh, Lesley
Hammond
PROD CO Essential
THE IRISH BOG – RETURN OF A
NATIVE is about the revival of the
endangered Connewara pony
– Ireland’s native pony.
For half a century Johnny Warren
was synonymous with soccer
in Australia. His often lonely
mission to bring the beautiful
game into the mainstream of
Australian life eventually made
him one of the great characters
of our sporting culture.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
64 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Viewing
(drama)
PRODUCER Ian Collie
DIRECTOR Stephen Oliver
WRITER Stephen Oliver
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
*
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Seacoast Productions
EXEC PROD Trevor Graham
PRODUCER Andrew Arestides,
Traceylee Arestides
DIRECTOR Russell Vines
WRITER Traceylee Arestides,
Russell Vines
Filmed over five years, this film
observes the power struggles of
an unusual group of musicians
where definitions around
disability, talent, dysfunction
and equality are blown wide
open. The characters who
make up the band are an
electric group of varying talent
and disposition – from the
whirlwind of encyclopaedic rock
knowledge that is Brook, to the
gently charming Albert, to the
perpetually vague Raul, laid back
Lindy, to Diane and her fourlegged muse Sinbad the dog.
SALES CONTACT
KINDNESS OF
STRANGERS
LAND OF THE GIANTS
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
HD / 55 MIN
PROD CO Prospero Productions
EXEC PROD Ed Punchard, Julia
Redwood
PRODUCER Ed Punchard, Julia
Redwood
DIRECTOR Rhian Skirving
WRITER Rhian Skirving
In the wake of the Asian
Tsunami this powerful
documentary explores the
science of compassion.
Observational and character
driven, the film uses strong
personal journeys and world
leading scientists to provide a
unique insight into the mysteries
of altruism and the true nature
of human kind.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2017
www.beyond.com.au
[email protected]
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 44 MIN
PROD CO Below H2O Productions
EXEC PROD Lin Sutherland
PRODUCER Lin Sutherland
DIRECTOR David Warth
WRITER Lin Sutherland, David
Warth
Does Australia still hide the
world’s tallest trees? Lin
Sutherland explores the
magnificent Tasmanian forests,
but in her travels finds these
giants and their ecosystem under
threat. It becomes a race against
time to save these living giants.
SALES CONTACT
Below H2O Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-413 131 088
FAX +61-7 5575 8856
MOBILE +61-413 131 088
[email protected]
Seacoast Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9967 4861
FAX +61-2 9967 4861
MOBILE +61-414 921 235
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 65
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
JUNCTION HOUSE BLUES
LITTLE ARTISTS BIG
DREAMS
LOVE STRUCK:
WRESTLING’S NO. 1 FAN
LUNCH WITH MADAME
MURAT *
CHILDREN, CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SPORTS &
RECREATIONS, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
WOMEN, RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
HD / 52 MIN
PROD CO David
PROD CO RB
PROD CO David
Hannay
Productions, RT Productions,
Vitascope Filmed
Entertainment
EXEC PROD David Hannay,
Richard Turner, James
Lingwood
PRODUCER Teni Burns, Robyn
Habel, Mary Moody, David
Hannay
DIRECTOR Teni Burns, Robyn
Habel
WRITER Teni Burns, Robyn Habel
The inspirational voice of today’s
young artists as they dance,
sing and play in a mythical tale
of hope.
SALES CONTACT
David Hannay Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6337 5115
www.vfe.com.au
[email protected]
Films Pty Ltd, Miami
Movies
EXEC PROD Michael Walsh
PRODUCER Rosemary Blight,
Megan Spencer
DIRECTOR Megan Spencer
Sue Chuter is the world’s No. 1
wrestling fan. She is in her 50s,
lives in Melbourne, and for the
last 40 years has dedicated her
life to following professional
wrestling. But there is more to
Sue’s story than meets the eye:
family, sacrifice and survival. You
have to be there!
SALES CONTACT
RB Films Pty Ltd
Australia
www.evg.com.au
[email protected]
RT Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8242 4549
FAX +61-8 8242 4549
MOBILE +61-418 894 846
[email protected]
66 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Hannay
Productions, Vitascope Filmed
Entertainment
EXEC PROD David Hannay
PRODUCER Mary Moody, David
Hannay, Richard Turner
DIRECTOR Mary Moody, Richard
Turner
WRITER Mary Moody
LUNCH WITH MADAME MURAT, a
delicious film by Mary Moody,
is a moving family story about
five generations of women who
have kept a rural French family
restaurant going for 100 years,
through two world wars and
great family difficulties. It is a
moving story of love, wonderful
food, and a way of life that may
sadly disappear from the French
landscape.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Production
Adelaide
EXEC PROD Margot Phillipson
PRODUCER Lincoln Tyner
DIRECTOR Lincoln Tyner
WRITER Lincoln Tyner
This is the story of the
remarkable tied test match
played between India and
Australia in Madras (Chennai)
in September 1986. It is one of
only two tied test matches since
test cricket began in 1877. The
Madras tie was played over five
consecutive days in temperatures
that hovered around 40 degrees
celsius and 80 per cent humidity.
Legends like Border, Boon,
Jones, Waugh, Gavaskar, Kapil
Dev, Shastri and Maninder Singh
reflect on what is regarded as
possibly the greatest test match
ever played!
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
THE MAGIC BULLET
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Arcimedia
PRODUCER Gordon Glenn,
Claire
Jager
DIRECTOR Gordon Glenn
WRITER Gordon Glenn
The true story of the discovery of
the penicillin drug by a team led
by the Australian Howard Florey.
SALES CONTACT
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4401
www.rdfinternational.com
[email protected]
MERCHANTS OF
DESTINY – THE HUIZHOU
BUSINESSMEN OF
ANCIENT CHINA
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
HD / 55 MIN
PROD CO Gulliver
Media
Australia Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Chris Carroll, Rock
Cheng
DIRECTOR Chris Carroll
WRITER Chris Carroll, Zhang
Xiaoping
Contemporary Hui businessman
Mr Xu Pulai is a multimillionaire;
he’s outspoken, charismatic and
a prominent political figure in
Southern Anhui region. He’s also
on a mission to save what he
can of Hui culture, architecture,
artistry and the very essence of
living Hui style in the fast-tracked
world of modernising China.
SALES CONTACT
Gulliver Media Australia Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3236 2087
FAX +61-7 3236 2655
MOBILE +61-419 657 699
www.gullivermedia.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 67
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
MADRAS MAGIC: THE
TIED TEST OF ‘86 *
MINE’S BIGGER THAN
YOURS
MOHAMMAD HOSSAIN’S
INTENSIVE CARE *
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, TRANSPORT
& COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 45 MIN
HEALTH, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 53 MIN
PROD CO Mum’s Spaghetti
PRODUCER David Fedirchuk,
Rob
MacDonald
DIRECTOR David Fedirchuk
An attempt to sort the fat from
the facts in the fiery four-wheel
drive debate. Are they more
dangerous? Are their owners
selfish? Should they be banned
from schools and urban areas?
Why is the anger on both sides
so great? Hear from all sides,
drivers, pedestrians, politicians
and scientists – and decide for
yourself.
PROD CO Film Buff Productions
PRODUCER Victor Carson, Jenny
Day
DIRECTOR Geoff Burton
WRITER Geoff Burton
Director Geoff Burton establishes
a remarkable intimacy with
his subjects in this extremely
moving documentary looking
at the work of Liverpool
Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.
The film focuses on one patient:
Mohammad Hossain.
MULTIPLE MIRACLES
*
HEALTH, CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Richard
Campbell,
John Luscombe
PRODUCER Ian Watson, Celia
Boden
WRITER Celia Boden
In MULTIPLE MIRACLES we follow
the extraordinary family of the
Chalks as they face the joys
of multiple new births, the
heartache of an unexpected
death and the many life changes
that transpire when a family is
blessed with multiple miracles.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
SALES CONTACT
Film Buff Productions
Mum’s Spaghetti
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9642 2436
FAX +61-2 9703 5768
www.filmbuff.com.au
[email protected]
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9669 3994
MOBILE +61-417 996 050
www.mumsspaghetti.com.au
[email protected]
68 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
*
WAR, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Firelight
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chantal Denoux
PRODUCER Kylie Grey, Marcus
Gillezeau
DIRECTOR Kylie Grey
WRITER Kylie Grey
MY HOME, YOUR WAR follows
Layla Hussein and her middleclass Suni family living in
Baghdad from the time before
invasion to the present. It looks
at the disintegration of normal
life in Iraq.
SALES CONTACT
Firelight Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9360 0007
MOBILE +61-412 278 516
www.firelight.com.au
[email protected]
NERVES OF STEEL
NURSE MAGGIE
WOMEN, SPORTS & RECREATIONS,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 51 MIN
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Sally Regan
DIRECTOR Andrea Ulbrick
WRITER Andrea Ulbrick
Four fearless young women
hurtle towards the 2006 Winter
Olympics in a bold Australian
scientific experiment to create a
champion.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Heathfilm Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Jonathon Heath,
Rebecca Heath
DIRECTOR Jonathon Heath,
Rebecca Heath
WRITER Jonathon Heath,
Rebecca Heath
NURSE MAGGIE follows the
uplifting story of Maggie Sister,
an Australian woman who,
through working with India’s
most reviled outcasts, has
confronted and overcome her
own traumatic past.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 69
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
MY HOME, YOUR WAR
ON THIN ICE
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Grainger
Television
Australia
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Scott Evaringham,
ONCE A QUEEN
*
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 54 MIN
PROD CO Rough
PROD CO CM Film Productions
EXEC PROD Amanda Duthie
PRODUCER Carmelo Musca
DIRECTOR Michael Angus
WRITER Michael Angus
Trade Pictures
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Lawrence Johnston
DIRECTOR Lawrence Johnston
WRITER Lawrence Johnston
Greg
Grainger
Polar bears around the world are
facing the real issue of global
warming. Melting ice-caps and
a lack of food are making it hard
for this enormous creature to fit
into the future. ON THIN ICE goes
out tracking these creatures and
talking to the polar bear experts.
OOLDEA
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN, WOMEN
BETACAM / 50 MIN
For almost a century the town
of Grafton, New South Wales,
has celebrated the magnificence
of its jacaranda trees with an
inspired festival.
SALES CONTACT
Lawrence Johnston
Australia
PHONE +61-400 240 599
MOBILE +61-400 240 599
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
OOLDEA is an observational
documentary which follows
the journey of composer Iain
Grandage as he journeys through
Spinifex land and culture. The
traditional elders of the Great
Victoria Desert reveal stories of
the Tjukurppa and share Inma
(traditional songs) from Ooldea
and the surrounding lands.
When elders join Iain and the
Western Australian Symphony
Orchestra to perform, Ooldea
becomes a meeting place, a
campfire around which history
may become a source of shared
pride. With deadlines looming
and events not going to plan,
Iain is forced to confront some of
his own personal demons.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
70 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
*
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
OUTSOURCED! (US TITLE
‘1-800-INDIA’)
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 49 MIN
PROD CO Threefold Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Brad Cone, Belinda
PROD CO Mitra Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Stephen Segaller,
Cone
Trevor Graham
PRODUCER Anna Cater
DIRECTOR Safina Uberoi, Anna
Cater
WRITER Anna Cater, Safina
Uberoi
DIRECTOR Brad Cone
WRITER Brad Cone
Australian conservationist Nigel
Mason is determined to rescue
10 endangered elephants held
captive in government training
camps in Sumatra. Nigel intends
to transport the elephants over
3500 kilometres, crossing three
Indonesian islands. OPERATION
JUMBO is both a thrilling race
against time and a celebration
of the special relationship that
can exist between humans and
animals.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2017
www.beyond.com.au
[email protected]
OUTSOURCED explores the lives
of a group of young women
working in the rapidly growing
offshore outsourcing industry
in India, and the impact their
employment in skilled IT jobs is
having on Australia.
THE QUIET LIONS
WAR, HISTORY & POLITICS AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Thought Films
EXEC PROD Keith Flanagan
PRODUCER Robin Newell
DIRECTOR Robin Newell
WRITER Robin Newell
THE QUIET LIONS details the lives
of Weary Dunlop and Thai River
Trader Boon Pong during World
War II, and the legacy left in the
form of an exchange program
that trains young Thai surgeons
in Australia. We see how
something remarkably positive
can be built out of unspeakable
horror.
SALES CONTACT
Thought Films
SALES CONTACT
Ro*Co Films International
United States
PHONE +1-415 435 4631
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9908 1091
FAX +61-2 9225 9990
[email protected]
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 71
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
OPERATION JUMBO
ROMEO AND JULIET: A
MONKEY’S TALE
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
HD / 44.5 MIN
PROD CO Becker Entertainment
EXEC PROD Sue Clothier, Charles
Hannah
DIRECTOR Karina Holden
WRITER Karina Holden
In the Thai town of Lopburi live
two rival Macaque families, the
temple troop and the market
monkeys. These two gangs
are sworn enemies. But this
year two star-crossed lovers
have dared to go against troop
tradition and follow their hearts.
SALES CONTACT
Discovery Communications Inc.
United States
PHONE +1-240 662 2000
www.discovery.com
SACRED GROUND
SAVING AUSTRALIA’S ANCIENT
HERITAGE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO MAV Media Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Kim Mavromatis
DIRECTOR Kim Mavromatis
WRITER Kim Mavromatis
For Quenten, Dreaming is his
bible – an invisible force that
guides him through life and
connects all things. Quenten is
the keeper of his generation’s
Dreaming stories. It’s his role to
hand these stories down to the
next generation, keeping culture
and traditions alive. Added to
this responsibility is the pressure
of knowing that his generation is
witnessing the desecration and
destruction of the last remaining
cultural sites on Adjahdura Land.
