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
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ABOUT THIS CATALOGUE
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INTRODUCTION
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Telemovies
Mini-series
Series/serials
Children’s TV Drama
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SECTION 1. TV DRAMA
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SECTION 2. DOCUMENTARIES
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DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT INDEX
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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: Leah McGirr, Asha Ardill, Sophie Harper.
Programming: Eric Scheid.
Production coordinated/edited by AFC Communications: Kirsten Krauth, Fiona Jennings, Dan Edwards. Designed by Boccalatte.
© Australian Film Commission 2005
Cover image: We of Little Voice [d/w: Peter Hodgson; p: Heather Croall]
ABOUT THIS
CATA L O G U E
The Australian TV Drama and Documentary
Catalogue September 2005 is one of a
range of 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 programs (mini-series, series/
serials, telemovies) in pre-production,
production, post-production and recently
completed
• documentaries (23 min or longer)
completed since August 2004.
The icon
indicates that the
documentary title is new to this catalogue.
International sales agents are listed for each
program. Please email info@afc.gov.au if you
are unable to contact a particular agent.
2 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
For information on Australian TV drama
and documentaries back to 1990, consult
our 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 (see back
cover for contact details).
All AFC catalogues are available
as downloads on our website at
www.afc.gov.au
INTRODUCTION
Australian documentaries and TV drama
programs have enjoyed continued
international success since our last
catalogue was published in March 2005.
The Australian short documentary,
Yellow Fella (d: Ivan Sen, p: Citt Williams,
w: Tom E Lewis, Fleur Parry) screened
in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes
Film Festival, the first Indigenous
Australian documentary to screen at this
prestigious event.
Other highlights included:
• Hot Docs Canadian International
Documentary Festival, screened Land
Mines – A Love Story
Story, the latest film
from one of Australia’s most revered
documentary filmmakers, Dennis O’Rourke.
• Feature documentary Letters to Ali (w/p/
d: Clara Law, w/p: Eddie Fong) continued
to grace international festivals, screening
at the Hong Kong International Film
Festival, Goteborg Film Festival and the
London Australian Film Festival.
• Nature documentary Crown of Thorns
Starfish (w/p: Larry Zetlin) collected
first prize at the Green Film Festival
– International Festival of Environmental
Films in Iran and first prize at Naturale,
the 19th International Nature Film
Festival in Germany.
• Coming-of-age documentary, Big All
at Once (w/d: Tina Havelock-Stevens,
w/p: Samatha Jennings, Martin Williams)
collected the Most Inspirational Film,
as voted by the Youth Jury at the Reel
to Real Film Festival in Canada.
• The short animated documentary
It’s Like That (Southern Ladies Animation
Group) screened in the shorts program
at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
• The children’s TV drama series,
Wicked Science – Series 1, collected
the Silver World Medal, Best Children’s
Television Drama (International Television
and Programming, Youth Programs) at
the New York Festival. Wicked Science is
produced by Jonathan M Shiff and Daniel
Scharf and directed by Grant Brown and
Richard Jasek.
This catalogue contains 221 recently
completed and soon to be completed
programs, including some you may have
already heard of. If you can’t find a
title here, or if you want to search for
other programs, check the AFC’s online
searchable film database at
www.afc.gov.au/films
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 3
TV DRAMA
TELEMOVIES
BEACH HOUSE
BIG REEF
98 MIN / ADVENTURE, DRAMA
100 MIN / ADVENTURE
Masterbrand Films
and Promotions
EXEC PROD Russell Buchanan
PRODUCER Clinton Barter,
Brad Buchanan
DIRECTOR Samuel Clemens,
Vanessa Rose
WRITER Russell Buchanan,
Katherine Lawless
CAST Russell Buchanan,
Clinton Barter, Craig Marriott,
Clio Ross, Jerry Stanley
STATUS Production
PROD CO
A boy from the bush leaves
home and the drought for the
coast. On his rite of passage
he discovers that life is not all
that it seems in the faster lane.
And that’s only the beginning...
surf, city and a country boy.
A story of romance and humour
set in Australia’s far North East.
Former journalist Tom Stopple
escapes Brisbane and heads
north to find himself immersed
in a world of immense beauty,
bounty hunting and a three-way
fight for the girl of his dreams.
PROD CO
SALES CONTACT
Masterbrand Films
and Promotions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 5452 6584
masterbrand_films@hotmail.com
Beyond Simpson Le
Mesurier
Mikael Borglund,
Posie Graeme-Evans
PRODUCER Roger Le Mesurier,
Roger Simpson, Andrew Walker
DIRECTOR Steve Jodrell
WRITER Roger Simpson
CAST Madeliene West, Jack
Finsterer, Angus Grant, Steve
Bisley, Lisa Hensley, Damien
Garvey, Catherine Moore
STATUS Completed
EXEC PROD
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
6 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
BLACKJACK:
AT THE GATES
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
Jigsaw
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Katherine Thomson
CAST Colin Friels
STATUS Pre-Production
PROD CO
Years ago a baby was killed in
a house fire after a robbery.
The parents used the tragedy as
motivation to help others build
a now evangelical community
church. Alarm bells ring when
a match emerges between the
child’s death and some trace
DNA and fingerprints from a
recent major crime.
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 433 2000
wwtv@bbc.co.uk
TELEMOVIES
BLACKJACK:
DEAD MEMORY
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
Jigsaw
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Tim Pye
CAST Colin Friels
STATUS Pre-Production
PROD CO
A young woman goes missing
when her car breaks down one
night. Her body is found in a
national park. When similarities
are found with a previous
disappearance, Jack picks up
the pursuit of both cases.
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 433 2000
wwtv@bbc.co.uk
BLACKJACK: GHOSTS
CALL ME MUM
90 MIN / DETECTIVE, CRIME
76 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO
Jigsaw Entertainment
PROD CO
Big and Little Films
Pty Ltd
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Nick Murray
DIRECTOR Kate Woods
WRITER Shaun Micallef
PRODUCER Michael McMahon
DIRECTOR Margot Nash
WRITER Kathleen Mary Fallon
CAST Catherine McClements,
CAST Colin Friels
STATUS Pre-Production
Nearly 20 years ago a young
mother was shot during an
apparent kidnapping and
subsequent police chase. Now
after all that time, the man in
jail for the murder is about to
be paroled. His daughter has
grown up without a father and
Jack has two missions – to
bring the father and daughter
back together and to find out
if any justice has been done by
the conviction.
SALES CONTACT
BBC Worldwide
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-208 433 2000
FAX +44-208 433 2000
wwtv@bbc.co.uk
Dayne Christian, Lynette Curran,
Ross Thompson, Vicki Saylor
STATUS Completed
Set in the recent past,
Call Me Mum is a series
of internalised monologues
in which five characters
unravel the complexities of
mothering, race relations and
family in Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Big and Little Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9527 8299
FAX +61-3 9527 8266
michael@bigandlittlefilms.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 7
THE GLENMOORE JOB
TELEMOVIES
52 MIN / COMEDY
PROD CO
Melodrama Pictures
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Melanie Coombs
DIRECTOR Greg Williams
WRITER Greg Williams
CAST Simon Lyndon, Saskia
Burmeister, Tom Budge, Michele
Fawdon, Ross Thompson.
STATUS Post-Production
Warren steps out of prison and
straight into a self-help group
whose idea of therapy is to
play board games. But he has
to humour these weirdos so the
cops will leave him alone while
he does a ‘job’ for a mate on
the inside, then ‘roll the dice’.
SALES CONTACT
Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9416 3566
FAX +61-3 9417 7336
info@melodramapictures.com
HELL HAS HARBOUR
VIEWS
LITTLE OBERON
98 MIN / COMEDY, SATIRE, ROMANCE
PROD CO Christie Films
EXEC PROD Stanley Walsh,
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Ian Collie
DIRECTOR Peter Duncan
WRITER Peter Duncan
CAST Matt Day, Lisa McCune
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
A comedy drama about a young
lawyer who finds his conscience
in a most unlikely place – a
law firm.
SALES CONTACT
Channel Four (4) International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 396 4444
FAX +44-207 396 4444
cwilloughby@channel4.co.uk
8 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
96 MIN / WOMEN, FAMILY, MYSTERY
Riccardo Pellizzeri
PRODUCER Susan Bower
DIRECTOR Kevin Carlin
WRITER Peter Gawler
CAST Sigrid Thorton,
Tasma Walton,
Katrina Milosevic,
Peter Rowsthorn, Brett Climo,
Helen Dallimore, Brittany
Byrnes
STATUS Completed
The sleepy town of Little
Oberon is woken with a jolt
when tempestuous Georgie
Green returns after a 15 year
absence, with a difficult
teenage daughter, to care for
her ailing but eccentric mother.
SALES CONTACT
Fremantle Media International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
FAX +61-2 9434 0700
TELEMOVIES
RUSSELL COIGHT’S
CELEBRITY CHALLENGE
120 MIN / COMEDY
All Aussie
Adventures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Santo Cilauro,
Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch,
Michael Hirsh
PRODUCER Various
DIRECTOR Tom Gleisner,
Santo Cilauro
WRITER Various
CAST Glenn Robbins
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
THE SILENCE
110 MIN / POLICE, THRILLER, MYSTERY
PROD CO
Jan Chapman Films
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Jan Chapman
DIRECTOR Cate Shortland
WRITER Alice Addison,
Mary Walsh
CAST Richard Roxburgh,
Essie Davis
STATUS Post-Production
In the tradition of outback
adventurers across the globe
comes Australia’s most
accident prone and incompetent
outback television presenter,
Russell Coight.
