June 2026
Project Development - Intermediate Stage
A Girl’s Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking Season 3 - Market Attached ($16 350)
- Production Company - Broken Yellow Pty Ltd
The third season of SBS Food documentary series tracking Tasmanian celebrity chef Analeise Gregory and her newly opened restaurant at her house in the Huon Valley.
The Octopus and I - Intermediate ($15 000)
- Producer - Lynn Reed
A feature drama based on the magical realist novel by Erin Hortle about a woman coming to terms with a double mastectomy.
Quade - Intermediate ($20 000)
- Production Company - CJZ Pty Ltd
A light, episodic crime series to be produced by and star well-known (and newly Tasmanian) actor Erik Thomson as an ex-detective solving true crime cases.
The Ballroom Forest - Intermediate ($20 000)
- Production Company - Sweet Potato Films Pty Ltd
A dark crime drama series from Vicki Madden (The Kettering Incident, The Gloaming) following the investigation of the murder of a young woman in a remote Hydro town and the women of the town’s efforts to dismantle the entrenched misogyny that overshadows their home.
Games Development
Hint Line ’95 – Production and Release ($50 000)
- Studio - Yarn Spinner Pty Ltd
A comedic narrative workplace simulation, in which the player solves puzzles and answers questions in a 1990s video game hint line office.
Deadstuck – Conceptual Design ($30 000)
- Studio - Smash Attack Studios Pty Ltd
A boomer-shooter in which the player is faced with waves of hellish enemies and must survive as long as possible, despite being stuck in one place.
Welcome to Barren Lake – Conceptual Design ($20 000)
- Lead Designer - Oliver Quinn
- Lead Programmer – Rowan Barnes
A narrative adventure shop sim with the player surviving increasingly challenging days working in a small-town service station.
RabbitMate – Conceptual Design ($20 000)
- Studio - Team 62 Pty Ltd
A playful mobile rabbit breeding/management sim for mobile where the player must build and defend their rabbit empire.
Retro Racer Girls – Conceptual Design ($20 000)
- Director - Laura Heath
- Artist – Eddy Herringson
An arcade racing game set in a vibrant 1960s-inspired world.