June 2025
Project Development - Intermediate Stage
Five - 8 x 1 hour drama series ($20,000)
- Production Company - Easy Tiger Productions
- Producers - Rob Gibson, Ian Collie, Debi Marshall, Mark Morrissey
- Writers - Debi Marshall, Josh Reed, Franz Docherty
Investigative crime journalist Maggie Bresnehan is unwillingly drawn back into an investigation surrounding the four disappearances, and likely murders, of female backpackers around Tasmania that span three decades. Police dismiss her theory that they are possibly all connected, but when a fifth young woman is savagely murdered she knows that this case, too will remain unsolved if she doesn’t put her fears aside and become involved.
Project Development - Market Attached Stage
How to Kidnap Someone - 8 x 1 hour Drama series ($30,000)
- Production Company - Polaris Pictures
- Executive Producers - Donovan Chan, Sue Clothier
- Producers - Sue Clothier, Conor Zorn
- Writer - Adam Greensley
Down-and-out Winston scrambles to stay one step ahead of the law, his brother, and two hotdog-restaurant employees when his fantasy kidnapping of an assassin’s wife goes awry.
Tonight at the Museum - 8 x 30 min Factual Entertainment series ($25,000)
- Production Company - i8 Studio
- Executive Producers - Adam Liaw, Josh Martin
- Producer - Alex Lee
Filmed inside the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, comedians are put through a series of games and quizzes to prove that history isn't just educational, it's hilarious!
Project Development - Short-form Series Booster
Silver Power - 7 x 10 min documentary series ($20,000)
- Production Company - Silver Power Productions
- Producers - Ros Walker, Lara van Raay
An inspiring short series about retirees doing extraordinary things to help save the planet.