A policeman traumatised by a
recent incident is relegated to
curating a police photographic
exhibition. His obsession with
the exhibition photos, which
suggest connections between
a series of murders, opens a
pandora’s box with dangerous
and irreversible results.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Working Dog Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9826 4344
FAX +61-3 9826 4355
deb@workingdog.com
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SMALL CLAIMS 2
– THE WEDDING
95 MIN / CRIME, THRILLER, WOMEN
PROD CO RB Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Sue Masters
PRODUCER Rosemary Blight,
Ben Grant
DIRECTOR Cherie Nowlan
WRITER Kaye Bendle,
Keith Thompson
CAST Claudia Karvan, Rebecca
Gibney, Roy Billing, Alyssa
McClelland, Deborah Kennedy,
Brooke Satchwell
STATUS Completed
The second installment of the
Small Claims telemovies finds
Chrissy and Jo in the midst
of organising a wedding.
A mysterious death throws the
wedding into chaos. Murder,
motherhood, mayhem.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
films@beyond.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 9
TELEMOVIES
TELEMOVIES
SMALL CLAIMS 3
– THE REUNION
STRANDED
100 MIN / CRIME, MYSTERY, WOMEN
PROD CO Circe Films Pty
PRODUCER Beth Frey,
PROD CO RB Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Sue Masters
PRODUCER Rosemary Blight,
Ben Grant
DIRECTOR Tony Tilse
WRITER Kaye Bendle,
Keith Thompson
CAST Claudia Karvan,
Rebecca Gibney, Lisa Chappell,
Peter Phelps, Simon Bourke,
Alison Whyte
STATUS Completed
The third installment of the
Small Claims telemovies finds
Chrissy and Jo at Chrissy’s
university reunion. Surrounded
by success, Chrissy begins to
question her decision to stay at
home with the kids. But when
a friend is found murdered,
Chrissy and Jo are drawn to
solve the mystery. Murder,
motherhood, mayhem.
SALES CONTACT
52 MIN / FAMILY, TEEN, COMEDY
Ltd
Lizzette Atkins
DIRECTOR Stuart McDonald
WRITER Kathleen O’Brien
CAST Emma Lung,
Emily Browning, Robert Morgan,
David Hoflin, Nicki Wendt,
Ross Thompson,
Damien Richardson, Kodi Smit,
Casside Barlow, Tracey Callander
STATUS Completed
How long does it take before
the abnormal seems normal?
Death, love and family values
are all up for renegotiation in
this black comedy about a girl
trying to start a new life after
the loss of her mother.
SALES CONTACT
Circe Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9525 8486
FAX +61-3 9525 8416
blackout@bigpond.net.au
Beyond Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
films@beyond.com.au
10 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
MINI-SERIES
ANSWERED BY FIRE
MARY BRYANT
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
2 X 90 MIN / HISTORICAL, POLITICAL
2 X 120 MIN / HISTORICAL
Beyond Simpson
Le Mesurier, Muse Entertainment
Enterprises
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
STATUS Post-Production
PROD CO
Set in the lead-up to East
Timor’s 1999 referendum and
its aftermath, Answered By Fire
is an exploration of first-world
intervention in third-world
traumas. Canadian officer Julie
Fortin, Australian policeman
Mark Waldman and East
Timorese translator Ismenio
Soares are brought together
by the UN’s effort to give the
Timorese a voice. But when the
UN evacuates, Mark and Julie
are forced to abandon Ismenio.
Haunted by guilt, the two
Westerners return to Timor.
Screentime Pty Ltd,
Granada Television Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Various
PRODUCER Greg Haddrick,
Andrew Benson
DIRECTOR Peter Andrikidis
WRITER Peter Berry
CAST Romola Garai,
Alex O’Lachlan, Jack Davenport,
Sam Neill, Garry McDonald,
Tony Martin, David Field,
Abe Forsythe, Stephen Curry,
Catherine McClements,
Alice McConnell
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Mary Bryant is a true life epic
of an extraordinary young
woman and her fight for the
freedom and dignity of her
young family: in the colony of
Botany Bay, on the open seas
of the Pacific Ocean, in the fine
homes of Timor and the courts
of Boswell’s England.
REMOTE AREA NURSE
(R.A.N.)
6 X 52 MIN / DRAMA
PROD CO
Chapman Pictures
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Penny Chapman
DIRECTOR David Caesar,
Catriona McKenzie
WRITER John Alsop, Sue Smith,
Alice Addison
CAST Susie Porter, Charles Passi,
Billy Mitchell
STATUS Completed
Set in the Torres Strait Islands,
this tells the story of a
talented, bloody-minded and
committed white woman and a
people who love her but want
her gone.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Power Television Limited
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 323 0070
FAX +44-207 323 0070
jbodle@powcorp.com
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 11
THROUGH MY EYES
2 X 120 MIN / BIOGRAPHICAL
Liberty and Beyond
Productions Pty Limited
EXEC PROD Mikael Borglund,
John Holmes
PRODUCER Simone North,
Tony Cavanaugh
DIRECTOR Di Drew
WRITER Simone North,
Tony Cavanaugh
CAST Miranda Otto,
Craig McLachlan, Peter O’Brien,
Andrew McFarlane,
Barry Otto, Angie Milliken,
Simon Westaway, Erik Thomson,
Brian Vriends, Steve Vidler,
Aaron Blabey, Lorraine Bailey,
Paul Sokkila, Shaun Micallef,
Paul Mercurio, Lucy Bell,
Nadine Garner, Grant Bowler,
Paul McDermott
STATUS Completed
MINI-SERIES
PROD CO
The true, untold story
of Lindy Chamberlain.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
films@beyond.com.au
12 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
SERIES/SERIALS
THE ALICE
ALL SAINTS
BLUE HEELERS
22 X 60 MIN / ACTION, ADVENTURE,
ROMANCE
337 X 60 MIN / MELODRAMA
487 X 47 MIN / POLICE, ACTION,
CRIME
Southern Star John
Edwards, Nine Network,
ApolloProMovie GmbH & Co
EXEC PROD Posie Graeme-Evans,
John Edwards
PRODUCER Sarah Smith
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Erik Thomson, Jessica
Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett
Stiller, Luke Carroll, Patrick
Brammall, Roxane Wilson,
Andrew McFarlane, Simon Burke
STATUS Production
PROD CO
A drama with heart set
in the red centre of Australia,
The Alice is a show about fate,
the search for yourself,
and the interconnectedness
of all things.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International
Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
Seven Network
Operations Limited
EXEC PROD John Holmes
PRODUCER MaryAnne Carroll
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Fiona Kelly, Sean Nash,
John Banas
CAST Alexandra Davies,
Christopher Gabardi, John
Howard, Tammy McIntosh,
Judith McGrath, Georgie Parker,
Mark Priestley, Natalie Saleeba,
Paul Tassone, Wil Traval
STATUS Production
PROD CO
Southern Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Gus Howard,
David Clarke
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST John Wood, Julie Nihill,
Ditch Davey, Simone McAullay,
Rachel Gordon, Danny Raco,
Samantha Tolz, Charlie Clausen
STATUS Production
PROD CO
All Saints is a weekly one-hour
series of self-contained stories
with several continuing threads
for permanent characters.
It is centred on the drama
of life in a hospital emergency
department seen through
the eyes of the people who
carry most responsibility for
it – the men and women
of the nursing staff.
The story philosophy of Blue
Heelers is to shed some light
on the human condition,
allowing audiences to compare
the ethical values and ordinary
human requirements of the
principal police characters
with their own. Each
episode alternates between
entertainment, action, tension,
humour, romance and always
includes a strong sense of right
and wrong.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
Southern Star International
Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 13
SERIES/SERIALS
COMEDY INC
HEADLAND
HOME AND AWAY
41 X 60 MIN / COMEDY, SKETCH
COMEDY
52 X 52 MIN / FAMILY, MELODRAMA,
ROMANCE
4585 X 25 MIN / TEEN, FAMILY
PROD CO Crackerjack
EXEC PROD Mark Fennessy,
PROD CO Seven Network Limited
EXEC PROD John Holmes
PRODUCER Jo Porter
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Libby Tanner, Sam Atwell,
Carl Fennessy
DIRECTOR David McDonald
WRITER Various
CAST Paul McCarthy,
Mandy McElhinney,
Emily Taheny, Ben Oxenbould,
Jim Russell, Genevieve Morris,
Katrina Retallick,
Gabriel Andrews
STATUS Completed
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 will become
fixtures of popular culture for
years to come.
SALES CONTACT
Fremantle Media International
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9434 0666
FAX +61-2 9434 0700
Conrad Coleby, Brooke Harman,
Sophie Katinis, Jody Kennedy,
Adrienne Pickering, Reshad
Strik, Josh Quong Tart, Rachel
Taylor, Matthew Walker, Steve
Rodgers, Jeanette Cronin
STATUS Post-Production
Set in a coastal university
town, Headland follows a group
of students through the trials
of their university days. While
in some cases youth may be
wasted on the young, these
people are doing a pretty good
job of making the most of it.