Today, Quenten and his family
are fighting battles on many
fronts to keep their culture and
traditions alive.
SALES CONTACT
MAV Media Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8632 5306
FAX +61-8 8632 6521
MOBILE +61-417 838 785
www.mavmedia.com.au
[email protected]
72 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
SAVING ANDREW
MALLARD *
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Artemis
International
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian
Beaton, Stuart
Menzies
PRODUCER Celia Tait
DIRECTOR Michael Muntz,
Celia
Tait
WRITER Michael
Muntz
A 12 year fight for justice by
the family and supporters of
convicted murderer Andrew
Mallard who forced the system
to take another look.
SALES CONTACT
Artemis International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9228 2852
FAX +61-8 9228 4517
www.artemisfilms.com
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
THE SECRET LIVES OF
SLEEPWALKERS
SEVEN DAYS WITH SEVEN
DOGS
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
HD / 52 MIN
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Ben Cropp Productions
PRODUCER Ben Cropp
DIRECTOR Ben Cropp
WRITER Ben Cropp
PROD CO Paul Scott Films
EXEC PROD Sonya Pemberton
PRODUCER Paul Scott, Chris
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
DV/MINI DV / 53 MIN
*
Ben Cropp returns to a mystery
bomber found in 2005 and
identifies it as a B17 Flying
Fortress that carried an American
general who was lost in the
crash.
SALES CONTACT
Ben Cropp Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 4099 5858
FAX +61-7 4099 4300
www.bencropp.com.au/
[email protected]
Hilton
DIRECTOR Paul Scott
WRITER Paul Scott
This film will showcase
sleepwalkers in action, engaging
in such complex behaviours as
murder. It will profile the cuttingedge science and technology
that has revolutionised sleep
medicine.
SALES CONTACT
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4401
www.rdfinternational.com
[email protected]
PROD CO Laughing
Owl
Productions
PRODUCER Billie Dean, Andrew
Einspruch
DIRECTOR Billie Dean
When their beloved kelpie Suki
was given just a few weeks to
live, the filmmakers wanted to
make every last day a jewel.
So they packed up their seven
rescued dogs, most of whom had
health problems, and headed out
for the trip of a doggie lifetime.
Humans aren’t the only ones
who need to smell the roses.
SALES CONTACT
Laughing Owl Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 4842 2819
FAX +61-2 4842 2814
www.laughingowl.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 73
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
SEARCH FOR THE
MYSTERY BOMBER
SHANGHAI BRIDE
SHIFTING SHELTER 3
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 51 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Scopofile
PRODUCER Melanie Ansley
DIRECTOR Sam Voutas
WRITER Melanie Ansley
The effects of the one-child
policy, combined with a rapid
revolution in China’s values
and lifestyle, have created an
increasingly selective society
of middle-class Shanghai
women. For working-class
men, finding a wife is a quest
that requires money, time
and the strength to withstand
countless disappointments.
SHANGHAI BRIDE is a rare
portrait of ordinary people in an
extraordinary social predicament,
a window on the materialistic
and cutthroat nature of
Shanghai’s marriage market.
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Ivan Sen
DIRECTOR Ivan Sen
WRITER Ivan Sen
SHIFTING SHELTER shows the lives
of four young Aboriginal people
in rural Australia NSW. Their
lives are documented from 1995
to 2005. Ivan introduced us to
Cindy, Danielle, Ben and Willie;
watch as their lives unfold.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
BuzzTaxi Communications Inc.
Canada
PHONE +1-416 920 3800
FAX +1-416 920 3998
www.buzztaxi.com
[email protected]
74 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
SHINKICHI TAJIRI
*
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, ARTS &
CRAFTS, FILM & MEDIA
DVD / 60 MIN
PROD CO Illumination
Films
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Paul Cox
DIRECTOR Paul Cox
WRITER Paul Cox, Shinkichi
Tajiri
Portrait of sculptor, experimental
filmmaker and photographer
Shinkichi Tajiri. At 88 he is still
one of the most daring artists
of our times. He was part of
the COBRA movement which
was the European answer to
American abstract expressionism.
This one-hour documentary will
encompass all aspects of Tajiri’s
life.
SALES CONTACT
Illumination Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9690 5266
FAX +61-3 9696 5625
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
PERFORMING ARTS, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Laurence
Castle
Productions
EXEC PROD Laurence Castle
PRODUCER Laurence Castle
DIRECTOR Laurence Castle
WRITER Laurence Castle, Patrick
Redican
Shivaji was one of India’s most
colourful heroes. The 17th
century visionary forged a
kingdom where for centuries
the region’s chieftains were
nothing but ‘hired guns’ for
Muslim invaders from the
north. Today he has become
an icon. Babasaheb Purandre,
now over 80, is a modern icon.
He has produced an outdoor
extravaganza with a cast of 300
actors, charging cavalry horses,
elephants, camels and bullocks
to recreate the story of Shivaji.
His message echoes through
today’s youth driven society.
SKYFIGHTERS
*
SPEED DYNASTIES
*
WAR
HD / 45 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
HD / 45 MIN
PROD CO Becker Entertainment
EXEC PROD Sue Clothier, John
PROD CO Becker Entertainment
EXEC PROD John Godfrey, Sue
Godfrey
Clothier
DIRECTOR Rodney Long
WRITER Rodney Long
DIRECTOR Jonathon
SKYFIGHTERS follows fighter
pilots from around the world as
they take part in Canada’s Maple
Flag event to experience what
war is really like.
SALES CONTACT
Becker Entertainment
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9438 3377
FAX +61-2 9439 1827
www.beckerentertainment.
com.au
[email protected]
Challis, Bruce
Lassaux, Geoff Tanner
WRITER John Godfrey
SPEED DYNASTIES explores
why there are so many family
dynasties in motor racing,
examining the importance of
father-son relationships, and
in one case a father-daughter
relationship. How important is
competitive spirit? Is it nature or
nurture? And which dynasties are
likely to continue?
SALES CONTACT
Becker Entertainment
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9438 3377
FAX +61-2 9439 1827
www.beckerentertainment.
com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Laurence Castle Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6584 0085
www.ajanta.info
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 75
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
SHIVAJI: TELLING THE
TALE OF THE MOUNTAIN
RAT
STRAIT OF TERROR
*
SUBURB 4 SALE
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
HD / 52 MIN
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Ben Cropp Productions
PRODUCER Ben Cropp
DIRECTOR Ben Cropp
WRITER Ben Cropp
PROD CO November Films
EXEC PROD Jessica Douglas-Henry
PRODUCER Anne Delaney
DIRECTOR Lara Cole, Anne
Shipwrecks, castaways and
headhunters are the themes of
this film.
SALES CONTACT
Ben Cropp Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 4099 5858
FAX +61-7 4099 4300
www.bencropp.com.au/
[email protected]
Delaney
WRITER Lara Cole, Anne Delaney
SUBURB 4 SALE is an
observational documentary
filmed over two years that
follows what happens when
a public housing estate goes
under the hammer. It documents
the lives of families desperate
to buy into Airds – it’s some of
the cheapest property to buy
in Sydney – the public housing
tenants who are desperate to
get out, and the charismatic real
estate agent whose job it is to
turn a public housing estate into
a viable property market.
SALES CONTACT
November Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9664 8273
FAX +61-2 9664 8273
MOBILE +61-404 068 273
[email protected]
76 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
THUNDERHEADS
*
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Natural History
Unit
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour
PRODUCER Klaus Toft
DIRECTOR Klaus Toft
Part detective-tale, part scienceadventure, a story documenting
an extraordinary human
endeavor taking place in Darwin,
Australia.
SALES CONTACT
National Geographic Television
International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-442 07751 7555
TWO MUMS AND A DAD
*
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, WOMEN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Singing
Nomads
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Sally Ingleton
DIRECTOR Miranda Wills
WRITER Miranda Wills
Fiona is 33 and desperate to
have a baby. But her partner,
Kelly, is a woman and sperm
isn’t part of the equation. Fiona
has a solution: a gay friend from
work who passionately wants to
be a dad. Fiona and Kelly want
their child to have a father. It
seems perfect ... but is it? TWO
MUMS AND A DAD is the story
of the rocky road of three-way
parenting.
SALES CONTACT
Channel 4 International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 396 4444
FAX +44-207 306 3756
www.c4i.tv
[email protected]
VOTE ‘YES’ FOR
ABORIGINES *
WAS THE LADY A
BUSHRANGER?
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
EDUCATION, HISTORY & POLITICS
- AUSTRALIAN, WOMEN
DVC PRO/DV/MINI DV / 58 MIN
PROD CO Denise
Haslem
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Denise Haslem
DIRECTOR Frances Peters-Little
WRITER Frances Peters-Little
PROD CO Warrego Productions
PRODUCER Peter Young
DIRECTOR Peter Young
WRITER Pat Studdy-Cliff, Peter
VOTE ‘YES’ FOR ABORIGINES
recognises and celebrates the
40th anniversary of the 1968
Referendum, the political
milestone that overturned
Australian constitutional law to
allow Aboriginal people to be
counted as Australian citizens in
their own country.
WAS THE LADY A BUSHRANGER?
explores the life of Elizabeth
Jessie Hickman, Australian
Buckjump Champion, 1905. How
did she end up living in a cave
in the Nullo Mountains, west of
Sydney? Was she a Bushranger?
Will all be revealed or will the
audience be left to ponder?
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Denise Haslem Productions Pty Ltd
Warrego Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9810 3499
FAX +61-2 9810 3499
MOBILE +61-425 215 842
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 4362 2244
FAX +61-2 4362 1878
MOBILE +61-417 783 491
[email protected]
Young
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 77
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
WEEPING WOMEN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, RELIGION
BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO CM Film Productions
PRODUCER Carmelo Musca
DIRECTOR Carmelo Musca
WRITER Sarah Rossetti
Examines the bizarre and
unexplained cases of crying
statues – the weeping Madonna
of Rockingham, Our Lady of
Tears in Syracuse, a tiny weeping
Madonna in Civitavecchia – and
the faithful devotees who
surround them on their personal
journeys of faith.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
WHEN SURGICAL TOOLS
GET LEFT BEHIND 2 *
HEALTH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John
Luscombe,
Richard Campbell
PRODUCER Ian Watson, Celia
Boden, Belinda Seaman
WRITER Celia Boden
Medical teams perform miracles
every day but mistakes do
happen and when things go
wrong in surgery lives can be
ruined and reputations shattered.
In this frightening documentary,
you’ll meet some of the 2,700
patients from the United States
who in one year had surgical
tools left behind.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
78 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
WHITE LIONS
*
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 47 MIN
EXEC PROD David Adams
PRODUCER Stephen Van Mil
DIRECTOR David Adams
WRITER Andrew Saw, David
Adams
WHITE LIONS is a voyage of
exploration into the realm of
the white lion and its tenuous
position in the animal kingdom.
The film follows the fortunes of
two sets of white lions: three
cubs bound for Australia’s Mogo
Zoo and a family of five released
for the first time into the
semi-wild within South Africa’s
Western Cape.
SALES CONTACT
Animal Planet
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 811 3912
FAX +44-208 811 3222
www.discovery-europe.com
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINUTES & UNDER
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
55 MIN
PROD CO Film
Australia,
Blackwattle Films
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve
PRODUCER Peter Butt, Kristine
Wyld
DIRECTOR Peter Butt
WRITER Peter Butt
At last, an answer to one of
crime history’s great unsolved
cases. When the bodies of
brilliant physicist Dr Gilbert
Bogle and his lover Mrs Margaret
Chandler were found in bizarre
circumstances on a Sydney
riverbank in 1963, it captured
the public imagination and
launched an unprecedented
murder investigation. However,
the Coroner could find no cause
of death, killer or motive. Some
suggested it was a Cold War
assassination, others claimed
it was an overdose of LSD.
Now, four decades later, a new
investigation uncovers explosive
new evidence.
WHY ME?
WINGS TO FLY
*
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
RELIGION, CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Light Image Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Kay Goodman-Dodd
PRODUCER Rick Cavaggion,
PROD CO Soul
Martin Gordon
DIRECTOR Rick Cavaggion
WRITER Martin Gordon
WHY ME? features five Aboriginal
people in four stories, showing
the human cost of a policy
which removed children from
their families and country. The
film shows the careful work
of restoring meaning and
connection to dislocated lives.
Reenacted scenes from the 50s
put viewers in touch with the
emotional journey of the children
of the Stolen Generations.
SALES CONTACT
Light Image Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8340 2811
FAX +61-8 8340 2843
[email protected]
Vision Films Pty
Ltd
PRODUCER Peter
Hegedus,
Gabrielle Jones
DIRECTOR Peter Hegedus
WRITER Peter Hegedus
Over six years we watch Catrina
Lawrence as she tries to forge an
identity for herself in the midst
of a complicated and controlling
family. Keith Lawrence, her
father, is a devoted Christian.
Abuse and alcohol are part of
Keith’s childhood and he has
striven hard to overcome this
in his life, his family and his
fathering. Catrina wants to fly on
her own but Keith will go to any
lengths to protect her.
SALES CONTACT
Soul Vision Films Pty Ltd
Australia
MOBILE +61-408 456 522
www.soulvisionfilms.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 79
DOCUMENTARIES
60 MINS & UNDER
WHO KILLED DR BOGLE
AND MRS CHANDLER? *
WINNERS’ GUIDE TO THE
NOBEL PRIZE *
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH
56 MIN
PROD CO Electric
Pictures Pty
Ltd, Film Australia
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie, Mark
Hamlyn, Sonya Pemberton,
Rod Freedman
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie
DIRECTOR Mark Gould
WRITER Paul Payne, Mark Gould
WINNERS GUIDE TO THE NOBEL
PRIZE follows the journey of
Barry Marshall and Robin Warren
to Stockholm to collect the 2005
Nobel Prize for Physiology or
Medicine. Along the way we find
out what it’s like to win a Nobel
Prize and reveal the incredible
story of how these scientists
turned the medical world on its
head and relieved the suffering
of millions.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
WITHOUT A HOME
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DV/MINI DV / 38 MIN
PROD CO Frog Films
PRODUCER Jeff Morgan,
Mark
Andersson
DIRECTOR Mark Andersson
WRITER Mark Andersson, Katrina
Lucas
Over the past two decades,
homelessness has become
a highly visible problem in
Australia, a social blight that
is in sharp contrast to the
country’s widespread affluence.
In this program five people from
Adelaide share their personal
stories and offer some insight
into the plight of the homeless.
SALES CONTACT
Video Education Australasia
Australia
PHONE +61-3 5448 2400
FAX +61-3 5448 2408
www.vea.com.au
[email protected]
80 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
WONDERS OF THE
BILLABONG *
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
HD / 52 MIN
PROD CO Ben Cropp Productions
PRODUCER Ben Cropp
DIRECTOR Ben Cropp
WRITER Ben Cropp
A detailed look at the wonderful
tropical billabong and all the
creatures who live in it and come
to its sweet waters.
SALES CONTACT
Ben Cropp Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 4099 5858
FAX +61-7 4099 4300
www.bencropp.com.au
[email protected]
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN, FILM & MEDIA
90 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Factual
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Tim Clark
PRODUCER Deborah Masters,
Andrew Haughton
DIRECTOR Deborah Masters
An entertaining romp through
half a century of ABC Television.
Presented by John Clarke, this
program combines interviews
with archive footage to celebrate
50 years of ABC Television
history.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 102 MIN
PROD CO Red
Dune Films,
Animax Films
EXEC PROD Martin Walsh,
Damien Lay
PRODUCER Martin Walsh,
Damien Lay
DIRECTOR Damien Lay
WRITER Keith Thompson,
Damien Lay
South Vietnam, August 1966.
For three hours, in an endless
torrent of pouring rain, amid
the mud and shattered trees
of a rubber plantation called
Long Tan, Major Harry Smith
and his dispersed company of
108 young Australian and New
Zealand soldiers were fighting
for their lives, holding off an
overwhelming force of 2,500
NVA and VC soldiers. THE BATTLE
OF LONG TAN is the true story
of ordinary boys who became
extraordinary men.
BOMB HARVEST
*
HISTORY & POLITICS INTERNATIONAL, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM/HD / 88 MIN
PROD CO Lemur Films
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross,
Victor
Carson
PRODUCER Sylvia Wilczynski
DIRECTOR Kim Mordaunt
WRITER Sylvia Wilczynski, Kim
Mordaunt
A huge live American aircraft
bomb has been discovered
behind a village school in Laos,
left from the ‘Secret War’ over
30 years ago. Australian bomb
disposal specialist Laith Stevens
has to train new Lao ‘Bib Bomb’
technicians before he can deal
with it, but meanwhile, with a
recent increase in scrap metal
prices, the kids from schools are
out hunting for bombs...(Also
available in a 55 minute
version.)
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Lemur Films
Red Dune Films
Australia
PHONE +61-438 417 143
FAX +61-2 9712 5072
www.reddunefilms.com
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9130 4387
FAX +61-2 9130 4387
MOBILE +61-425 204 996
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 81
FEATURE
DOCUMENTARIES
THE ABC OF OUR
LIVES – 50 YEARS OF
TELEVISION *
BOMBALI
*
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 90 MIN
PROD CO Electric
Pictures Pty Ltd,
Brook Lapping Productions
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie, Phil
Craig
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie, Phil
Craig
DIRECTOR Steve Westh
WRITER Phil Craig, Steve Westh
BOMBALI is a feature-length
drama-documentary to mark the
fourth anniversary of the Bali
bombings.
SALES CONTACT
IMG Media
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 233 7532
FAX +44-208 233 6476
www.imgworld.com
[email protected]
BRA BOYS
*
THE CHOIR
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SPORTS &
RECREATIONS, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
35MM / 90 MIN
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, HISTORY
& POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 90 MIN
PROD CO Bradahood
PROD CO Essential
Productions/Garage Industries
EXEC PROD Nicholas Cook,
Russell Crowe, MIchael
Lawrence, John Mossop
PRODUCER Sunny Abberton,
MIchael Lawrence
DIRECTOR Sunny Abberton,
Macario De Souza
WRITER Sunny Abberton
BRA BOYS is a documentary
about the cultural evolution of
the inner-Sydney beach-side
suburb of Maroubra and the
social struggle of its youth – the
tattooed and much maligned
surf community known as the
Bra Boys. The story is narrated
by Australian actor Russell Crowe
and is told through the eyes of
members of the Bra Boys.
www.braboys.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Bradahood Productions/Garage
Industries
Australia
PHONE +61-409 410 730
www.braboys.com.au
[email protected]
82 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Viewing
(drama)
EXEC PROD Rosemary Blight
PRODUCER Chris Hilton
DIRECTOR Michael Davie
WRITER Michael Davie
THE CHOIR is a feature-length
documentary about men in a
violent South African prison who
form a choir to survive and find
redemption, then face an even
more brutal world outside when
they are released.
SALES CONTACT
Essential Viewing (drama)
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9517 9899
FAX +61-2 9517 9871
www.evg.com.au
[email protected]
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
DONKEY IN LAHORE
FEET UNBOUND
THE FIGHT GAME
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 90 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
WAR, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 87 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, SPORTS
& RECREATIONS
BETACAM / 90 MIN
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Mark Chapman
PRODUCER Faramarz K-Rahber
DIRECTOR Faramarz K-Rahber
Set in Pakistan and Australia,
DONKEY IN LAHORE is a love
story highlighting the issues of
cross-cultural relationships in
the context of current political
issues.
SALES CONTACT
Faraway Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3219 1107
FAX +61-7 3219 1107
www.faraway.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Long March Films
EXEC PROD Khee-Jin Ng
PRODUCER Khee-Jin Ng
DIRECTOR Khee-Jin Ng
WRITER Khee-Jin Ng
A young woman retraces the
footsteps of China’s teenage
female soldiers of the Long
March and encounters untold
stories of courage and hope in
the face of extreme deprivation
and brutality. The Long March
was a massive military retreat
of over 200,000 troops on foot
over 12,500 kilometres that
lasted from 1934 to 1936. Elly,
a 28-year-old journalist from
Beijing, embarks on a 5,000
kilometre odyssey that takes her
from Cangxi in central China to
Xingxingxia in the Gobi Desert
in the northwest of China. She
uncovers the tragic and chilling
story of the destruction of the
Western Route Army – the
greatest military failure in the
history of the Chinese Red Army.
As she sets out in search of
history, she is forced to confront
her identity as a modern Chinese
woman.
PROD CO CM
Film Productions,
Pigfish Australia Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Max Bourke, Carmelo
Musca
DIRECTOR Michael Angus
WRITER Michael Angus
THE FIGHT GAME is an
observational documentary
which follows the life and
emerging career of Danny
Green, a determined young
boxer from the middle-class
suburbs of Perth, as he pursues
a place in boxing history. His
journey takes us behind the
scenes, and under the skin, of
the most dramatic, controversial
and primal of sports. Through
the simplicity of competition in
its most brutal form, the soul of
a man is laid bare.
SALES CONTACT
CM Film Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9328 8977
FAX +61-8 9328 7672
www.cmfilms.com.au
[email protected]
www.feetunbound.com
SALES CONTACT
Long March Films
Australia
MOBILE +61-405 626 223
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 83
FEATURE
DOCUMENTARIES
PROD CO Faraway
FLYING DREAMS
*
FORBIDDEN LIE$
*
FORTUNATE SONS
*
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
EDUCATION, WILDLIFE & NATURAL
HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 120 MIN
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, WOMEN,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
35MM / 107 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
WAR, FILM & MEDIA
DV/MINI DV / 75 MIN
PROD CO Liberty
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Chris Grainger
WRITER Greg Grainger
Pty Ltd
PROD CO Pisces All Media
EXEC PROD Jonathan Nolan
PRODUCER Greg Smith
DIRECTOR Jonathan Nolan
WRITER Jonathan Nolan
Five men. One plane. Thirty
refuelling stops. One globe. It
was their dream flight, taking a
Kingair 8200 around the world.
Share their passion, their trials,
their triumphs as they become
part of a very exclusive club, the
Earth Rounders.
SALES CONTACT
Grainger Television Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9449 6074
FAX +61-2 9488 7970
MOBILE +61-409 121 129
www.graingertv.com
[email protected]
Productions
EXEC PROD Antonio Zeccola
PRODUCER Anna Broinowski,
Sally Regan
DIRECTOR Anna Broinowski
WRITER Anna Broinowski
In July 2004, Norma Khouri,
best-selling author of ‘Forbidden
Love’, was exposed as a fake.
She’s won fame and fortune as
a Jordanian virgin with a fatwah
on her head for her campaign
against honour killings. But she
was really Norma Bagain, an
alleged Chicago con artist on the
run from the FBI for $1 million
of fraud. Spinning murder, greed
and literary scandal into a web
that entangles us all, FORBIDDEN
LIE$ is a real-life thriller for our
time.
SALES CONTACT
Becker Entertainment
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9438 3377
FAX +61-2 9439 1827
www.beckerentertainment.
com.au
[email protected]
84 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
FORTUNATE SONS is documentary
about the Bush regime and
the U.S. leadership in the post
1963 world, with a close look at
9/11 and the War on Terror. The
documentary has been written
and produced with a modern
‘edgy’ look and feel, with videogame style editing to appeal to
contemporary audiences.
www.piscesallmedia.com/
FORTUNATESONS
SALES CONTACT
Pisces All Media
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6296 7609
MOBILE +61-406 678 890
www.piscesallmedia.com
[email protected]
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
GLOBAL HAYWIRE
GOD ON MY SIDE
HUNT ANGELS
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
ANIMATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 80 MIN
RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 72 MIN
PROD CO Bruce Petty Films
EXEC PROD Susan MacKinnon
PRODUCER Claude Gonzalez
DIRECTOR Bruce Petty
Pty Ltd
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, FILM &
MEDIA
35MM / 85 MIN
GLOBAL HAYWIRE is a
documentary fable threading live
action and animation together in
a tale of how East and West have
reached the present crisis point.
It is a look at why the world is
divided into two opposing forces.
In February, Andrew Denton
travelled to Texas for the
National Religious Broadcasters’
Convention, the annual
shindig for every televangelist
powerbroker and wannabe in
America. This feature-length
documentary records what he
found. By turns serious and
comic, and sometimes a little
disturbing, it examines the
cutting edge of evangelical
technology, the business of God,
the America of the religious
right, and what the inescapable
truths of the Bible mean for US
foreign policy and the Middle
East.
Films Transit International
Canada
PHONE +1-514 844 3358
FAX +1-514 844 7298
www.filmstransit.com
[email protected]
other films
EXEC PROD Andrew
Denton,
Anita Jacoby
PRODUCER Jon Casimir
SALES CONTACT
Zapruder’s other films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9362 8988
FAX +61-2 9362 8977
[email protected]
PROD CO Film Art Doco Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Antonio Zeccola
PRODUCER Sue Maslin
DIRECTOR Alec Morgan
WRITER Alec Morgan
The true story of movie-making
outlaws Rupert Kathner and
Alma Brooks, who took on the
powerful cinema conglomerates
and a posse of police in their
passionate pursuit of filmmaking.
Set in the 1930s and ‘40s, HUNT
ANGELS is a unique non-fiction
feature that exposes a dark and
dangerous episode in Australian
cinema history.
SALES CONTACT
Fortissimo Film Sales
Netherlands
PHONE +31-852 2311 8081
FAX +31-852 2311 8023
www.fortissimo.nl
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 85
FEATURE
DOCUMENTARIES
SALES CONTACT
PROD CO Zapruder’s
KOTLA WALKS.
PERFORMING LOCALITY.
*
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 93 MIN
PROD CO Simon Wilmot
PRODUCER Simon Wilmot,
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
FILM & MEDIA, SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 77 MIN
Sanjay
Srivastava
DIRECTOR Simon Wilmot
WRITER Sanjay Srivastava
This is a story about Sarita and
Raman Bhardwaj, their friends
and neighbours in the ‘urban
village’ of Kotla Mubarakpur,
South Delhi. It explores the way
the texture of urban spaces is
woven into ideas of belonging,
intimacy, friendship, ambition,
and the desire to be ‘here’ but
also somewhere else.
www.kotlawalks.com
SALES CONTACT
Ronin Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6248 0851
FAX +61-2 6249 1640
www.roninfilms.com.au
[email protected]
THE LAST DAYS OF
YASSER ARAFAT
PROD CO Habibi Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Sherine Salama
DIRECTOR Sherine Salama
In September 2003, PalestinianAustralian filmmaker Sherine
Salama travelled to the besieged
compound of Yasser Arafat.
She had a hunch that his days
were numbered. After a long,
frustrating and often-comical
struggle, she finally succeeded
in interviewing Arafat in October,
2004. In an extraordinary twist
of fate, Arafat died the following
month. THE LAST DAYS OF YASSER
ARAFAT tells the final chapter
in the story of one of the most
controversial public figures of
our time. (Also available in a 56
minute version.)
SALES CONTACT
Habibi Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-404 367 876
[email protected]
ABC TV International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9950 3090
FAX +61-2 9950 3169
86 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
NAKED ON THE INSIDE
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 81 MIN
PROD CO Magic / Real Picture
EXEC PROD Jack Lechner
PRODUCER Ian Walker
DIRECTOR Kim Farrant
WRITER Kim Farrant
Co
Beyond our clothes and skin,
who are we? In NAKED ON THE
INSIDE, six brave individuals
shed their armour, reveal their
bodies and share their secrets in
an extraordinary experiment in
search of their inner selves.