Set against the spectacular
South Heads headland looking
out to the sea, the series
features the two opposing
worlds of a traditionally
working class Australian town
confronted with a younger
generation of university goers.
SALES CONTACT
Channel 4 International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 396 4444
FAX +44-207 396 4444
14 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Seven Network
Operations Ltd
EXEC PROD John Holmes
PRODUCER Julie McGauran
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Daniel Bennett,
Leigh McGrath, Sabour Bradley,
Sarah Walker
CAST Rebecca Cartwright, Lyn
Collingwood, Christie Hayes,
Lynne McGranger, Ray Meagher,
Kate Ritchie, Ada Nicodemou,
Tammin Sursok, Ben Unwin,
Laurie Foell, Joel McIlroy,
Kip Gamblin, Clarissa House,
Isabel Lucas, Jason Smith,
Chris Hemsworth, Tobi Atkins,
Indiana Evans, Tim Campbell,
Mark Furze, Sharni Vinson,
Jodie Gordon, Ivar Kants, Ella
Scott Lynch, Jon Sivewright
STATUS Production
PROD CO
Examines the lives, loves, drama
and heartache of the residents
of Summer Bay.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star Primetime
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
Seven Network Operations Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9877 7777
FAX +61-2 9877 7625
jmcgauran@seven.com.au
SERIES/SERIALS
KATH AND KIM
LAST MAN STANDING
LOVE MY WAY
24 X 30 MIN / SITCOM
23 X 60 MIN / DRAMA, ROMANCE
22 X 45 MIN / DRAMA, MELODRAMA
ABC Television,
Riley Turner Productions
EXEC PROD for the ABC Robyn
Kershaw, Gina Riley,
Jane Turner, Rick McKenna
PRODUCER Gina Riley,
Jane Turner
DIRECTOR Ted Emery
WRITER Gina Riley, Jane Turner
CAST Jane Turner,
Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins,
Peter Rowsthorn,
Magda Szubanski
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
A mother and daughter,
trapped together in suburban
dis-harmony. Kath & Kim has
won multiple major Australian
Awards, and the series 2
finale (November 6, 2003)
attracted 2,153,766 viewers,
making it the highest rating
Australian comedy since 1995.
Kath & Kim series 3 includes
guest performances from Kylie
Minogue, Geoffrey Rush and
Rachel Griffiths.
Explores the sexual and
emotional terrain of three
20-something males as
they grapple with the
confusion, energy and joy
of the female species.
PROD CO
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
Burberry Productions
Pty Ltd
Ewan Burnett,
John Holmes
PRODUCER Sue Edwards,
Marieke Hardy
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Marieke Hardy,
Jaime Browne, Jeffrey Truman,
Rene Zandveld
CAST Rodger Corser,
Matt Passmore, Travis McMahon,
Miriama Smith
STATUS Completed
EXEC PROD
SALES CONTACT
Channel 4 International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 396 4444
FAX +44-207 396 4444
Foxtel Pty Limited,
Southern Star Entertainment
Pty Ltd, Austar
EXEC PROD Hugh Marks,
Kim Vecera
PRODUCER John Edwards,
Claudia Karvan
DIRECTOR Shirley Barrett,
Garth Davis, Geoff Bennett,
Omar Madah
WRITER Various
CAST Claudia Karvan,
Asher Keddie, Brendan Cowell,
Dan Wyllie
STATUS Post-Production
PROD CO
A show about negotiating
the web of contemporary
relationships, juggling the
priorities of family obligations,
being successful at love and
the hope that ‘happiness’ might
occur if all the other things fall
into place.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International
Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 15
SERIES/SERIALS
MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS
MDA
NEIGHBOURS
170 X 60 MIN / FAMILY, ACTION,
ROMANCE
56 X 55 MIN / SOCIAL REALISM
5520 X 30 MIN / FAMILY
Screentime Pty Ltd,
ABC Television Drama
EXEC PROD Des Monaghan,
Scott Meek, Greg Haddrick
PRODUCER Denny Lawrence
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Shane Bourne,
Angie Milliken, Angus Grant,
Petra Jared
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
PROD CO
Millennium Television
Pty Ltd
Andrew Blaxland,
Posie Graeme-Evans, Karl Zwicky
DIRECTOR Chris Martin-Jones,
Steve Jodrell, Arnie Custo,
Richard Jasek, Ray Quint,
Kevin Carlin
WRITER Various
CAST Michala Banas,
Rachael Carpani, Bridie Carter,
Aaron Jeffrey, Simmone Jade
MacKinnon, Jonny Pasvolsky,
Brett Tucker
STATUS Production
EXEC PROD
Adventure and romance
with four heroines of the
outback. For them it’s an
extraordinary life.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International
Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
PROD CO
Lawyers defend doctors
accused of malpractice in an
organisation called Medical
Defence Australia (MDA).
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE+61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
Grundy Television
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Riccardo Pellizzeri
PRODUCER Peter Dodds
DIRECTOR Various
CAST Alan Fletcher,
Jackie Woodburne, Ian Smith,
Tom Oliver, Ryan Moloney,
Carla Bonner, Blair McDonough,
Patrick Harvey, Stephen Lovatt,
Janet Andrewartha,
Kyal Marsh, Natalie
Bassingthwaite,
Ingo Dammer-Smith,
Kevin Harrington,
Stephanie McIntosh,
Marcella Russo, Lara Sacher,
Marisa Siketa, Damien Bodie,
Ben Nicholas, Nell Feeney
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.
SALES CONTACT
FremantleMedia UK
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 691 6000
FAX +44-207 691 6000
feedback@fremantlemedia.com
16 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
SERIES/SERIALS
ONE MINUTE
TO MIDNIGHT
13 X 1 MIN / ANIMATION
PROD CO
Second Banana Films
Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Andrea Gillies
DIRECTOR Steve French
WRITER Andrea Gillies
STATUS Production
A series of one-minute
animations that illustrate
moments from the lives of
Australians over 60 from
a variety of multicultural
backgrounds. These are not
remembrances or plotted
histories but examples of
what it’s like to be an older
Australian here and now.
SALES CONTACT
Andrea Gillies
Australia
PHONE +61-3 5967 1790
andreagillies@yahoo.com.au
PIZZA
STINGERS
68 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
232 X 60 MIN / CRIME, MYSTERY,
POLICE
SBS Television - Local
Production
EXEC PROD Paul Fenech
PRODUCER Tinzar Lwyn,
Deborah Spinocchia
DIRECTOR Paul Fenech
WRITER Paul Fenech
CAST Paul Fenech, Tahir
Bilgic, Rob Shehadie, Johnny
Boxer, Jabba, Ahn Do, Kevin
Thumata, Andrew Ausage, Alex
Romano, Maria Venuti, Annalise
Braakensek, Rebel Wilson
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
New episodes of the very
popular SBS TV series Pizza.
Did you know pizza delivery is
the second most dangerous job
in the western world?
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
Beyond Simpson
Le Mesurier, Nine Films
and Television Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Mikael Borglund,
Posie Graeme-Evans
PRODUCER Roger Le Mesurier,
John Wild, Roger Simpson
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Daniel Frederiksen,
Kate Kendall, Peter Phelps,
Jacinta Stapleton, Gary Sweet
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
The secretive world
of undercover cops.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 17
SERIES/SERIALS
SUPERNOVA
THE SURGEON
6 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
8 X 30 MIN / DRAMA
Hartswood Films Ltd,
Fox World (Australia)
EXEC PROD David Taylor,
David Maher, Beryl Vertue, Sue
Vertue
DIRECTOR Matt Lipsey
WRITER Harry Cripps
CAST Rob Brydon
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
PROD CO
Supernova is 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 +44-208 433 2000
wwtv@bbc.co.uk
Southern Star
John Edwards
PRODUCER John Edwards,
Judi McCrossin
DIRECTOR Matthew Saville,
Tony Krawitz, Rebecca Barry
WRITER Judi McCrossin,
Fiona Seres, Ray Moynihan
CAST Justine Clarke,
Sam Worthington, Nicholas Bell,
Christopher Morris, Katie Wall,
Mathew Newton
STATUS Post-Production
Justine Clarke is Eve Agius, The
Surgeon, a highly skilled woman
mostly alone in a mostly male
world. Real medical cases filled
with twists, turns and surprises
test the limits of her skill and
knowledge. The anaesthetists
(Sam Worthington, Matt
Newton, Christopher Morris),
the other surgeons (Nicholas
Bell) and the nursing staff
(Katie Wall) all confront life,
death and the intrusion of fate
as everyday reality.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
18 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
WE CAN BE HEROES:
FINDING THE
AUSTRALIAN
OF THE YEAR
6 X 30 MIN / COMEDY
PROD CO Princess Pictures
EXEC PROD Bruce Kane
PRODUCER Laura Waters
DIRECTOR Matthew Saville
WRITER Chris Lilley
CAST Chris Lilley
STATUS Completed
We Can Be Heroes follows the
trials and tribulations of five
unique Australians who have
made the shortlist to represent
their state for the prestigious
title of Australian of the Year.
The only thing our nominees
have in common is that they
are all played by comedian
Chris Lilley.