SALES CONTACT
Off The Fence BV
Netherlands
PHONE +31-20520 0222
FAX +31-20520 0223
www.offthefence.com
[email protected]
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
*
RISE OF THE ROOS
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
35MM / 90 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 82 MIN
PROD CO Circe Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Lizzette Atkins,
PROD CO SBS
Lawrence Johnston
DIRECTOR Lawrence Johnston
WRITER Lawrence Johnston
NIGHT is a cinematic feature
documentary that explores the
universal nature of night and
how we experience it. NIGHT
captures the mystery, mood and
magic of the night and weaves
these images into a lush and
dramatic symphonic score. Voices
from all walks of life tell stories
of their ‘affair’ with the night
– the pleasure and the pain,
reality and fantasy, at work and
at leisure, past and present – and
shows how the darkness of the
night affects us all.
SALES CONTACT
Becker Films International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8425 1163
FAX +61-2 9439 1827
www.beckerfilms.com.au
[email protected]
Television - Local
Production
PRODUCER Terry Toaldo, Nick
Zorbas
WRITER Andrew Orsatti, Simon
Hill
Traces the two-year campaign by
the Australian football team to
qualify for the 2006 FIFA World
Cup.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALUTE – THE PETER
NORMAN STORY
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 120 MIN
PROD CO The Actors Cafe
EXEC PROD Matt Norman
PRODUCER Matt Norman
DIRECTOR Matt Norman
WRITER Matt Norman
Pty Ltd
In 1968 Peter Norman ran the
race of his life in the Mexico
City Olympic Games, winning
silver in the 200 metres. What
made more headlines than his
actual victory was the dramatic
events that took place during
the medal ceremony, when the
two American athletes who had
won the gold and bronze held
their black gloved fists in the air,
demonstrating against the way
black Americans were treated at
that time. This is the story from
Peter Norman’s eyes as well as
the story from one person who
knows him better than most...
his filmmaking nephew Matt
Norman. (Also available in a 120
minute version.)
SALES CONTACT
Instinct Entertainment Pty Limited
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9646 0955
FAX +61-3 9646 1588
MOBILE +61-418 546 005
www.instinctentertainment.
com.au
admin@instinctentertainment.
com.au
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 87
FEATURE
DOCUMENTARIES
NIGHT
THE SECRET
*
HEALTH
DVD/ONLINE / 90 MIN
PROD CO Prime
Time
Productions
EXEC PROD Rhonda Byrne
PRODUCER Paul Harrington,
Rhonda Byrne
DIRECTOR Drew Heriot
About the meaning of life.
www.thesecret.tv
SALES CONTACT
The Secret LLC
United States
PHONE +1-773 281 7777
www.thesecret.tv
[email protected]
STICKY CARPET
– MELBOURNE’S
UNDERGROUND
ROCKUMENTARY
WOMEN OF THE SUN: 25
YEARS LATER
*
PERFORMING ARTS, CULTURES
- AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR, INDUSTRY &
COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM/DV/MINI DV /
76 MIN
PROD CO Mark
Butcher
Productions
PRODUCER Mark Butcher, Pip
Stafford
DIRECTOR Mark Butcher, Glenn
Waterworth
WRITER Glenn Waterworth, Mark
Butcher
STICKY CARPET is a documentary
about the thriving Melbourne
music scene. It explores the
drive behind the musicians, and
recognises the importance of
local community radio stations
which have fostered the scene
through their ongoing support.
This raw and vital film exposes
the real, independent artists
who prove that playing music is
accessible to anyone, anywhere,
and that it is still possible to
maintain control over your art
and rock!
SALES CONTACT
Siren Visual Entertainment
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9629 9850
www.sirenvisual.com.au
[email protected]
88 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 80 MIN
PROD CO Generation
Films Pty
Ltd
PRODUCER Bob Weis
DIRECTOR Bob Weis
Twenty-five years ago an
amazing four-part series hit
Australian TV screens. ‘Women
of the Sun’ depicted the lives of
four Aboriginal women between
the 1820s and the 1980s. The
first TV series made in language,
it was an instant classic.
Producing the mini-series had a
major impact on the director Bob
Weis, and 25 years on he decides
to reassess its importance to
others, revisiting the women
who played the leads to find
out what they experienced.
Fascinating and profoundly
moving.
SALES CONTACT
Daro Film Distribution
Monaco
PHONE +377-9797 1600
FAX +377-9797 1591
[email protected]
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
WORDS FROM THE CITY
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, PERFORMING
ARTS, SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 90 MIN
PROD CO Film Camp Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Philippa Campey
DIRECTOR Natasha Gadd, Rhys
FEATURE
DOCUMENTARIES
Graham
WRITER Natasha Gadd, Rhys
Graham
WORDS FROM THE CITY is a
feature-length documentary
exploring contemporary
Australian hip hop through
intimate and candid observations
of some of the nation’s most
potent and compelling artists.
Focusing on several diverse
characters from around
Australia, WORDS FROM THE
CITY explores the social and
cultural compulsion of young
Australians to embrace the
verbal battleground of hip hop to
express their personal, political
and creative voices.
SALES CONTACT
Film Camp Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 0140
FAX +61-3 9417 7336
www.filmcamp.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 89
AIR AUSTRALIA
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 3 X 55 MIN
PROD CO Film
Australia, Vue DC
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Mark
Hamlyn, Anna
Grieve
PRODUCER Helen
Clucas, Alan
Lindsay
DIRECTOR Alan Lindsay
WRITER Alan Lindsay
In creating an Australian
aviation industry, a handful
of extraordinary individuals
changed a nation.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
AN AUSSIE GOES BARMY
*
ARTISTS AT WORK
*
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 60 MIN
ARTS & CRAFTS, PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26.5 MIN
PROD CO Granada
PROD CO ABC
Productions,
Seed Productions
EXEC PROD Hugh Jackman,
Deborra-Lee Furness, Matthew
Weiss
Documentary series following
an Australian cricket tragic
throughout the Ashes 06/07
series. As part of a bet with Hugh
Jackman, he must travel, eat and
breathe with the Barmy Army
– England’s most famous fans.
SALES CONTACT
Granada Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9383 4360
FAX +61-2 8353 3494
www.granadaproductions.com.au
sarah.roberts@granadaproductions.
com.au
TV Arts and
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Megan Harding
PRODUCER Lisa McGregor
DIRECTOR Anne Delaney, Molly
Reynolds, Kathy Drayton,
Louise Turley
ARTISTS AT WORK is a captivating
four-part series which invites
viewers to share first-hand in the
intimate and sometimes delicate
world of the creative process.
In painting studios, rehearsal
rooms and galleries we watch
a mix of artists give birth to
four very different pieces of art.
Each episode tracks the artwork
from conception to completion
and explores the setbacks and
dramas that unfold as the artists
struggle to realise their vision.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
90 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 5 X 60 MIN
PROD CO Outlook
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Bob Deere
PRODUCER Michael Neil-Smith
DIRECTOR Michael Neil-Smith
WRITER Michael Neil-Smith
AUSTRALIAN ICON TOWNS is
a quintessentially Australian
program that finds out the secret
that has made these 25 towns
part of the lexicon of Australian
life, exploring the towns’ history
and heritage in a refreshing way.
(Also available as 25 x 12 minute
interstitial films.)
SALES CONTACT
Outlook Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9557 3079
michael@outlookproductions.
com.au
AUSTRALIAN STORY
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 414 X 26 MIN
PROD CO ABC TV Brisbane
PRODUCER Various
DIRECTOR Various
AUSTRALIAN STORY is a
documentary-style program
produced as part of the ABC’s
current affairs output. The
program’s personal approach to
storytelling has been very well
received. Stories are ‘narrated’
by the subjects themselves.
There is an emphasis on regional
and rural Australia and on the
positives of contemporary
Australian life and Australian
people.
SALES CONTACT
BARTER MODELS BEACH
QUEST
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 60 MIN
PROD CO Masterbrand
Films and
Promotions
PRODUCER Clinton Barter
DIRECTOR Russell Buchanan
WRITER Russell Buchanan
A documentary series that takes
us behind the scenes of a bikini
contest following first-timers
and some professional models
through to the final, and how it
affects their lives.
SALES CONTACT
Masterbrand Films and Promotions
Australia
MOBILE +61-411 867 983
[email protected]
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 91
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
AUSTRALIAN ICON
TOWNS *
BATTLE OF THE BRAINS
BONDI RESCUE
BORDER SECURITY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 8 X 23 MIN
PROD CO Daniella
PROD CO Cordell
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 79 X 23.5 MIN
Ortega
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Daniella Ortega
DIRECTOR Gary Doust, Daniella
Ortega
They’re the brightest teen
biologists in Australia and they’re
competing for a chance to bring
home gold from the international
biology Olympiad. Thousands
try, but only four will make the
national team. What does it take
to compete with the smartest
kids in the world?
Jigsaw
Productions
EXEC PROD Michael Cordell, Nick
Murray
A summer in the life of the Bondi
Lifeguards.
SALES CONTACT
Cordell Jigsaw Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9326 9922
FAX +61-2 9326 9277
www.cordelljigsaw.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Smiley Documentary Film
Distribution
New Zealand
PHONE +64-649 309 2613
FAX +64-649 309 4084
www.smileyfilmdistribution.com
[email protected]
92 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
PROD CO Seven Productions
EXEC PROD Dan Meenan
PRODUCER Craig Graham,
Justine Ford, Tina Diaz, Patrick
McInerney
BORDER SECURITY is a series
about the daily operations of the
Australian Customs, Immigration
and Quarantine services.
SALES CONTACT
Seven Network Limited
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8777 7777
FAX +61-2 8777 7778
www.sevencorporate.com.au
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 26 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Indigenous
Programmes Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Ivan Sen
DIRECTOR Ivan Sen
WRITER Ivan Sen
It is estimated that today 80 per
cent of Indigenous Australians
live in urban environments. What
impact is urbanisation having on
Indigenous Australians and what
does this mean for the future of
Aboriginality?
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
BUSHFIRE SUMMER
*
CHASING NATURE
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
4 X 30 MIN
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, WILDLIFE &
NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 60 MIN
PROD CO ABC
Pty Ltd
TV Natural History
Unit
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour
PRODUCER Gill Lomas, Josie
Matthiesson, Clare Thomson,
Robert Haywood
DIRECTOR Gill Lomas
A journey through this summer,
the hottest on record, in the
most fire-prone part of the
world.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Beyond
EXEC PROD John
Productions
Luscombe, John
Tessier
Students are faced with the
task of designing and building
a means for a human to
accurately mimic the behaviour
of a featured animal. The team
studies the animal, gathers the
best stunt and special effects
team available to them, and
tests and builds the apparatus
... culminating in the ultimate
challenge which will pit them
head to head with nature’s
finest.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 93
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
BROKEN BORDERS
CLOSET TALES
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
PROD CO Pure Pictures
EXEC PROD Julie Marlow,
Simon
Lock
PRODUCER Jasmin Tarasin McGee
DIRECTOR Jasmin Tarasin McGee
WRITER Yael Bergman, Sophie
Hexter
CLOSET TALES explores the lives
of four prominent Australian
fashion designers – Akira
Isogawa, Gwendolynne, Peter
Morrissey and Sass & Bide. Each
shares a similar passion for
fashion, but the working realities
of their creative pursuits could
not be more varied.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
THE CODE
*
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
LITERATURE, RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 5 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Grace Productions
PRODUCER Behren Schulz, Jim
Lounsbury
DIRECTOR Jim Lounsbury
THE CODE is an in-depth look at
the questions raised by books
such as ‘The DaVinci Code’, and
why we are so eager to discover
conspiracies in modern religious
culture.
SALES CONTACT
AMPM
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9847 2222
FAX +61-2 9847 2200
www.ampm.org.au
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
94 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DECADENCE
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 50 MIN
PROD CO Fork Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Pria Viswalingam
DIRECTOR Pria Viswalingam
Join Pria Viswalingam in this
six-part series as he considers
whether we are bogged down in
meaningless self-indulgence, and
whether we really need iPods,
plasma screen TVs, Brazilian
waxes and self-navigating 4WDs
to achieve happiness. Pria also
reflects on how Western modern
life was viewed by the East
when he was growing up in
Asia, and how this has changed,
by focusing on the elements
of money, sex, democracy,
education, family and God.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
CHILDREN, EDUCATION, FILM & MEDIA
DV/MINI DV / 18 X 7 MIN
PROD CO tallstoreez
productionz
pty ltd
EXEC PROD Carl Kuddell
PRODUCER Jennifer Lyons-Reid,
Carl Kuddell
DIRECTOR Carl Kuddell, Jennifer
Lyons-Reid
WRITER Jennifer Lyons-Reid
This groundbreaking
documentary series showcases
nine fresh and fascinating youth
films and behind-the-scenes
documentaries. Relevant and
entertaining, DIRECTING THE
HERO WITHIN presents young
people creatively documenting
their world.
www.directingthehero.com
DOWNUNDER GRADS
DUSTY: LITTLE BY LITTLE
EDUCATION
4 X 26 MIN
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 7 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Big
PROD CO Screentime Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Lucy Maclaren, Lesley
Island Pictures,
Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Mark Chapman
DIRECTOR Phoebe Hart, Randall
Wood
WRITER Suzanne Howard,
Phoebe Hart
What’s it like to be a young
person at university in Australia
these days?
SALES CONTACT
Scarff
DIRECTOR Simon
Watt
There are seven half-hour
episodes in this observational
documentary series on the
making of an Australian
stageshow, ‘Dusty: The Musical’,
about the life and times of the
legendary first diva of pop music,
Dusty Springfield.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
tallstoreez productionz pty ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8241 7378
FAX +61-8 8346 8946
MOBILE +61-407 811 733
www.tallstoreez.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 95
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
DIRECTING THE HERO
WITHIN *
DYNASTIES
FAMILY FOOTSTEPS
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 28 X 30 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 55 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Factual
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Tim Clark
PRODUCER Laurie Critchley
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
Series on high profile Australian
dynasties revealing intimate
personal stories behind some of
Australia’s best known family
names. Compelling snapshots of
our colourful history.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO December Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Tarni James
PRODUCER Tony Wright
DIRECTOR Sean Cousins, Malcolm
McDonald
FAMILY FOOTSTEPS is a four part
documentary series that creates
a ‘sliding door’ experience for
four young people by returning
them to their migrant parents’
homeland to live the life they
may have lived, had their
parents not immigrated.
SALES CONTACT
Fremantle Media UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 691 6000
FAX +44-207 691 6060
www.fremantlemedia.com
[email protected]
FEAST BAZAAR MOROCCO
AND SYRIA *
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, TRAVEL &
ADVENTURE, RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 10 X 24 MIN
PROD CO Dreampool
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Michael
Dickinson,
Robert Grieve
PRODUCER Michael Dickinson
DIRECTOR Michael Dickinson
WRITER Graham Barker, Michael
Dickinson, Barry Vera
FEAST BAZAAR is a 10-part
journey into the labyrinth of
mysterious souks, the colour,
culture and customs of two of
the most intriguing countries
in the Islamic world. Barry Vera
gets to the heart of Moroccan
and Syrian cuisine and on the
way discovers far, far more.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
96 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 25 MIN
PROD CO Kismet Productions
PRODUCER Maeve O’Meara,
Toufic Charabati
During this new 13-part series
Maeve O’Meara takes you on a
journey within your very own
kitchen and makes the exotic
familiar. Maeve meets an array
of incredible restaurateurs and
inspiring home cooks as they talk
us through their cuisines while
making some mouth-watering
dishes. Each episode is dedicated
to a specific cuisine, arming you
with the easy and secret tips to
creating exotic dishes in your
own kitchen.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS
GIVE ME A BREAK
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
33 X 60 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 25 MIN
PROD CO Southern Star Factual
EXEC PROD Fiona Baker
SERIES DIRECTOR Philip Swain
PRODUCER Various
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Fiona Baker
PROD CO Artemis
People have a morbid curiosity
and are drawn to stories of
murder. Investigators will take
you to the scenes of infamous
and bizarre murders and into the
enthralling investigations that
follow. Footage that has never
been seen outside the courtroom
will give viewers first-hand
knowledge of each case. All of
this is done so as to unfold the
drama minute by minute, just as
it unfolded for the participants
themselves when the victim
was murdered. In some cases,
viewers will come face to face
with the murderer.
International
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian Beaton
SERIES PRODUCER Celia Tait
PRODUCER Celia Tait
DIRECTOR Britt Arthur, Steven
Peddie, Peter Prichard, Paulo
Alberton
Four people are given the
chance to change their life
by experiencing a job they’ve
dreamed about under the
watchful eye of a mentor.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 97
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
FOOD SAFARI
GOING BUSH
HELP
HIDDEN TREASURES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DV/MINI DV / 8 X 25 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, HEALTH,
EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 25 MIN
PROD CO Lonely
PROD CO Kudos Productions
EXEC PROD Guy Mansfield,
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY & POLITICS
- AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 15 X 5 MIN
Planet
Television
EXEC PROD Laurence Billiet,
Peter Beilby
PRODUCER Citt Williams, Jeni
McMahon
DIRECTOR Tony Jackson, David
Batty
WRITER David Collins
Roll up your swags, pack your
sense of adventure and hit
the road with Cathy Freeman
and Luke Carroll as the two
city-slickers embark on a road
trip through remote Aboriginal
Australia. They introduce us to
places we’ve never seen, people
we’ve never met and reveal the
stories behind Australia’s rich
cultural heritage.
SALES CONTACT
Lonely Planet Television
Australia
PHONE +61-3 8379 8000
FAX +61-3 8379 8111
www.lonelyplanet.tv
[email protected]
Margaret Murphy
PRODUCER Guy Mansfield
DIRECTOR Guy Mansfield
WRITER Guy Mansfield
A night in the life of a
paramedic. Every minute of
every day someone calls a
paramedic for help. This series
provides a unique insight into a
world only seen by paramedics,
via a ‘lipstick’ camera mounted
to their cars. HELP has
unprecedented access to one of
society’s most gritty, demanding
and challenging jobs.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
PROD CO Film
Australia, Early
Works Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve
PRODUCER John Hughes, Philippa
Campey
DIRECTOR John Hughes
WRITER Betty Churcher
The National Gallery of Australia
has more than 100,000 works
in its collection, from decorative
arts to photography and
sculpture, but only a fraction of
these can be exhibited at one
time. In this series of microdocs, former director of the
gallery Betty Churcher presents
an insider’s guide to some of
the ‘hidden treasures’ that are
rarely on public display. From her
unique vantage point, she makes
intriguing connections between
a range of artworks and artists.
These are fascinating tales
about the works themselves,
the people who created them
and the challenge of preserving
them, and a tantalising look at
some of the ideas and influences
that have shaped modern art
across the globe.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
98 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 46.5 MIN
PROD CO Freehand Group Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Peter Abbott
SERIES PRODUCER Matt Scully
PRODUCER Various
DIRECTOR Nicola O’Callaghan,
Jon Matthews, Nick Davis
WRITER George Dodd
HONEY WE’RE KILLING THE KIDS
is an observational reality series
aimed at identifying ways in
which parents may improve
the dietary and lifestyle habits
of their children. It provides an
opportunity for parents to fast
forward into their children’s
future and actually come face
to face with them in middle
age. For many, the rosy future
they had pictured for them
doesn’t match the image before
their eyes. Presented by a child
psychologist, HONEY WE’RE
KILLING THE KIDS will take
six families and predict their
children’s lives to the age of 40.
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
*
INGENIOUS AFRICA
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 25 MIN
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Firelight
Productions
Pty Ltd, Essential Viewing
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Ellenor Cox
DIRECTOR Marcus Gillezeau
WRITER Marcus Gillezeau
PROD CO Thought Films
EXEC PROD Keith Stevenson
PRODUCER Robin Newell
DIRECTOR Robin Newell
WRITER Robin Newell, Dr. Paul
The Rural Fire Service is the
largest volunteer fire fighting
force in the world – ordinary
Australians always on call to
save lives and homes. These are
their stories.
INGENIOUS AFRICA explores
the continent with an entirely
different trajectory, each episode
offering a marvelous journey
through Africa’s uniquely
creative heart.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Walker
TVF International
Essential Viewing
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8568 3100
FAX +61-2 9519 2326
www.evg.com.au
[email protected]
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 520 8550
FAX +44-207 278 8833
www.tvfinternational.com
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Freehand Group Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9518 9400
FAX +61-2 9518 9455
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 99
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
HONEY WE’RE KILLING
THE KIDS
ISLAM IN INDONESIA
*
JAMIE’S KITCHEN
*
LIFE AT 1
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 30 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, LABOUR,
INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 10 X 60 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, CHILDREN,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 55 MIN
PROD CO Fremantle
PROD CO Film
PROD CO ABC
Australia
TV Religion and
Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Peter Kirkwood
A battle is underway on
Australia’s doorstep for the
hearts and minds of believers. In
this two-part special high profile
Australian broadcaster Geraldine
Doogue goes beyond the
headlines to explore the different
models of Islam shaping the
world’s most populous Muslim
nation, Indonesia. In episode one
she meets progressive Muslim
leaders who are trying to counter
extremism and fundamentalism
by promoting an open, tolerant
and pluralist version of their
faith. In episode two Geraldine
Doogue charts the conservatives’
push for a tightening of moral
and legal codes in Indonesia.
Media
Australia, Heiress
Films
EXEC PROD Mark Fennessy
SERIES PRODUCER Paul Franklin
PRODUCER Lisa Potasz
DIRECTOR Max Walker
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Jennifer Cummins
DIRECTOR Catherine Marciniak
WRITER Catherine Marciniak
Jamie Oliver heads to Melbourne
to open our very own ‘Fifteen’.
It will of course all go smoothly
over 10 weeks...with nothing
like the dramas of the program’s
London counterpart!
The first instalment in a
landmark series that will follow
11 babies and their families for
seven years to discover what
it takes to give a child the best
chance at life.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Fremantle Media International
Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
paul.ridley@fremantlemedia.
com.au
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
100 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
LONELY PLANET SIX
DEGREES *
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 X 47 MIN
PROD CO Lonely
Planet
Television
EXEC PROD Laurence Billiet,
Peter Beilby
PRODUCER Liz Finucan, Rob
Peile, Malcolm McDonald,
Stuart Menzies
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER David Collins
Playful, sassy, streetsmart and
unexpected, LONELY PLANET SIX
DEGREES connects its viewers
to what makes each city special –
the people that live in it. LONELY
PLANET SIX DEGREES explores
the world’s coolest cities by
connecting with the people who
live in them. By emphasising
the human dimension of travel,
LONELY PLANET SIX DEGREES
moves beyond sightseeing and
offers the surest way of being
whisked off your feet and fasttracked to the heart of the city.
www.lonelyplanet.tv
MEDICAL INCREDIBLE
THE MIGHTY EELS
HEALTH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 22 X 50 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY &
POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
- AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 160 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John
Luscombe,
Richard Campbell
PRODUCER Richard Campbell,
Justin Schneider, Peter
Leybourne, Belinda Seaman
WRITER Ian Watson, David
Lowder
PROD CO Richard
Bradley
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Richard Bradley,
Denis Fitzgerald
DIRECTOR Richard Bradley
WRITER Richard Bradley
Exploring the extremes of
the human body, MEDICAL
INCREDIBLE introduces us to
some of the most unique
members of the human race
– people who live with extreme
and unusual medical conditions.
Each episode presents in-depth
stories that will confound and
astound.
A sporting and social history
of Parramatta Rugby League
football, focused on the western
areas of Sydney and told through
60 interviews, the history of
Rugby League in the north of
England and a general history of
Parramatta from settlement. The
four episodes cover the years
1908-1966, 1967-1977, 19781986 and 1987-2001.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
Richard Bradley Productions Pty Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9959 3588
FAX +61-2 9955 3808
MOBILE +61-407 419 218
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Lonely Planet Television
Australia
PHONE +61-3 8379 8000
FAX +61-3 8379 8111
www.lonelyplanet.tv
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 101
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
MISSING PERSONS UNIT
MYTHBUSTERS
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 11 X 24.5 MIN
(SERIES 1), 12 X 44.5 MIN (SERIES 2)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION,
CHILDREN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 81 X 50 MIN
PROD CO Freehand Group Pty
EXEC PROD Ivo Burum, Peter
Pty Ltd
Ltd
Abbott
MISSING PERSONS UNIT, a new
eight-part series premiering
on Channel 9, explores the
emotionally charged world of
the New South Wales Missing
Persons Unit (MPU). Unfolding
over months of dramatic filming,
our cameras record the real
time detective work of the
MPU as they search for missing
people. In each episode, this
unique insight into the MPU and
its field plays out against the
intimate pleas for help from the
devastated families of missing
people.
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
EXEC PROD John Luscombe
SERIES PRODUCER Dan Tapster
Is there an infallible cure for
seasickness? Can you stop a gun
blast by putting your finger in
the barrel? And can someone
really become a human rocket
propelled only by a soft drink
bottle? Adam and Jamie continue
to put urban legends to the test.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
102 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
NOISE ON SCREEN
*
ARTS & CRAFTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 12 X 26 MIN
EXEC PROD Charlotte
Seymour,
Sharon Longridge
PRODUCER Rick Farquharson
NOISE ON SCREEN is a snapshot
of 12 talented young Australian
artists. Aged 25 and under,
these artists live in towns and
cities across Australia and they
make all kinds of art. From
‘propaganda’ films and comic
fashion to furniture design
and polaroid postcards, young
Australian artists are exploring
new and diverse ways of using
art to make sense of the world.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
*
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE,
WOMEN
DV/MINI DV / 4 X 27 MIN
PROD CO Jack’s Truth Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Carmel Travers,
Cheryl Conway
DIRECTOR Carmel Travers
WRITER Carmel Travers
A delicious but lemony slice
of country life. When the
summer harvest is in...the hot,
dry months finally give way
to cooler days and nights. The
worries of the time are set aside
as thousands of women across
rural NSW prepare for the great
annual cook-off.
SALES CONTACT
Verve Entertainment International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8353 2571
FAX +61-2 8353 2466
MOBILE +61-419 680 593
www.verveentertainment.com
[email protected]
OPERATUNITY OZ
PARIS DREAMING
PERFORMING ARTS, CULTURES AUSTRALIAN, ARTS & CRAFTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 56 MIN
AUSTRALIA/FRANCE CO-PRODUCTION
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA,
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 52 MIN
PROD CO ABC
TV Factual
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Tim Clark
PRODUCER Nick Lee
DIRECTOR Simon Target
A nationwide search to find
Australia’s next Opera star,
OPERATUNITY OZ follows the
quest as unknown singers
compete for the chance to sing
for the first time on the stage of
the Sydney Opera House in an
Opera Australia Production.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
PROD CO Essential
Viewing
(drama), Tetra Media Co
PRODUCER Chris Hilton
DIRECTOR Darlene Johnson,
Michel Viotte
WRITER Michel Viotte, Amy
Frasca
In June 2006 in Paris, French
President Jacque Chirac opened
the world’s first museum to
acknowledge the inherent
artistic value of Indigenous Art.