SALES CONTACT
Princess Pictures
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9527 9746
FAX +61-3 9527 9748
laura@princess.net.au
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
BAD HAIR RAE
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 12 MIN / CHILDREN’S, COMEDY,
MYSTERY
Studio B Productions
Inc., Pacific Vision Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Tim Brooke-Hunt,
Donna Andrews
PRODUCER Rodney Whitham
DIRECTOR Chris Hauge
WRITER Stu Connolly
STATUS Pre-Production
PROD CO
It takes a special kind of girl to
match wits with the key figures
of myths and legends – meet
Bad Hair Rae.
SALES CONTACT
Pacific Vision Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 4267 5171
FAX +61-2 4268 3538
timbh@pacificvision.com.au
BLINKY BILL’S
AROUND THE WORLD
ADVENTURE
MINI-SERIES
26 X 30 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
PROD CO Yoram Gross EM.TV
EXEC PROD Sandra Gross, Yoram
Gross, Geoff Watson
PRODUCER Rodney Whitham
DIRECTOR David Evans
WRITER Various
CAST Keith Scott, Robyn Moore,
Drew Forsythe, Sarah Aubrey
STATUS Completed
After two hugely successful
series set in and around his
hometown of Greenpatch,
Australia’s favourite koala is
back! In his third animated
television series, Blinky and
his friends travel the world in a
huge balloon. Their mission - to
restore rescued animals to their
homelands, and see what fun
can be had in foreign lands.
BLINKY BILL’S WHITE
CHRISTMAS
TELEMOVIE
80 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
PROD CO Yoram Gross EM.TV
EXEC PROD Sandra Gross,
Geoff Watson
PRODUCER Guy Gross
DIRECTOR Guy Gross
WRITER Guy Gross, John Palmer
STATUS Production
Blinky Bill and his friends
celebrate the magic of a
traditional European White
Christmas in the Australian
bush. Extraordinary!
SALES CONTACT
EM.TV AG
Germany
PHONE +49-8999 5000
FAX +49-8999 5000
info@em.tv
SALES CONTACT
EM.TV and Wavery
Netherlands
PHONE +31-317 0390 9625
FAX +31-317 0390 9625
emtv-wavery@emtv-wavery.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 19
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
BLUE WATER HIGH
SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 30 MIN / CHILDREN’S
Southern Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Noel Price,
Claire Henderson,
Angelika Paetow
PRODUCER Noel Price,
Dennis Kiely
DIRECTOR Ralph Strasser,
Ian Watson, Tony Tilse,
Marcus Cole
WRITER Various
CAST Tahyna Tozzi, Kate Bell,
Sophie Luck, Mara Scherzinger,
Khan Chittenden, Chris Foy,
Adam Saunders, Nadine Garner,
Martin Lynes
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
BOTTLE TOP BILL AND
HIS BEST FRIEND CORKY
SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 12 MIN / ANIMATION, FANTASY,
CHILDREN’S
Southern Star
Singapore in conjunction with
Southern Star Entertainment
EXEC PROD Noel Price,
Nick Wilson, Claire Henderson,
Clare Birks
PRODUCER Noel Price
DIRECTOR Cameron Chittock
WRITER Various
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Seven top Australian teenage
surfers are selected to live in
a training facility attached
to a high school. At the end
of the year only two will get
sponsorship and a wildcard
onto the professional circuit.
The seven teens, forced to
live, study and train together,
become best friends and
greatest competitors.
Bottle Top Bill is a beautifully
animated series centring on
Bottle Top Bill and his best
friend Corky, who are made from
everyday bits and pieces. As
each story unfolds, so does the
world Bill is exploring. In the
distance a mountain forms from
old boxes, tape, wire mesh and
paper. A cave appears, made
from a bucket and old carpet.
Bottle Top Bill is designed
to encourage 3-6 year olds
develop their imaginations and
to stimulate learning through
creative play.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
20 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
DEADLY
SERIES/SERIAL
13 X 24 MIN / ANIMATION, CHILDREN’S
SLR Productions,
Yoram Gross EM.TV
EXEC PROD Geoff Watson,
Suzanne Ryan
PRODUCER Suzanne Ryan
DIRECTOR David Evans
WRITER Various
STATUS Production
PROD CO
Based on the best-selling
book series by Australia’s top
two children’s authors, Morris
Gleitzman and Paul Jennings.
Stories involving the quest
for eternal youth, blue farts,
marauding botty worms, pooper
scooping, bad hair days, whale
gizzards, two-headed giraffes
and much much more.
SALES CONTACT
Yoram Gross EM.TV
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9519 1366
FAX +61-2 9519 1258
ygmail@ygross.com.au
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
THE EGGS
FAIREEZ
FLIPPER & LOPAKA
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 12 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
MINI-SERIES
52 X 12 MIN / ANIMATION, CHILDREN’S
MINI-SERIES
78 X 24 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
B&T Entertainment/
Funbag Animation Studios Inc
EXEC PROD Gillian Carr,
Rick Morrison, Frank Taylor
PRODUCER Brendan Byrne,
Tony Byrne, Curtis Crawford
DIRECTOR Gillian Carr,
Kervin Faria
WRITER Various
CAST Helene Joy,
Terrence Scammel,
Kate Hurman, Mike O’Reilly
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Fun for one is more for four!
Off to explore! The Eggs is a
story about the adventures of
four characters exploring the
Looneyverse in their spaceship,
Shelly. Travelling together they
find new planets, new sounds
and new friends in a humorous
environment set to entertaining
music. The animated series is
for five to seven-year-olds.
Yeah yeah we’re The Eggs!
An animated series for four
to seven-year-olds. Our four
trainee Faireez – Gabby, Polly,
Tucker and Tim – learn to
thwart the wicked Jumpalina
and maintain order in Faireezia.
The island of Iloka
is threatened by a group
of modern day pirates posing
as documentary filmmakers
bent on recovering a long
lost treasure that has the
potential to unleash an ancient
curse. Flipper and Lopaka find
a way to stop them at great
personal cost.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
PROD CO
SALES CONTACT
Moody Street Kids
Pty Ltd, Funbag Animation
Studios Inc
EXEC PROD Gillian Carr,
Rick Morrison
PRODUCER Curtis Crawford
DIRECTOR Gillian Carr,
Kervin Faria
WRITER Various
CAST Terrence Scammel,
Helene Joy, Tori Hammond,
John Stocker, Rick Jones
STATUS Post-Production
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
PROD CO Yoram Gross EM.TV
EXEC PROD Sandra Gross,
Geoff Watson
PRODUCER Rodney Whitham,
Geoff Watson
DIRECTOR Susan Oliver
WRITER Various
CAST Keith Scott,
Jamie Oxenbold
STATUS Completed
EM.TV AG
Germany
PHONE +49-8999 5000
FAX +49-8999 5000
info@em.tv
Funbag Animation Studios Inc
Canada
PHONE +1-613 562 3590
FAX +1-613 562 3590
denyse@funbag.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 21
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
HOLLY’S HEROES
PARALLAX
AUSTRALIA/IRELAND CO-PRODUCTION
SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 30 MIN / ADVENTURE,
CHILDREN’S
MINI-SERIES
26 X 30 MIN / CHILDREN’S
MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE,
CHILDREN’S, SCIENCE FICTION
Southern Star
Entertainment Pty Ltd,
Magma Films
EXEC PROD Ralph Christians,
Jo Hosbourgh, Noel Price,
Herman Florin
PRODUCER Susie Campbell
DIRECTOR James Bogle,
Declan Eames
WRITER Various
CAST Zachery Garred,
Kirsty Hillhouse, Chelsea Jones,
Greg McNeill, Lynn Styles,
Joel Turner
STATUS Completed
Jenni Tosi, Dave Gibson
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Various
CAST Dominique Crawford,
Kane McNay, Greta Larkins,
Michael Harrison, Jared Daperis,
Jessica Jacobs, Ben Schumann,
Nicholas Colla, Virginia Ryan,
Stephany Avila, David Roberts,
Michele Amas, Alan Hopgood
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Tells the story of an Australian
boy Brett and an Irish girl
Hannah, who discover a portal
that allows them to travel back
and forth between each other’s
countries and experience life from
very different, often awkward but
always surprising, perspectives.
For both kids it’s the adventure
of a lifetime – and it happens in
their own backyards.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
PROD CO Tosi Westside Pty
PRODUCER Ann Darrouzet,
Ltd
New places and new schools
can be freaky but 14-year-old
Kiwi Holly McKenzie has a game
plan: make the basketball team
and, faster than you can say
slam dunk, she’ll be cool and
have friends. But Holly’s game
plan fails when she doesn’t
make the local team. And in a
one basketball team town there
is only one choice: make her
own team.
SALES CONTACT
Australian Children’s
Television Foundation
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 8800
FAX +61-3 9419 0660
info@actf.com.au
22 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Great Western
Entertainment Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Posie Graeme-Evans,
Theresa Plummer-Andrews
PRODUCER Paul Barron
DIRECTOR Mark DeFriest,
Steven Peddie, Andrew Lewis
WRITER Various
CAST Joshua Marshall-Clarke,
Gillian Alexy, Caroline Brazier,
Luke Hewitt, Igor Sas,
Kazimir Sas, Francoise Sas,
David Richardson
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Fourteen-year-old Ben lives in a
country town. He discovers that
his town has a gateway into a
parallel universe where he finds
a sister he never knew existed,
and that his ‘normal’ mother is
actually a ninja-style Guardian
of the Parallax. Ben and his
‘new’ sister Katherine discover
that the universe is under
threat by the Welkin. They are
the last line of defence.