Australian Aboriginal artists and
curators have travelled to Paris
to collaborate in the design of
the museum.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 103
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
NOT ALL TEA AND SCONES
PEKING TO PARIS
POLICING THE PACIFIC
PURE DINGO
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE, HISTORY &
POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 56 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS - INTERNATIONAL,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT &
CONSERVATION, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
DVD / 4 X 48 MIN
PROD CO ABC
PROD CO Essential
PROD CO Masterbrand
TV Factual
Entertainment
EXEC PROD Tim Clark
PRODUCER Peter George
DIRECTOR Paul Costello, Bruce
Permezel
WRITER Peter George
Ten adventurers reenact one
of the world’s great overland
journeys: the first long distance
car race from Peking to Paris in
1907. We follow their romantic
and dramatic adventure as they
coax the five original makes of
car from China through the Gobi
Desert and Siberia, to Europe
and Paris.
Viewing
(drama), Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
SERIES PRODUCER Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Nial Fulton
DIRECTOR Alan Erson, Andrew
Merrifield, Stephen Oliver
WRITER Alan Erson
The Australia Federal Police
find adventure and challenges
in the region as they join the
multinational police force known
as the Regional Assistance
Mission to the Solomon Islands
(RAMSI) and embark on a tour of
duty in East Timor.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
www.filmaust.com.au
[email protected]
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
104 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
Films and
Promotions
EXEC PROD Russell Buchanan
DIRECTOR Russell Buchanan
The history of, and present
findings on, the much maligned
Dingo. From Fraser Island, the
Australian bush and DNA tests
from Indonesia, the origins of
the wild dog Dingo are exposed.
SALES CONTACT
Masterbrand Films and Promotions
Australia
MOBILE +61-411 867 983
[email protected]
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
RPA
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 23 MIN
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 138 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Below H2O Productions
EXEC PROD Lin Sutherland, Stuart
Scowcroft
PRODUCER Lin Sutherland
DIRECTOR David Warth
WRITER Lin Sutherland, Michael
Gibson
ROAR OF THE WILD follows a
wildlife photographer who has
an innate ability to hunt out
interesting stories. On location
she dives beneath the surface of
remote and stunning locations
to interact with wildlife. Her
assignments take her from
mountains to the sea as she
unfolds the secrets of the natural
world.
SALES CONTACT
TPI
United States
PHONE +1-170 3222 2408
FAX +1-170 3222 3964
[email protected]
PROD CO Nine Network
PRODUCER Various
RPA takes viewers bedside at
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Sydney, in a medical reality
series. The series follows
patients’ journeys from
admission to operation,
remission, relapse or recovery.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
www.southernstargroup.com
[email protected]
RUGBY IN THE SEVENTIES
*
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 55 MIN
PROD CO ABC TV Sport
EXEC PROD Justin Holdforth
PRODUCER Justin Pooley
DIRECTOR Justin Pooley
In the spirit of the hugely
successful cricket documentaries,
RUGBY IN THE SEVENTIES looks
at the tumultuous fortunes of
the Australian Rugby Union
team throughout the most
controversial decade in rugby
history. RUGBY IN THE SEVENTIES
tells the tale of how the
Wallabies were transformed from
a team of easy-beats at the start
of the decade to a side capable
of playing the most exciting
football in the world. Through
interviews with all the major
players of the era, the program
reveals how the Wallabies went
from a team that could barely
win a game at international
level, to one that was beating
the best teams in the world with
a brand of football that was the
envy of all others.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 105
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
ROAR OF THE WILD
SINGLES CLUB
SUSPICIOUS MINDS
TOTALLY AUSTRALIA
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, CULTURES
- AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC GROUPS &
IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 8 X 24 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 88 X 45 MIN
PROD CO Abracadabra Films
PRODUCER Luigi Acquisto, Stella
PROD CO Hilton
PROD CO Network Ten Australia
EXEC PROD Cherrie Bottger
Zammataro
DIRECTOR Luigi Acquisto
WRITER Luigi Acquisto
Cordell &
Associates Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Michael Cordell
SERIES PRODUCER Michael Cordell
SERIES DIRECTOR Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Ian Collie
DIRECTOR Kay Pavlou, Lisa
Potasz
WRITER Michael Cordell
SINGLES CLUB takes us into
the world of Melbourne’s
oldest singles club, Phoenix
Lifestyles, and tells the story
of a number of its members in
order to understand why more
Australians are single than ever
before.
A series examining forensic
process and procedures inside
the State Coroner’s Office of
Victoria.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Abracadabra Films
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9417 1864
FAX +61-3 9415 6456
MOBILE +61-417 592 977
[email protected]
Electric Sky Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-127 322 4240
FAX +44-127 322 4250
http://www.electricsky.com/
[email protected]
106 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY MARCH 2007
TOTALLY AUSTRALIA is a
documentary series that
examines a diverse and
compelling range of topics and
situations. It provides an insight
into environmental, scientific,
political and social issues that
impact on all Australians.
SALES CONTACT
Banana J Media
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9647 7200
FAX +61-3 9647 7299
www.bananaj.com.au
[email protected]
TRI CYCLING AFRICA
TWO MEN IN A TINNIE
TWO OF US
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE, CULTURES
- INTERNATIONAL, SOCIAL ISSUES &
COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 5 X 25 MIN
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 25 MIN
PROD CO Steer Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jeff McLean
PRODUCER Jeff McLean
DIRECTOR Jeff McLean
WRITER Jeff McLean, Marty
PROD CO Cordell
PROD CO Cordell
Pouwelse
TRI CYCLING AFRICA shows
the peaceful side of life in
West Africa, on a completely
unplanned two month
journey with a bizarre tandem
recumbent tricycle. This series
chronicles an Australian’s journey
in a little travelled region of West
Africa, with no tents, no sleeping
bags, and nothing prearranged
but flights. It challenges the
commonly held belief that West
Africa is violent and unstable,
and shows the excitement of
travelling in a strange land.
Jigsaw
Productions
EXEC PROD Michael Cordell, Nick
Murray
PRODUCER Michael Cordell
DIRECTOR Ashley Smith
WRITER Michael Cordell, John
Doyle
First mate John Doyle and
Captain Tim Flannery take a
quixotic voyage down the Murray
Darling Rivers in the mighty
Bismarck, a three metre tinnie
with a very bad leak.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 1500
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
www.abccontentsales.com.au
[email protected]
Jigsaw
Productions
EXEC PROD Michael Cordell, Nick
Murray
SERIES PRODUCER Alan Erson
DIRECTOR Various
Thirteen-part series on
relationships based on the
popular column in the ‘Good
Weekend’ magazine.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Merchandising and Content
Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
www.sbs.com.au/contentsales
[email protected]
SALES CONTACT
Steer Pty Ltd
Australia
MOBILE +61-417 368 909
[email protected]
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 107
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU
THE WILDLIFE MAN
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 37 X 60 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
HD / 13 X 50 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
PROD CO David
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John
Luscombe, Rob
Wallace
PRODUCER Various
WRITER Allyson Griffiths,
Richard
Pain, Ian Watson
Should you really drink eight
glasses of water a day? Are
automatic toothbrushes better
than manual? Does eating
chocolate really cause pimples?
Regularly out-rating its primetime competition, WHAT’S
GOOD FOR YOU? is Australia’s
latest television sensation, a
fun lifestyle series that uses its
hosts as guinea pigs to get to the
truth behind many of life’s little
mysteries.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
Ireland
Productions
PRODUCER David Ireland
DIRECTOR David Ireland
Encounters with dangerous
creatures are part of David
Ireland’s day job – he is the
Wildlife Man. David Ireland is one
of the world’s most experienced
wildlife television presenters.
An expert diver, cameraman
and bushman, he has also spent
years in the Australian outback
learning the Aboriginal way of
life. In this series he encounters
some of the world’s wildest
and most fascinating creatures.
From tropical jungles to rugged
mountains, deep sea shipwrecks
to harsh deserts, the Wildlife
Man captures never-before-seen
animal behaviour and takes
you on a thrilling ride into the
wilderness.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond International Group
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2003
www.beyond.com.au
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WRECKS TO RICHES
*
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, TRANSPORT &
COMMUNICATIONS, LABOUR, INDUSTRY
& COMMERCE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 16 X 60 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John
Luscombe, Geoff
Fitzpatrick
PRODUCER Tim Vincent
DIRECTOR Tim Vincent
WRITER Mark Barlin
Barry White is a man dedicated
to transforming classic car
wrecks back to their former
glory. In each episode, Barry
White’s Speed Shop – with its
dysfunctional team of mechanics,
hangers-on and family members
– has just four weeks to find a
dilapidated classic car and turn
it into money. Auction dud or
dream come true?
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
YOU’VE GOT THE JOB
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN, EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 13 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Beyond
Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John
Luscombe, Ben
Ulm
Radice,
Sharon McGrath, Steve Myhill,
Mark Barlin
DOCUMENTARY
SERIES
PRODUCER Sandra
In this series, we follow real
life job seekers and employers
through the highs and lows of
the recruitment process. Jobs
on offer range from the high
profile and glamorous to the
downright quirky – anything
from a croupier on a luxury liner
to an ambulance officer, a speed
dating coordinator to a Top Gun
pilot.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 3444
FAX +44-207 580 6479
munia_kanna-konsek@beyond.
com.au
MARCH 2007 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 109
ANIMATION
Global Haywire .............................................................85
ARTS & CRAFTS
900 Neighbours ............................................................50
Ajanta: Written in the Stone .......................................51
AntarcticArt – everysomewherever ............................38
Artists at Work ..............................................................90
Cheeky Dog ...................................................................40
From Mozart to Morrison .............................................61
Hidden Treasures ..........................................................98
In Search of the Watchmaker ......................................43
Noise On Screen ..........................................................102
Operatunity Oz ............................................................103
Paris Dreaming ...........................................................103
The Passion Of Gina Sinozich .......................................46
Shinkichi Tajiri ...............................................................74
CHILDREN
Directing the Hero Within ............................................95
Life at 1........................................................................100
Little Artists Big Dreams ..............................................66
Mythbusters ................................................................102
CULTURES - AUSTRALIAN
A Dollar for the Good Ones ..........................................50
The ABC of Our Lives – 50 Years of Television............81
Australian Story ............................................................91
Australian to Kokoda ....................................................52
The Away Game ............................................................52
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes..............................53
Barter Models Beach Quest .........................................91
Beyond the Belly ..........................................................40
Big Dreamers ................................................................54
The Book that Shook the World ..................................55
Bra Boys.........................................................................82
Bushfire Summer ..........................................................93
Closet Tales ....................................................................94
Coming of the Light ......................................................41
Decadence .....................................................................94
Discovery Atlas: Australia Revealed ...........................59
Dynasties .......................................................................96
Elvis Lives in Parkes......................................................42
The Fabric of a Dream – The Fletcher Jones Story .....60
Fair Dinkum Manjit .......................................................42
Family Footsteps ...........................................................96
The Fight Game.............................................................83
Food Safari.....................................................................97
Footy – The La Perouse Way ........................................43
Footy Chicks...................................................................61
Forensic Investigators ..................................................97
From Mozart to Morrison .............................................61
Give Me a Break ...........................................................97
The Good The Bad and the Ugg Boot .........................62
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Habibi Jammin’ .............................................................43
Help ................................................................................98
Hidden Treasures ..........................................................98
Hunt Angels...................................................................85
In Search of Bony..........................................................63
Jamie’s Kitchen ...........................................................100
Johnny Warren’s Football Mission ...............................64
Life at 1........................................................................100
Little Artists Big Dreams ..............................................66
Love Struck: Wrestling’s No. 1 Fan ..............................66
Malaytown Stories ........................................................45
The Mighty Eels...........................................................101
Mine’s Bigger than Yours.............................................68
Missing Persons Unit ..................................................102
Multiple Miracles ..........................................................68
Nerves of Steel .............................................................69
Night ..............................................................................87
Not All Tea and Scones ...............................................103
Once A Queen ...............................................................70
Ooldea ...........................................................................70
Operatunity Oz ............................................................103
Rat Ribbons ...................................................................47
Sacred Ground ...............................................................72
Singles Club ................................................................106
Sticky Carpet – Melbourne’s Underground
Rockumentary ...............................................................88
Stone Country................................................................47
Strait of Terror ...............................................................76
Suspicious Minds ........................................................106
The Taking of Wittenoom ............................................48
Totally Australia .........................................................106
Two of Us .....................................................................107
Weeping Women ..........................................................78
Wings to Fly...................................................................79
Without A Home ...........................................................80
Words From The City.....................................................89
You’ve Got the Job ......................................................109
CULTURES - INTERNATIONAL
Ajanta: Written in the Stone .......................................51
Australian to Kokoda ....................................................52
The Away Game ............................................................52
Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea ...................39
The Burma Road – An Insight Into Myanmar .............56
The Choir........................................................................82
The Code ........................................................................94
Cyprus: Echoes Across the Divide ................................59
Decadence .....................................................................94
Donkey in Lahore..........................................................83
Fair Dinkum Manjit .......................................................42
Family Footsteps ...........................................................96
Feast Bazaar Morocco and Syria ..................................96
Forbidden Lie$ ..............................................................84
The Good The Bad and the Ugg Boot .........................62
DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT INDEX
EDUCATION
Australia’s Deadliest Sea Creatures ............................51
Australia’s Greatest Islands .........................................52
Battle of the Brains ......................................................92
Constructing Australia: Pipe Dreams ..........................56
Constructing Australia: The Bridge .............................57
Constructing Australia: Wire Through the Heart ........57
Directing the Hero Within ............................................95
Downunder Grads .........................................................95
Flying Dreams ...............................................................84
The Greatest Reef .........................................................62
Help ................................................................................98
Land of the Giants ........................................................65
Mythbusters ................................................................102
On Thin Ice.....................................................................70
Pure Dingo...................................................................104
Rat Ribbons ...................................................................47
Was the Lady a Bushranger? .......................................77
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind 2 ......................78
Why Me? ........................................................................79
You’ve Got the Job ......................................................109
Land of the Giants ........................................................65
Living Country ...............................................................44
On Thin Ice.....................................................................70
Operation Jumbo ..........................................................71
Pure Dingo...................................................................104
Roar of the Wild ..........................................................105
The Taking of Wittenoom ............................................48
Thunderheads ...............................................................76
Totally Australia .........................................................106
Two Men in a Tinnie ...................................................107
White Lions....................................................................78
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
Arranging Love..............................................................39
Asia’s Elephants – The Last Defense ...........................51
Ayen’s Cooking Class for African Men ........................53
Border Security ............................................................92
The Burma Road – An Insight Into Myanmar .............56
Fair Dinkum Manjit .......................................................42
Family Footsteps ...........................................................96
Forbidden Lie$ ..............................................................84
Growing Up And Going Home .....................................63
Habibi Jammin’ .............................................................43
Johnny Warren’s Football Mission ...............................64
Mohammad Hossain’s Intensive Care ........................68
My Home, Your War ......................................................69
Singles Club ................................................................106
White Lions....................................................................78
FILM & MEDIA
16mm Maxwell.............................................................38
The ABC of Our Lives – 50 Years of Television............81
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes..............................53
Directing the Hero Within ............................................95
Extreme Encounters in Travel: Memorable
Moments from a Documentary Producer...................60
Fortunate Sons ..............................................................84
Hunt Angels...................................................................85
The Last Days of Yasser Arafat ....................................86
Shinkichi Tajiri ...............................................................74
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
HEALTH
AntarcticArt – everysomewherever ............................38
Asia’s Elephants – The Last Defense ...........................51
Australia’s Deadliest Sea Creatures ............................51
Australia’s Greatest Islands .........................................52
The Bomber Reef ..........................................................54
Bushfire Summer ..........................................................93
Chant of the Scrub Turkey............................................40
Could It Happen Here? .................................................57
Flight of the Elephants .................................................61
Flying Dreams ...............................................................84
The Greatest Reef .........................................................62
In the Line of Fire .........................................................99
Beyond the Belly ..........................................................40
Bondi Rescue.................................................................92
Cheeky Dog ...................................................................40
The Choice .....................................................................56
Help ................................................................................98
Honey We’re Killing the Kids.......................................99
I will be a Survivor .......................................................63
The Magic Bullet ...........................................................67
Medical Incredible ......................................................101
Mohammad Hossain’s Intensive Care ........................68
Multiple Miracles ..........................................................68
Nurse Maggie ................................................................69
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INDEXES
Growing Up And Going Home .....................................63
Ingenious Africa ............................................................99
Islam in Indonesia ......................................................100
Kindness of Strangers ..................................................65
Kotla Walks. Performing Locality. ...............................86
Merchants of Destiny – The Huizhou Businessmen
of Ancient China ...........................................................67
Naked on the Inside .....................................................86
Nurse Maggie ................................................................69
One Cup .........................................................................46
Outsourced! (US title ‘1-800-INDIA’) ..........................71
Paris Dreaming ...........................................................103
Peking to Paris ............................................................104
Shanghai Bride .............................................................74
Shinkichi Tajiri ...............................................................74
Shivaji: Telling the Tale of the Mountain Rat ............75
Tri Cycling Africa .........................................................107
Weeping Women ..........................................................78
Plagued by Memories ..................................................46
RPA ...............................................................................105
The Secret Lives of Sleepwalkers ................................73
The Secret ......................................................................88
What’s Good For You ..................................................108
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind 2 ......................78
Winners’ Guide to the Nobel Prize .............................80
The Last Days of Yasser Arafat ....................................86
Merchants of Destiny – The Huizhou Businessmen
of Ancient China ...........................................................67
Peking to Paris ............................................................104
Plagued by Memories ..................................................46
Policing the Pacific .....................................................104
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN
About a Girl: Casey Donovan .......................................38
Aunty Connie.................................................................39
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes..............................53
Black ‘n’ Dusty ..............................................................54
Broken Borders .............................................................93
Cheeky Dog ...................................................................40
Coming of the Light ......................................................41
Cool Drink and Culture .................................................41
Cos I’m Free: Cathy Freeman .......................................41
Footprints in the Sand: The Last of the Nomads .......42
Footy – The La Perouse Way ........................................43
Going Bush ....................................................................98
In Search of Bony..........................................................63
Island Fettlers ...............................................................44
Living Country ...............................................................44
Malaytown Stories ........................................................45
Murray, Life and Death.................................................45
My Brother Vinnie ........................................................45
Ooldea ...........................................................................70
Paris Dreaming ...........................................................103
Sacred Ground ...............................................................72
Shifting Shelter 3 ..........................................................74
Stone Country................................................................47
Sunset to Sunrise ..........................................................48
Vote ‘Yes’ for Aborigines .............................................77
Waverly’s Dream...........................................................49
Why Me? ........................................................................79
Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will...........49
Women of the Sun: 25 Years Later .............................88
The ABC of Our Lives – 50 Years of Television............81
Air Australia...................................................................90
Australian Icon Towns ..................................................91
The Battle of Long Tan .................................................81
The Book that Shook the World ..................................55
The Buchenwald Ball....................................................55
Constructing Australia: Pipe Dreams ..........................56
Constructing Australia: The Bridge .............................57
Constructing Australia: Wire Through the Heart ........57
Cricket in the ‘50s – Discovering New Boundaries ....58
Cricket in the ‘60s – Winds of Change ........................58
Do Not Resuscitate .......................................................59
Dynasties .......................................................................96
Hidden Treasures ..........................................................98
Hunt Angels...................................................................85
Madras Magic: The Tied Test of ‘86 ............................67
Malaytown Stories ........................................................45
The Mighty Eels...........................................................101
Once A Queen ...............................................................70
Plagued by Memories ..................................................46
Policing the Pacific .....................................................104
The Quiet Lions .............................................................71
Sacred Ground ...............................................................72
The Safe House .............................................................47
Salute – The Peter Norman Story ................................87
Search for the Mystery Bomber ..................................73
Vote ‘Yes’ for Aborigines .............................................77
Walking Wounded ........................................................48
Was the Lady a Bushranger? .......................................77
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? ....................79
HISTORY & POLITICS INTERNATIONAL
Bomb Harvest ...............................................................81
BomBali .........................................................................82
The Buchenwald Ball....................................................55
The Burma Road – An Insight Into Myanmar .............56
The Choir........................................................................82
Cyprus: Echoes Across the Divide ................................59
Eyes of the Tiger – Diary of a Dirty War......................60
Feet Unbound................................................................83
Fortunate Sons ..............................................................84
Global Haywire .............................................................85
Inside Overture 1812 ...................................................44
Islam in Indonesia ......................................................100
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - AUSTRALIA
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
Air Australia...................................................................90
Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea ...................39
Bomb Harvest ...............................................................81
Constructing Australia: Pipe Dreams ..........................56
Constructing Australia: The Bridge .............................57
Constructing Australia: Wire Through the Heart ........57
The Fabric of a Dream – The Fletcher Jones Story .....60
Give Me a Break ...........................................................97
The Good The Bad and the Ugg Boot .........................62
Ingenious Africa ............................................................99
Jamie’s Kitchen ...........................................................100
One Cup .........................................................................46
Outsourced! (US title ‘1-800-INDIA’) ..........................71
Sticky Carpet – Melbourne’s Underground
Rockumentary ...............................................................88
DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT INDEX
LITERATURE
The Code ........................................................................94
In Search of Bony..........................................................63
PERFORMING ARTS
900 Neighbours ............................................................50
Artists at Work ..............................................................90
The Choir........................................................................82
Cyprus: Echoes Across the Divide ................................59
Dusty: Little by Little ....................................................95
From Mozart to Morrison .............................................61
Graeme Bell All Stars: Play On ....................................62
Habibi Jammin’ .............................................................43
Inside Overture 1812 ...................................................44
Junction House Blues ...................................................65
Little Artists Big Dreams ..............................................66
Operatunity Oz ............................................................103
Shivaji: Telling the Tale of the Mountain Rat ............75
Sticky Carpet – Melbourne’s Underground
Rockumentary ...............................................................88
Words From The City.....................................................89
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
After Maeve ..................................................................50
Arranging Love..............................................................39
The Choice .....................................................................56
The Fight Game.............................................................83
Footy Chicks...................................................................61
Junction House Blues ...................................................65
Kotla Walks. Performing Locality. ...............................86
Lunch with Madame Murat .........................................66
Naked on the Inside .....................................................86
Shanghai Bride .............................................................74
Singles Club ................................................................106
Two Mums And A Dad ..................................................77
Two of Us .....................................................................107
Wings to Fly...................................................................79
RELIGION
The Code ........................................................................94
Coming of the Light ......................................................41
Feast Bazaar Morocco and Syria ..................................96
God On My Side ............................................................85
Islam in Indonesia ......................................................100
Weeping Women ..........................................................78
Wings to Fly...................................................................79
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Battle of the Brains ......................................................92
Bone Diggers: Mystery of a Lost Predator .................55
Chasing Nature .............................................................93
In the Line of Fire .........................................................99
Life at 1........................................................................100
Living Country ...............................................................44
The Magic Bullet ...........................................................67
Medical Incredible ......................................................101
Mythbusters ................................................................102
Pure Dingo...................................................................104
The Secret Lives of Sleepwalkers ................................73
Suspicious Minds ........................................................106
Thunderheads ...............................................................76
Totally Australia .........................................................106
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind 2 ......................78
Winners’ Guide to the Nobel Prize .............................80
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
900 Neighbours ............................................................50
Australian Story ............................................................91
Ayen’s Cooking Class for African Men ........................53
Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea ...................39
Beyond the Belly ..........................................................40
Bomb Harvest ...............................................................81
The Book that Shook the World ..................................55
Bra Boys.........................................................................82
The Buchenwald Ball....................................................55
The Choice .....................................................................56
Cool Drink and Culture .................................................41
Decadence .....................................................................94
Do Not Resuscitate .......................................................59
Forensic Investigators ..................................................97
I will be a Survivor .......................................................63
In the Line of Fire .........................................................99
Ingenious Africa ............................................................99
The Innocence Project ..................................................64
Junction House Blues ...................................................65
The Last Days of Yasser Arafat ....................................86
Lunch with Madame Murat .........................................66
Missing Persons Unit ..................................................102
Mohammad Hossain’s Intensive Care ........................68
My Brother Vinnie ........................................................45
My Home, Your War ......................................................69
Not All Tea and Scones ...............................................103
One Cup .........................................................................46
Policing the Pacific .....................................................104
RPA ...............................................................................105
Saving Andrew Mallard................................................72
Shivaji: Telling the Tale of the Mountain Rat ............75
Suburb 4 Sale ................................................................76
Suspicious Minds ........................................................106
The Taking of Wittenoom ............................................48
Tri Cycling Africa .........................................................107
Two Mums And A Dad ..................................................77
Two of Us .....................................................................107
Walking Wounded ........................................................48
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Wrecks to Riches .........................................................108
You’ve Got the Job ......................................................109
Without A Home ...........................................................80
Words From The City.....................................................89
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
An Aussie Goes Barmy .................................................90
Australian to Kokoda ....................................................52
The Away Game ............................................................52
Black ‘n’ Dusty ..............................................................54
Bondi Rescue.................................................................92
Bra Boys.........................................................................82
Cricket in the ‘50s – Discovering New Boundaries ....58
Cricket in the ‘60s – Winds of Change ........................58
The Fight Game.............................................................83
Footy – The La Perouse Way ........................................43
Footy Chicks...................................................................61
Johnny Warren’s Football Mission ...............................64
Love Struck: Wrestling’s No. 1 Fan ..............................66
Madras Magic: The Tied Test of ‘86 ............................67
The Mighty Eels...........................................................101
Nerves of Steel .............................................................69
Rise of the Roos ............................................................87
Rugby In the Seventies ..............................................105
Salute – The Peter Norman Story ................................87
Speed Dynasties ...........................................................75
Wrecks to Riches .........................................................108
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS
Air Australia...................................................................90
Border Security ............................................................92
Mine’s Bigger than Yours.............................................68
Wrecks to Riches .........................................................108
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
AntarcticArt – everysomewherever ............................38
Border Security ............................................................92
Extreme Encounters in Travel: Memorable
Moments from a Documentary Producer...................60
Feast Bazaar Morocco and Syria ..................................96
Going Bush ....................................................................98
Lonely Planet Six Degrees .........................................101
Operation Jumbo ..........................................................71
Peking to Paris ............................................................104
Rat Ribbons ...................................................................47
Roar of the Wild ..........................................................105
Seven Days with Seven Dogs ......................................73
Tri Cycling Africa .........................................................107
Two Men in a Tinnie ...................................................107
WAR
The Battle of Long Tan .................................................81
The Bomber Reef ..........................................................54
Eyes of the Tiger – Diary of a Dirty War......................60
Feet Unbound................................................................83
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Fortunate Sons ..............................................................84
My Home, Your War ......................................................69
The Quiet Lions .............................................................71
Skyfighters ....................................................................75
Walking Wounded ........................................................48
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
Asia’s Elephants – The Last Defense ...........................51
Australia’s Deadliest Sea Creatures ............................51
Australia’s Greatest Islands .........................................52
The Big Blue ..................................................................53
The Bomber Reef ..........................................................54
Bone Diggers: Mystery of a Lost Predator .................55
Bushfire Summer ..........................................................93
Chant of the Scrub Turkey............................................40
Chasing Nature .............................................................93
Cuttlefish – The Brainy Bunch......................................58
Discovery Atlas: Australia Revealed ...........................59
Extreme Encounters in Travel: Memorable
Moments from a Documentary Producer...................60
Flight of the Elephants .................................................61
Flying Dreams ...............................................................84
The Greatest Reef .........................................................62
The Irish Bog – Return of a Native ..............................64
Land of the Giants ........................................................65
On Thin Ice.....................................................................70
Operation Jumbo ..........................................................71
Roar of the Wild ..........................................................105
Romeo and Juliet: A Monkey’s Tale ...........................72
Seven Days with Seven Dogs ......................................73
Thunderheads ...............................................................76
Two Men in a Tinnie ...................................................107
White Lions....................................................................78