SALES CONTACT
Telepool GmbH
Germany
PHONE +49-8955 8760
FAX +49-8955 8760
sales@telepool.de
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
SCOOTER: SECRET
AGENT
MINI-SERIES
26 X 30 MIN / CHILDREN’S
Scooter: Secret
Agent Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jonathan M. Shiff,
Kay Ben-M’Rad
PRODUCER Jonathan M. Shiff,
Daniel Scharf
DIRECTOR Richard Jasek,
Grant Brown, Colin Budds
CAST Martin Sharpe,
Talia Zucker, Charlene Tjoe
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
Scooter, an extremely clumsy
teenager, finds a computer
belonging to the world’s
greatest Secret Agent and
decides to complete the
mission meant for Agent X19.
In a world of master criminals
and high-tech gadgets, how
long will it be before the
Agency realises their top
operative is a 16-year-old pizza
delivery boy?
SALES CONTACT
ZDF Enterprises
Germany
PHONE +49-6131 9910
FAX +49-6131 9910
enterprises@zdf.de
SEASIDE HOTEL
THE SHAPIES
AUSTRALIA/FRANCE CO-PRODUCTION
SERIES/SERIAL
52 X 13 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
SERIES/SERIAL
39 X 24 MIN / CHILDREN’S,
ADVENTURE, ANIMATION
Tele Images Kids,
Yoram Gross EM.TV
EXEC PROD Philippe Alessandri,
Geoff Watson
DIRECTOR Charlie Sansonetti
WRITER Fanny Joly
CAST Di Adams, Sarah Aubrey,
Michelle Daoke, Drew Forsythe,
Rachel King, Troy Planet
STATUS Production
PROD CO
PROD CO
When you live in a hotel, life
comes to you! This is certainly
the experience of Rosie and
George, 12-year-old friends
who live in an aging beachfront
property owned by George’s
father. Based on the children’s
book, ‘Hotel Bordemer’ written
by Fanny Joly and illustrated
by Christopher Besse. (Also
available as 13 x 30 min.)
Light Knights
Productions Pty Ltd
DIRECTOR Mark Traynor
WRITER Mark Traynor
STATUS Production
The Shapies is a series
targetted at five to
seven-year-olds and features
a group of geometric shapes
that play in a rockband.
SALES CONTACT
Porchlight Entertainment Pty Ltd
United States
Phone +1-310 477 8400
Fax +1-310 477 8400
info@porchlight.com
Three Roads Media Partners
United States
PHONE +1-212 472 8339
FAX +1-212 472 8339
SALES CONTACT
Tele Images International
France
PHONE +33-14435 1700
FAX +33-14435 1700
sales@teleimages.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 23
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
STAINES DOWN DRAINS
STREETSMARTZ
TIME CRACKS
MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
MINI-SERIES
26 X 24 MIN / ADVENTURE,
CHILDREN’S, TEEN
SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 3 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION,
COMEDY
Great Western
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Paul Barron
DIRECTOR Various
CAST David Richardson,
Chelsea Jones,
Valentina Barron,
Anthony Hardwood, Lucy Cooke,
Joel Turner, Pia Prendiville,
Rebecca McCarthy,
Michaela Sojak,
Anthony Spanos, Jesse Martin,
Ben Garside, Fernando Colella,
Iain Gately.
STATUS Post-Production
PROD CO
Yoram Gross EM.TV,
Traction Inc Limited
EXEC PROD Geoff Watson,
Brent Chambers
PRODUCER Guy Gross,
Brent Chambers
DIRECTOR Guy Gross
WRITER Various
STATUS Production
PROD CO
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.
SALES CONTACT
EM.TV AG
Germany
PHONE +49-8999 5000
FAX +49-8999 5000
info@em.tv
Traction Inc Limited
New Zealand
PHONE +64-9368 1506
FAX +64-9368 1506
flux@fluxmedia.co.nz
PROD CO
Streetsmartz is an innovative
kid’s drama series set on the
streets of Fremantle. The stories
of Vinnie and his friends are full
of humour, emotional stakes,
and the belief that, when all
is said and done, family – no
matter what form it takes - is
what really counts.
SALES CONTACT
Fireworks International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-020 7307 6300
FAX +44-020 7307 6300
info@firecorp.co.uk
24 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Blue Rocket
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Gurney,
Andreas M. Reinhard
PRODUCER Alicia Rackett,
Wolfgang Frankenstein,
Rolf Ernst
DIRECTOR David Gurney
WRITER David Gurney,
Stephen Davis
CAST Jemma Gates,
John Xintavelonis, Robyn Moore
STATUS Completed
Two aspiring journalists, Emily
(a Hedgehog) and Milo (a Bear),
work for a low-budget time travel
magazine. Using an unreliable
time travel prototype device,
our heroes exploit cracks in time
and journey back into history
in search of out-of-date news.
But they have some problems.
Their time travel machine is a
modified hot-dog van with a
mind of its own. It can always be
guaranteed to take the reporters
somewhere unexpected.
SALES CONTACT
Telepool GmbH
Germany
PHONE +49-8955 8760
FAX +49-8955 8760
sales@telepool.de
TV DRAMA
TODDWORLD
WICKED SCIENCE
SERIES/SERIAL
26 X 22 MIN / CHILDREN’S, ANIMATION
MINI-SERIES
52 X 25 MIN / CHILDREN’S, DRAMA
Funnyazhell Animation
Pty Ltd, Mike Young Productions
EXEC PROD Various
PRODUCER Stuart Cunningham,
Melinda Toporoff
DIRECTOR Glenn Kirkpatrick,
Jeff Gordon
WRITER Gerry Renert,
Corey Powell, Nicole Duboc
STATUS Completed
PROD CO
PROD CO
Todd is an artistic, unusual
six-year-old, with an endless
assortment of animal friends
and the occasional alien
visitor or two. Bright colours
and bold lines prevail in a
world where familiar things are
presented in an unfamiliar way
(hippos selling icecream or a
doghouse with wiggling ears) to
stimulate a child’s imagination
and creativity. Offbeat humour
and whimsical storylines
explore common themes and
the social challenges of a young
child’s life.
SALES CONTACT
Funnyazhell Animation Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9211 8271
FAX +61-2 9475 0754
mail@funnyazhellanimation.com
Jonathan M. Shiff
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jonathan M. Shiff,
Kay Ben-M’Rad
PRODUCER Judith John-Story
WRITER Various
STATUS Post-Production
Elizabeth and Tony are two
ordinary teenagers except
… they’re geniuses. Sandy Bay
High School is the setting for
our two main characters who
find themselves dealing not
just with the usual teen
concerns of self-esteem,
romance and skateboarding,
but with something more
whacky – science gone mad.
This second series introduces
the new kid, Jack, who charms
Elizabeth into revealing the
genius secret, but Toby has one
last trick up his sleeve.
SALES CONTACT
ZDF Enterprises
Germany
PHONE +49-6131 9910
FAX +49-6131 9910
enterprises@zdf.de
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 25
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
4 WHEEL DREAMING
5 SEASONS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
2 X 30 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO SacredOz Productions
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Michael Butler
DIRECTOR Michael Butler
WRITER Michael Butler,
PROD CO
DOCUMENTAARIES
Fleurtasha Cooper
The Message Stick Vehicle
is a 1961 Ex-Army Land Rover
that first served in the Vietnam
War and is now rebuilt for
peace. The vehicle travelled
around Australia for eight
years to different Aboriginal
communities, transforming
it dot by dot into a modern
day motorised Message Stick
and a moving art gallery
combining art, music, bush
medicine and storytelling.
SALES CONTACT
SacredOz Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-405 196 505
michaelbutler@themessagest
ick.com
CAAMA Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Priscilla Collins
PRODUCER Priscilla Collins,
Citt Williams
DIRECTOR Steve McGregor
WRITER Steve McGregor,
Danielle Maclean
Moses Numamurdirdi is a senior
traditional Aboriginal man from
the community of Numbulwar.
Filmed over 12 months, this
observational documentary
follows Moses and his family
through the seasons. A proud
charismatic man, he wants to
share his world. While enjoying
the benefits of the modern
world, the Numurindi people are
still guided by the seasons and
the stories of the Dreamtime.
SALES CONTACT
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation Int’l Sales
Canada
PHONE +1-416 205 6090
FAX +1-416 205 6090
caroline_tyre@cbc.ca
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
28 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
ABORTION,
CORRUPTION AND
COPS – THE BERTRAM
WAINER STORY
HISTORY & POLITICS - AUSTRALIAN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Film Australia,
John Moore Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER John Moore,
Sue Seeary
DIRECTOR John Moore
WRITER John Moore
PROD CO
In his fight to make abortion
accessible, affordable and safe,
Dr. Bertram Wainer risked his life
to uncover a web of corruption
involving abortionists,
politicians and police.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
ABOUT AJ
AKA GIRL SURFER
ALL ABOUT OLIVE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DV/MINI DV/VHS/DVD / 120 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE, WOMEN
SUPER 16/DV/MINI DV/DIGITAL
BETACAM / 52 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM/DVD / 55 MIN
PROD CO Iconoclast Productions
EXEC PROD Adam Todd,
PROD CO
Suzanne Todd
PRODUCER Adam Todd,
Angela Hernandez
DIRECTOR Adam Todd,
Angela Hernandez
WRITER Suzanne Todd
An in-depth look behind the
story of AJ Todd, a tale that
resulted in two critically
acclaimed Australian feature films
Something About AJ (2002) and
Not About AJ (2004). Explores
the contradictions and coverups that investigation after
investigation has denied.