The Wildlife Man.........................................................108
Wonders of the Billabong ............................................80
WOMEN
Arranging Love..............................................................39
Ayen’s Cooking Class for African Men ........................53
Cool Drink and Culture .................................................41
Feet Unbound................................................................83
Forbidden Lie$ ..............................................................84
I will be a Survivor .......................................................63
Love Struck: Wrestling’s No. 1 Fan ..............................66
Lunch with Madame Murat .........................................66
Nerves of Steel .............................................................69
Not All Tea and Scones ...............................................103
Once A Queen ...............................................................70
Shanghai Bride .............................................................74
Two Mums And A Dad ..................................................77
Was the Lady a Bushranger? .......................................77
All Saints Series/Serials .......................................................13
Andrew’s Guide to Being a Man Series/Serials ................13
Animalia Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ........................................................................23
Animated Kids Bible, The Children’s Programs
(TV Drama: Series/Serial) ...................................................23
Answered by Fire Mini-Series .............................................10
Bastard Boys Mini-Series .....................................................10
Beach House, The Telemovie ................................................6
Bit of Black Business Series/Serials ...................................13
BlackJack 2: At the Gates Telemovie ....................................6
BlackJack 2: Dead Memory Telemovie .................................6
BlackJack 2: Ghosts Telemovie .............................................7
Blue Water High Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Mini-Series) ........................................................................23
Circuit, The Mini-Series ........................................................10
Comedy Inc Series/Serials ...................................................14
Crooked Series/Serials .........................................................14
Curtin Telemovie ....................................................................7
Dangerous Series/Serials ....................................................14
Deadly Children’s Programs (TV Drama: Series/Serial) .....24
Did You Know? Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................24
Dive Olly Dive! Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................24
Dogstar Children’s Programs (TV Drama: Series/Serial) ....25
Double the Fist Series/Serials .............................................15
Double Trouble Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................25
East of Everything Mini-Series ............................................11
Endurance Island Telemovie .................................................7
Erky Perky Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................25
Fairies, The Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................26
FARMkids Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................26
Five Minutes More Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................26
G2G Children’s Programs (TV Drama: Series/Serial) ..........27
H2O: Just Add Water Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................27
Home and Away Series/Serials ..........................................15
I Got A Rocket Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................27
Kick Series/Serials ................................................................15
King, The – The Graham Kennedy Story Telemovie ............8
Li’l Larikkins Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................28
Librarians, The Series/Serials ..............................................16
Lockie Leonard Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Mini-Series)..........................................................................28
Lost Treasure of Fiji, The Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................28
Love My Way Series/Serials ...............................................16
Major Crime Mini-Series ......................................................11
Marx and Venus Series/Serials ...........................................16
Master Raindrop Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................29
McLeod’s Daughters Series/Serials ....................................17
Mermaid Island Series/Serials ............................................17
Mob Downunder Series/Serials ..........................................17
Mortified Children’s Programs (TV Drama: Mini-Series) ....29
Murder in the Outback Telemovie ........................................8
Neighbours Series/Serials ...................................................18
New MacDonald’s Farm Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................29
Pixel Pinkie Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Mini-Series) ........................................................................30
Pizza Series/Serials ..............................................................18
Pizza: the Da Vinci Cup Series/Serials ................................18
Pizza: World Record Series/Serials .....................................19
Pop Pups Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................30
Rain Shadow Series/Serials ................................................19
Real Stories Series/Serials...................................................19
ROCK IT! Children’s Programs (TV Drama: Series/Serial) ...30
Ronnie Johns Half Hour, The Series/Serials .......................20
Satisfaction Series/Serials ...................................................20
Sea Patrol Mini-Series ..........................................................11
Sea Princesses Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................31
Seaside Hotel Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................31
Shapies, The Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................31
Sleepover Club Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................32
Society Murders, The Telemovie ...........................................8
Spy Shop Series/Serials .......................................................20
Staines Down Drains Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Mini-Series) ........................................................................32
Stepfather of the Bride Telemovie .......................................9
Streetsmartz Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Mini-Series) ........................................................................32
Stupid Stupid Man Series/Serials .......................................21
Summer Heights High Series/Serials .................................21
Sumo Mouse Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................33
Supernova Series/Serials ....................................................21
Tripping Over Mini-Series ....................................................12
Two Twisted Mini-Series ......................................................12
Upside Down Show, The Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................33
Wakkaville Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................33
Wedge, The Series/Serials ..................................................22
Wilfred Series/Serials ..........................................................22
Worm Hollow Children’s Programs (TV Drama:
Series/Serial) ......................................................................34
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TV DRAMA TITLE INDEX
16mm Maxwell .........................................................38
900 Neighbours .........................................................50
A Dollar for the Good Ones .......................................50
The ABC of Our Lives – 50 Years of Television ...........81
About a Girl: Casey Donovan .....................................38
After Maeve...............................................................50
Air Australia ...............................................................90
Ajanta: Written in the Stone .....................................51
An Aussie Goes Barmy ..............................................90
AntarcticArt – everysomewherever...........................38
Arranging Love ..........................................................39
Artists at Work ...........................................................90
Asia’s Elephants – The Last Defense .........................51
Aunty Connie .............................................................39
Australia’s Deadliest Sea Creatures...........................51
Australia’s Greatest Islands .......................................52
Australian Icon Towns ...............................................91
Australian Story .........................................................91
Australian to Kokoda .................................................52
The Away Game ........................................................52
Ayen’s Cooking Class for African Men .......................53
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes ............................53
Barter Models Beach Quest .......................................91
The Battle of Long Tan ..............................................81
Battle of the Brains ...................................................92
Between the Oil and the Deep Blue Sea ..................39
Beyond the Belly .......................................................40
The Big Blue ..............................................................53
Big Dreamers .............................................................54
Black ‘n’ Dusty ..........................................................54
Bomb Harvest ............................................................81
BomBali .....................................................................82
The Bomber Reef ......................................................54
Bondi Rescue .............................................................92
Bone Diggers: Mystery of a Lost Predator ................55
The Book that Shook the World ................................55
Border Security .........................................................92
Bra Boys ....................................................................82
Broken Borders ..........................................................93
The Buchenwald Ball.................................................55
The Burma Road – An Insight Into Myanmar ............56
Bushfire Summer ......................................................93
Chant of the Scrub Turkey .........................................40
Chasing Nature ..........................................................93
Cheeky Dog ...............................................................40
The Choice .................................................................56
The Choir ...................................................................82
Closet Tales ................................................................94
The Code ....................................................................94
Coming of the Light...................................................41
Constructing Australia: Pipe Dreams .........................56
Constructing Australia: The Bridge ............................57
Constructing Australia: Wire Through the Heart .......57
Cool Drink and Culture ..............................................41
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Cos I’m Free: Cathy Freeman.....................................41
Could It Happen Here? ..............................................57
Cricket in the ‘50s – Discovering New Boundaries ...58
Cricket in the ‘60s – Winds of Change.......................58
Cuttlefish – The Brainy Bunch ...................................58
Cyprus: Echoes Across the Divide ..............................59
Decadence .................................................................94
Directing the Hero Within .........................................95
Discovery Atlas: Australia Revealed ..........................59
Do Not Resuscitate ....................................................59
Donkey in Lahore ......................................................83
Downunder Grads......................................................95
Dusty: Little by Little .................................................95
Dynasties ...................................................................96
Elvis Lives in Parkes ..................................................42
Extreme Encounters in Travel: Memorable
Moments from a Documentary Producer..................60
Eyes of the Tiger – Diary of a Dirty War ....................60
The Fabric of a Dream – The Fletcher Jones Story .....60
Fair Dinkum Manjit ....................................................42
Family Footsteps .......................................................96
Feast Bazaar Morocco and Syria ................................96
Feet Unbound ............................................................83
The Fight Game .........................................................83
Flight of the Elephants ..............................................61
Flying Dreams............................................................84
Food Safari.................................................................97
Footprints in the Sand: The Last of the Nomads ......42
Footy – The La Perouse Way ......................................43
Footy Chicks ...............................................................61
Forbidden Lie$...........................................................84
Forensic Investigators ...............................................97
Fortunate Sons ..........................................................84
From Mozart to Morrison ...........................................61
Give Me a Break ........................................................97
Global Haywire ..........................................................85
God On My Side .........................................................85
Going Bush ................................................................98
The Good The Bad and the Ugg Boot ........................62
Graeme Bell All Stars: Play On ..................................62
The Greatest Reef ......................................................62
Growing Up And Going Home ...................................63
Habibi Jammin’ .........................................................43
Help ...........................................................................98
Hidden Treasures .......................................................98
Honey We’re Killing the Kids ....................................99
Hunt Angels ...............................................................85
I will be a Survivor ....................................................63
In Search of Bony ......................................................63
In Search of the Watchmaker ....................................43
In the Line of Fire ......................................................99
Ingenious Africa ........................................................99
The Innocence Project ...............................................64
Inside Overture 1812 ................................................44
The Irish Bog – Return of a Native ............................64
Islam in Indonesia ...................................................100
Island Fettlers ............................................................44
Jamie’s Kitchen .......................................................100
Johnny Warren’s Football Mission .............................64
Junction House Blues ................................................65
Kindness of Strangers ...............................................65
Kotla Walks. Performing Locality...............................86
Land of the Giants .....................................................65
The Last Days of Yasser Arafat ..................................86
Life at 1 ...................................................................100
Little Artists Big Dreams............................................66
Living Country ...........................................................44
Lonely Planet Six Degrees.......................................101
Love Struck: Wrestling’s No. 1 Fan ............................66
Lunch with Madame Murat .......................................66
Madras Magic: The Tied Test of ‘86...........................67
The Magic Bullet........................................................67
Malaytown Stories ....................................................45
Medical Incredible ...................................................101
Merchants of Destiny – The Huizhou Businessmen
of Ancient China ........................................................67
The Mighty Eels .......................................................101
Mine’s Bigger than Yours ..........................................68
Missing Persons Unit ...............................................102
Mohammad Hossain’s Intensive Care .......................68
Multiple Miracles .......................................................68
Murray, Life and Death ..............................................45
My Brother Vinnie .....................................................45
My Home, Your War ...................................................69
Mythbusters ............................................................102
Naked on the Inside ..................................................86
Nerves of Steel ..........................................................69
Night ..........................................................................87
Noise On Screen ......................................................102
Not All Tea and Scones ............................................103
Nurse Maggie ............................................................69
On Thin Ice .................................................................70
Once A Queen ............................................................70
One Cup .....................................................................46
Ooldea .......................................................................70
Operation Jumbo .......................................................71
Operatunity Oz ........................................................103
Outsourced! (US title ‘1-800-INDIA’).........................71
Paris Dreaming ........................................................103
The Passion Of Gina Sinozich ....................................46
Peking to Paris ........................................................104
Plagued by Memories ...............................................46
Policing the Pacific ..................................................104
Pure Dingo ...............................................................104
The Quiet Lions ..........................................................71
Rat Ribbons ...............................................................47
Rise of the Roos ........................................................87
Roar of the Wild ......................................................105
Romeo and Juliet: A Monkey’s Tale .........................72
RPA ..........................................................................105
Rugby In the Seventies ...........................................105
Sacred Ground ...........................................................72
The Safe House ..........................................................47
Salute – The Peter Norman Story ..............................87
Saving Andrew Mallard .............................................72
Search for the Mystery Bomber ................................73
The Secret Lives of Sleepwalkers ..............................73
The Secret ..................................................................88
Seven Days with Seven Dogs ....................................73
Shanghai Bride ..........................................................74
Shifting Shelter 3 ......................................................74
Shinkichi Tajiri ...........................................................74
Shivaji: Telling the Tale of the Mountain Rat ............75
Singles Club ............................................................106
Skyfighters ................................................................75
Speed Dynasties ........................................................75
Sticky Carpet – Melbourne’s Underground
Rockumentary ...........................................................88
Stone Country ............................................................47
Strait of Terror ...........................................................76
Suburb 4 Sale ............................................................76
Sunset to Sunrise.......................................................48
Suspicious Minds .....................................................106
The Taking of Wittenoom ..........................................48
Thunderheads............................................................76
Totally Australia ......................................................106
Tri Cycling Africa ......................................................107
Two Men in a Tinnie ................................................107
Two Mums And A Dad ...............................................77
Two of Us .................................................................107
Vote ‘Yes’ for Aborigines ...........................................77
Walking Wounded .....................................................48
Was the Lady a Bushranger? .....................................77
Waverly’s Dream .......................................................49
Weeping Women .......................................................78
What’s Good For You ...............................................108
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind 2 .....................78
White Lions ................................................................78
Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? ...................79
Why Me? ....................................................................79
The Wildlife Man .....................................................108
Wings to Fly ...............................................................79
Winners’ Guide to the Nobel Prize............................80
Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will ..........49
Without A Home ........................................................80
Women of the Sun: 25 Years Later ............................88
Wonders of the Billabong .........................................80
Words From The City..................................................89
Wrecks to Riches .....................................................108
You’ve Got the Job...................................................109
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INDEXES
DOCUMENTARY TITLE INDEX