Inspired by Michael Moore’s
award-winning documentary
Bowling For Columbine,
director Adam Todd explores a
government that avoids public
accountability for the abuses
of the NSW Child Protection
system.
Whyte House
Productions (Australia)
EXEC PROD Matt Hill, Peter Hill,
Stephen Hill
PRODUCER Mike Hill,
Brett Hardy
DIRECTOR Todd Saunders
Five of the most talented
women in the sport of surfing
travel together down Australia’s
Gold Coast, reconnecting with
what attracted them to surfing
in the first place.
SALES CONTACT
Whyte House Productions
(Australia)
Australia
PHONE +61-3 8671 1666
FAX +61-3 8671 1777
jason.b@
whytehouseproductions.com
PROD CO The Helpful Eye
EXEC PROD Stefan Moore
PRODUCER Mike Rubbo
DIRECTOR Mike Rubbo
WRITER Mike Rubbo
Pty Ltd
All About Olive is a film
about very old age and its
possibilities. It follows Olive
Riley, 105 years old, as
she goes back to relive her
childhood in Broken Hill where
she was born in 1899.
SALES CONTACT
The Helpful Eye Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 4382 1866
rubbo@idl.net.au
SALES CONTACT
Todd Corporation Pty Limited
Australia
PHONE +61-433 804 177
adam@iconoclast.inoz.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 29
ALL POINTS OF
THE COMPASS
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
Rymer Bayly
Watson Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Jowsey,
Ewan Angus
PRODUCER Bevan Childs,
Judy Rymer
DIRECTOR Judy Rymer
WRITER Judy Rymer
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
This is the story of one
Vietnamese family. For Charles
Tran Van Lam, his love of
democracy would turn into
a poisonous cocktail that
shattered his life. Forty years
later this is the story of his
nine children, flung to all
points of the compass. This
contemporary story is about
the cost of conflict, reality of
exile, loss of homeland, culture
and the closeness of family,
told through the eyes of the
children in their various and
culturally diverse locations.
SALES CONTACT
ANIMAL LIFELINE
ANIMAL X
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 55 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 36 X 30 MIN
Rock Wallaby
Productions
PRODUCER Lyndal Davies
DIRECTOR Lyndal Davies,
Mark Strickson
PROD CO Storyteller Productions
EXEC PROD Mike Searle
PRODUCER Mike Searle,
PROD CO
Six films exploring such topics
as orphaned baby elephants in
Sri Lanka, the shortage of forest
homes for koalas in Australia,
the illegal pet trade of chimps
in Sierre Leone, Brazil’s illegal
wildlife trade, the world’s
busiest wildlife hospital and
the mistreatment of sun
bears in Thailand. All of these
animals are in trouble and
face extinction. Can the right
donation make a difference to
their survival?
Melanie Byres
DIRECTOR Carolyn Bertram,
Mike Searle
WRITER Carolyn Bertram,
Rob McGlynn, Tony White
Animal X looks at the many
spooky and bizarre animal
stories around the world, from
the mysterious Australian
yowie, to the phantom black
dogs of Britain, to the goatman
of the USA. Other stories
include killer bees, giant squid,
killer crocodiles, alien animals
and many more. (Series Three is
10 additional 50 min episodes)
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
Mercury Media International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 221 7221
FAX +44-207 221 7221
tsparke@mercurymedia.org
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
30 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
ANTHEM
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION, HISTORY
& POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 97 MIN
PROD CO Media World Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Tatoulis,
Colin South
PRODUCER Ross Hutchens
DIRECTOR Tahir Cambis,
Helen Newman
WRITER Tahir Cambis,
Helen Newman
Described by International
Variety as a ‘down under
Fahrenheit 9/11’, Anthem is a
dramatic, intimate witness to
people’s lives caught up in the
transformation of the world in
the 21st century. From the plight
of asylum seekers in Australia,
to the frontline of the War on
Terror in Afghanistan, the US
and Iraq, filmmakers Emmy
Award-winning Tahir Cambis
and Helen Newman take us on a
three-year odyssey to chronicle
the human rights struggles of
our times. An epic journey of
the heart and mind, Anthem is
a provocative meditation on the
nature of freedom.
ARE YOU TOO BUSY
TO WATCH THIS?
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 26 MIN
Cracker Night
Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER David Carlin,
Nicolette Freeman
DIRECTOR Nicolette Freeman
WRITER Nicolette Freeman
PROD CO
The last 20 years have seen
a massive shift in Australian
family life. Families with both
parents in paid employment are
now the norm. We are speeding
up our days to fit more into our
lives. With aspirations higher
than ever, how are families
finding the time, money,
security, love and fulfilment
they seek and still staying
sane? To whom are they turning
for help, and at what cost?
THE ART OF HEALING
ARTS & CRAFTS, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA, CULTURES
– AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
PROD CO
CAAMA Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jacqui North
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR Robyn Nardoo
WRITER Robyn Nardoo
In the middle of the Central
Australian Outback stands a
church like no other in the
world. Arrente women explain
how traditional law and
Christian teachings can work
together for spiritual healing.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Cracker Night Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9387 6191
FAX +61-3 9387 6191
dcarlin@netspace.net.au
SALES CONTACT
Media World Pictures Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9328 8286
FAX +61-3 9328 8621
frontdoor@mediaworld.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 31
THE ART OF WAR
ARTS & CRAFTS, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26 MIN
Early Works Pty Ltd,
Film Australia
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve
PRODUCER John Hughes,
Betty Churcher
DIRECTOR John Hughes
WRITER Betty Churcher
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
From World War One to the ‘War
on Terror’, Betty Churcher brings
her unique perspective to a
series on Australian art inspired
by a century of conflict.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
THE ARTIST, THE QC
AND THE REFUGEE
AUSSIE ANIMAL
RESCUE
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 31 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 X 30 MIN
PROD CO
Firelight Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Ellenor Cox,
Marcus Gillezeau
DIRECTOR Marcus Gillezeau
WRITER Marcus Gillezeau
The Artist, The QC And The
Refugee tells the inspiring
story of influential QC Julian
Burnside, his wife, established
artist Kate Durham, and their
role in securing the release
of refugee Alladin Sisalem
and hundreds of other
asylum seekers.
SALES CONTACT
Firelight Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9360 0007
FAX +61-2 9360 0008
ellenor@firelight.com.au
32 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
PROD CO Prospero Productions
EXEC PROD Ed Punchard,
Julia Redwood
PRODUCER Ed Punchard,
Julia Redwood
Aussie Animal Rescue is an
engaging observational series
that takes the viewer into a
world of remarkable and unusual
animals, passionate wildlife
rescuers, strong stories and
stunning locations. The series
enters the extraordinary world
of Australian wildlife rescuers
and reveals the true spirit of
people’s love for animals.
SALES CONTACT
Prospero International
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9336 6006
FAX +61-8 9336 6007
mail@prospero.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
AUSTRALIA’S DEADLIEST
DESTINATIONS
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC
CONFESSIONS
AUSTRALIAN ICONS
– TOWNS
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
7 X 60 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM, DVD / 52 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO
Grainger Television
Australia
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Greg Grainger
A series of specials taking
the viewer through the most
dangerous regions of Australia.
Visit places stalked by tragedy
and filled with dangerous and
venomous creatures. Encounter
characters who live and work in
these death zones, observing
how they handle these killers.
Killer creatures, death-defying
characters and forbidden
landscapes, from the Simpson
Desert to Kakadu and the Great
Barrier Reef. Explore the most
remote and forbidding parts of
the continent.
SALES CONTACT
Kathy Aigner
Productions
PRODUCER Kathy Aigner
DIRECTOR GK Young
WRITER GK Young, Kathy Aigner
PROD CO
Atomic Confessions is a
52-minute documentary which
reveals the impact of nuclear
threats on Australia from the
first British atomic bomb tests
at Monte Bello Island in the
early 1950s, to the present
day. The story is told by
nuclear veterans, experts and
Indigenous Australians.
SALES CONTACT
Kathy Aigner Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-422 719 464
atomicconfessions
@yahoo.com.au
Outlook
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Michael Neil-Smith
DIRECTOR Michael Neil-Smith
WRITER Michael Neil-Smith
PROD CO
Australian Icon – Towns is about
discovering the history behind
Australia’s most renowned
places. It is a quintessentially
Australian documentary that
finds out what makes these
‘icons’ part of the lexicon of
Australian life.
SALES CONTACT
Outlook Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8399 1187
FAX +61-2 8399 1186
michael@outlookproductions.
com.au
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 33
AUSTRALIAN STORY
BACKYARD KILLERS
THE BIG LIE
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 376 X 26 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
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
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
Grainger
Television Australia
EXEC PROD Greg Grainger
PRODUCER Greg Grainger
DIRECTOR Greg Grainger
WRITER Greg Grainger
PROD CO
Lurking in backyards across
Australia are a range of
arachnids and creatures that
could kill. The best known are
the Funnel Web spiders and
Brown snakes that live in the
gardens of suburbia. But there
are other creatures such as
bees, wasps and scorpions that
can be equally deadly. This
program identifies these killers
and talks to people who have
been lucky enough to survive.
Their accounts will chill!
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star
International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8555
FAX +61-2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
34 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Carlyon
– Miller Productions
PRODUCER Terry Carlyon,
Bill Birnbauer
DIRECTOR Terry Carlyon
PROD CO
The Big Lie is the story of
a major tobacco corporation
and their dealings with those
who would dare to call them
to account, be they the
mightiest government in the
world or a dying battler and
an Australian law firm with a
strong belief in justice.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
BLAKTRAX
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
BORDER SECURITY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
5 X 30 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
62 MIN
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 X 23.5 MIN
Indigenous Unit
(SBS Television)
PROD CO
Blaktrax is a fresh and exciting
five-part series produced
on Indigenous Australian
musicians, covering a wide
range of styles including
rock, r’n’b, blues, country,
hip-hop and pop. The music
forms the core of each of the
documentaries. Each story is
about the musicians’ family
backgrounds, the history of
their country as well as dayto-day experiences and their
successes as we follow them
through a period in their
careers. This includes being at
home with each artist, in their
communities, on tour and on
the road, behind the scenes
and in the studio. Rather than
a ‘talk fest’ with overlay, each
doco is produced with an ‘on
the road’ style and feel.
Frontline Films Pty Ltd,
B # Sharp Productions
PRODUCER David Bradbury,
Peter Scott
DIRECTOR David Bradbury
PROD CO
An expose of depleted uranium
and its use by the American
military in Iraq, Afghanistan
and Kosovo. Whistleblowers
and former Gulf War veterans
reveal the dangers of this non
declared nuclear weapon and
its implications for Australia,
which has signed up for 20
years of US weapons testing
and military exercises.
PROD CO Seven Productions
EXEC PROD Dan Meenan
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
jporter@seven.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Frontline Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6684 0015
FAX +61-2 6684 0200
ffilms@mullum.com.au
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 35
BOUGAINVILLE SKY
BOUNCING CASTLE
BROKEN OPEN
WAR, SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DVD / 78 MIN
EDUCATION, RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 58 MIN
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
30 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO thenarrativecollective
EXEC PROD Nicholas Agafonoff
PRODUCER Nicholas Agafonoff
DIRECTOR Nicholas Agafonoff
WRITER Nicholas Agafonoff
A film about the Bougainville
peace process and the role
that women and music played
in bringing peace to the
troubled island.
SALES CONTACT
Nicholas Agafonoff
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9692 8786
agaforce@yahoo.com
Rainbow Screen
Productions
EXEC PROD Giovanni
Campolo-Arcidiaco
PRODUCER Vanessa Gonzalez,
Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco
DIRECTOR Chris Castro,
Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco
WRITER Vanessa Gonzalez,
Giovanni Campolo-Arcidiaco,
Chris Castro
PROD CO
What do you do if three out of
your four children turn out to
be homosexuals? Meet members
of PFLAG Western Sydney and
enter the extraordinary lives
of a group of ‘ordinary’ people
whose love for their gay,
lesbian or transgender children
introduced them to new
beginnings, friendships and
emotional Mardi Gras parades.
A life journey with many laughs
and tears, and the saving of a
few lives along the way…
SALES CONTACT
Rainbow Screen Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-403 456 838
FAX +61-2 9331 8846
rainbowscreen@odietamo.net
36 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
ABC TV Religion
and Ethics Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Roger Bayley
PROD CO
Sports journalist and
broadcaster Craig Hamilton
provides a unique first-hand
account of a rarely discussed
mental health issue. It’s a
story told with courage and
breathtaking honesty by a very
engaging bloke.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
BRONTE - TEARS TO
TRIUMPH
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE, EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 48 MIN
PROD CO Landmark Television
EXEC PROD Steven Bibb,
Graham Ross, Brent Rees
PRODUCER Steven Bibb
DIRECTOR Steven Bibb
WRITER Steven Bibb
Anorexia victim Bronte Cullis
returns to Canada for the first
time in four years since her
treatment at the controversial
Montreux Clinic, which is now
closed. We also reveal the work
of her mother treating sufferers
in Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Landmark Television
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9956 5566
FAX +61-2 9956 5444
steve@landmark.tv
BRUCE AND ME
AUSTRALIA/CANADA CO-PRODUCTION
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Outlaw Pictures
EXEC PROD Ed Barreveld
PRODUCER Ed Barreveld,
Oren Siedler
DIRECTOR Oren Siedler
WRITER Oren Siedler
Filmmaker Oren Siedler’s
exploration of her troubled
and unusual relationship with
her brilliant, charming,
con-artist, white-collar criminal
father takes her from Australia
to Canada, Cuba, and the USA.
The backdrop is candid, verite
style interactions with her
eccentric and quirky family
members. Aside from her
felonious father, you’ll meet
her cranky, four-foot-five,
97-year-old grandmother; her
zany artistic mother living
on an Australian Aboriginal
community; and her father’s
young, sexy and cunning Cuban
girlfriend. (Also available 82
mins.)
THE CARDINAL’S
COUSIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 30 MIN
ABC TV Religion
and Ethics Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Mark Edmondson
DIRECTOR Mark Edmondson
PROD CO
A former nun and lesbian,
Sister Monica Hingston,
confronts the Catholic Church’s
attitude to homosexuality, by
making public a letter to its
leader in Australia, Cardinal
George Pell, who also happens
to be her cousin.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SALES CONTACT
Films Transit International
Amsterdam Office
Netherlands
PHONE +31-312 0679 7954
FAX +31-312 0679 7954
barbaratruyen@filmstransit.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 37
DOCUMENTAARIES
CASE 442
THE COLONY
COUNTING THE DAYS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 52 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
HEALTH, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Citt Williams
PRODUCER Citt Williams
DIRECTOR Mitch Torres
WRITER Mitch Torres
PROD CO
Frank Byrne began his search
for his mother 60 years ago.
The journey is nearly over,
as he has found Maudie in a
pauper’s grave, and must have
the remains exhumed and
returned back to her country.
But Frank faces a new journey,
as putting his mother to rest
opens new discoveries about
his own identity.
The Colony transports a
group of English, Irish and
Australians (both Indigenous
and European) back in time to
the Australia of their ancestors.
Living the life of the free
settlers, convicts and local
Aboriginal people, they will
experience the unforgiving
toughness of the colony of NSW.
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Chris Hilton
DIRECTOR Malcolm McDonald
WRITER Malcolm McDonald,
Chris Hilton, John Birmingham
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4408
sales@rdfinternational.com
38 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Hoodlum
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Nathan Mayfield,
Tracey Robertson
DIRECTOR Anthony Mullins
WRITER Anthony Mullins,
Nathan Mayfield
PROD CO
Michael’s cancer will soon take
his life. He must now decide
how he is going to spend the
precious time he has left.
SALES CONTACT
Hoodlum Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3846 2123
FAX +61-7 3846 5699
nathan@hoodlum.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
THE CROCODILE
HUNTER DIARIES
THE CROCODILE
HUNTER
CROOKHAT
AND CAMPHOO
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 69 X 23.5 MIN
EDUCATION, TRAVEL & ADVENTURE,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 70 X 45 MIN
ARTS & CRAFTS, INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
The Best Picture Show
Company Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Judi Bailey,
John Stainton
DIRECTOR John Stainton
PROD CO
If you want to know what Steve
and Terri’s lives are really like,
then you won’t want to miss
The Crocodile Hunter Diaries.
This series is about their life
behind-the-scenes at the
Australia Zoo.
SALES CONTACT
Discovery Communications Inc
United States
PHONE +1-240 662 2000
FAX +1-240 662 2000
The Best Picture Show
Company Pty Ltd, Judi Bailey
PRODUCER John Stainton
DIRECTOR John Stainton
PROD CO
Steve Irwin, ’The Crocodile
Hunter’, travels the globe in
search of some of the world’s
most amazing, deadly and
unusual wildlife. From the
remote Galapagos island
archipelago in South America,
across the island continent of
Australia, through the jungles
of Indonesia and the plains of
Africa into the grandeur of the
USA, Steve discovers a world
full of unique critters. With
infectious enthusiasm and an
emphasis on conservation,
Steve comes face to face
with deadly snakes, snapping
crocodiles, the world’s largest
lizards, charging elephants,
endangered orangutans and
marauding tiger sharks.
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Jacqui North
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR David Tranter
WRITER David Tranter
PROD CO
Two senior Alywarr men teach
us the traditional way of
making spear and woomera.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Discovery Communications Inc
United States
PHONE +1-240 662 2000
FAX +1-240 662 2000
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 39
CROSSING THE LINE
CROWN OF THORNS
DEADLY WOMEN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 56 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
HD / 55 MIN
WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 3 X 60 MIN
Gulliver Media
Australia Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Larry Zetlin,
David Hannan, Ian Bates
PRODUCER Larry Zetlin
DIRECTOR Larry Zetlin
WRITER Peter Wear, Pam Rushby
EXEC PROD
Change Focus
Media Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Rod Freedman,
Kaye Harrison
DIRECTOR Kaye Harrison
WRITER Kaye Harrison
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
When two young nonIndigenous medical students go
to work in a remote Aboriginal
community their professional
precepts and personal ideas are
deeply challenged.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
PROD CO
Crown of Thorns Starfish
have been a source of almost
continual controversy on the
Great Barrier Reef for the
last 15 years. Major peril or
cyclical phenomena? That’s
what scientists have been
discussing, arguing and indeed
procrastinating about in
laboratories and at conferences
all over the world. Meanwhile,
the Australian Government
has stepped back, hoping
and wanting to believe that
the cheapest option (ie. to
let nature run its course) is
the correct one. But as one
scientist puts it, ‘if you put two
scientists in one room you’ll
end up with three questions!’
SALES CONTACT
Off The Fence BV
Netherlands
PHONE +31-20520 0222
FAX +31-20520 0222
ellen.windemuth@offthefence.com
40 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
PROD CO
Beyond Productions
Pty Ltd
Geoff Fitzpatrick,
John Luscombe
Follows female murderers
throughout history and what
motivates them to kill.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
DEAR JULIET
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
LITERATURE
DV/MINI DV/BETA SP / 60 MIN
EXEC PROD Wendy Dent
PRODUCER Wendy Dent
DIRECTOR Wendy Dent
WRITER Wendy Dent
Letters from the heart
– of love found and love
lost, love sought, and love
remembered. From the USA and
Uzbekistan, from Australia to
Italy – an exquisitely poetic
collection of letters from all
around the globe written simply
to Dear Juliet.
SALES CONTACT
Wendy Dent
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9405 2400
wendyde@wendydent.com
DESPERATELY
SEEKING SHEILA
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 8 X 60 MIN
Artemis
International Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian Beaton,
Harry Bardwell, Juliet Rice,
Celia Tait
PRODUCER Celia Tait,
Brian Beaton
DIRECTOR Various
WRITER Brian Beaton, Celia Tait
PROD CO
Follows six lonely heart
bachelors as they share
their lives with girls who
are prepared to give up
urban comforts for love
in the outback.
DEVIL DIARY
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 54 MIN
PROD CO Paul Scott Films
PRODUCER Paul Scott
DIRECTOR Paul Scott
WRITER Paul Scott
Profiles the dramas behind the
scenes of the world’s largest
Tasmanian Devil sanctuary and
discovers the secrets of a man
who is a ‘devil whisperer’.
SALES CONTACT
Paul Scott Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9810 4005
FAX +61-2 9810 9120
pscottfilms@bigpond.com
SALES CONTACT
Granada Media International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 4389 8565
FAX +44-207 4389 8565
int.info@granadamedia.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 41
DIRTY WAR
DIVORCE STORIES
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 3 X 52 MIN
Alley Kat
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Ned R Lander
PRODUCER Alan Carter
DIRECTOR Alan Carter
WRITER Alan Carter
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
Against a backdrop of war,
terrorism, and shifting global
alliances Dirty War is the story
of a David and Goliath struggle
between a group of Filipino
peasants and the US military,
and the implications for
Australia.
SALES CONTACT
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Mary-Ellen Mullane,
Jessica Douglas-Henry
A close-up and personal
look at divorce as people
reveal their experiences,
from marriage to breakup,
conflict to compromise.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
Alley Kat Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9336 1113
FAX +61-8 9336 7897
alan@alleykat.com.au
DOPE: THE BATTLE FOR
THE SOUL OF SPORT
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton,
Michael Allder, Stefan Moore,
Diana Sperrazza
PRODUCER Chris Hilton
DIRECTOR Alan Erson
WRITER Chris Hilton, Alan Erson
PROD CO
Dope: The Battle For The Soul
Of Sport is a forensic crime
story starring American drug
detection mastermind Dr Don
Catlin and acclaimed antidoping scientists around the
globe, as they close in on what
they hope will be the biggest
drug bust in sport’s history.
SALES CONTACT
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation Int’l Sales
Canada
PHONE +1-416 205 6090
FAX +1-416 205 6090
caroline_tyre@cbc.ca
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4408
sales@rdfinternational.com
42 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
DUST TO DUST
DYNASTIES
THE EIGHTH SUMMIT
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
5 X 26 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 20 X 30 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, WOMEN,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
BETACAM / 52 MIN
Hilton Cordell
& Associates Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Ian Collie,
Chris Hilton
DIRECTOR Ian Walker,
Alan Erson
PROD CO
Dust To Dust goes behind-thescenes of the death industry
for an unflinching look at the
secret business of preparing the
dead for burial. There are larger
than life characters and stories
to make your hair curl.
SALES CONTACT
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4408
sales@rdfinternational.com
PROD CO
ABC Television
Dynasties is a series which
reveals the story of Australia’s
notable and accomplished
families, the ways they have
shaped our society, their
private motivations and their
ongoing influence.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
PROD CO Feature Events Pty
EXEC PROD Anne Tindall
PRODUCER Anne Tindall
DIRECTOR Wayne Tindall
WRITER Wayne Tindall
Ltd
Brigitte Muir had a dream
– to climb the seven highest
mountains on the seven
continents. She thought it
would take a year or two.
Fifteen years later – after
the death of friends, the end
of her marriage, and four
attempts at Everest – her
dream has changed. Sometimes
addiction to freedom and
adventure comes at a very high
price indeed.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 43
EMBRACING THE
ENEMY
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, RELIGION, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 30 MIN
ABC TV Religion
and Ethics Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Roger Bayley
DIRECTOR Roger Bayley
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
At Gallipoli the Turks shot at
our Diggers but today they walk
side by side with Australian
ex-service men and women
in ANZAC marches around the
country. They are our only
former enemy permitted to do
this. What has happened for us
to embrace this former enemy?
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
ENDANGERED
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
Endangered
Pictures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Erica Glynn
PRODUCER Carmel McAloon
DIRECTOR Tracey Rigney
WRITER Tracey Rigney
PROD CO
Endangered takes a look at
the scarcity of the eligible
Aboriginal male and the effects
this has on Aboriginal women
looking for love, and the
survival of Aboriginal people
and culture.
SALES CONTACT
Endangered Pictures Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 9996
FAX +61-3 9417 7336
parts@croozy.com
EVERYONE LOVES
A WEDDING
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DVC PRO 50 / 8 X 30 MIN
SBS Television
– Local Production
EXEC PROD Larry Meltzer
PRODUCER Various
DIRECTOR Mika Nishimura,
Fiona Lawson-Baker, Aurora
Scheelings, Jacquetta Hayes
WRITER Steven McLeod
PROD CO
An engaging eight-part
documentary series that explores
how 16 culturally diverse
couples cope with their ‘big
day’. As the melting pot bubbles
away, many more Australians are
choosing to marry outside their
ethnic background and customs.
Family and culture are becoming
entwined as people fall in love.
Wedding customs are as mixed
as our cultural makeup. At no
other time are cultural traditions
celebrated with such passion.
While a wedding is a milestone
for the bride and groom, it also
provides a context in which their
families and communities can
share in celebrations.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
44 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
FAST TRACKERS
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
SPORTS & RECREATIONS,
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
Hoodlum
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Nathan Mayfield,
Tracey Robertson
DIRECTOR Carolyn Davies
WRITER Carolyn Davies,
Nathan Mayfield
PROD CO
Following in the footsteps
of gold medallist Stephen
Bradbury, four speed skaters
must decide whether they
have what it takes to skate
for Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Hoodlum Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3846 2123
FAX +61-7 3846 5699
nathan@hoodlum.com.au
FLY ON THE WALL
MESSIAH
FORENSIC
INVESTIGATORS
PERFORMING ARTS, RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 35 MIN
23 X 60 MIN
ABC TV Religion
and Ethics Unit
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Peter Kirkwood
PROD CO
Follows a number of key
participants as they rehearse
and prepare to sing in Handel’s
‘Messiah’ to be performed at
Sydney Town Hall.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
PROD CO Southern Star Factual
EXEC PROD Fiona Baker
WRITER Fiona Baker
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 the 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.
SALES CONTACT
Southern Star International
PHONE +61- 2 9202 8555
FAX +61- 2 9956 6918
sales@sstar.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 45
A FORK IN THE ROAD
GIFT OF LIFE
GIRL IN A MIRROR
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DVC PRO 50 / 63 X 26 MIN
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 49.5 MIN
ARTS & CRAFTS, RELATIONSHIPS &
SEXUALITY, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Luscombe,
Richard Campbell
PRODUCER Steve Christensen,
Kevin Whelan
PROD CO TOI-TOI Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Amanda Duthie
PRODUCER Helen Bowden
DIRECTOR Kathy Drayton
WRITER Kathy Drayton
SBS Television
– Local Production
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
A Fork In The Road is a different
style of travel documentary
series involving listening and
talking to the locals of six
countries about what is special
about living where they do.
Programs feature politics,
humour, cuisine and traditions.
Shot, scripted and presented
with a touch of wit and irony.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
PROD CO
Gift Of Life explores the
complex web of logistics,
surgery and emotion involved
in the world of organ donation
and transplantation.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
46 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Girl In A Mirror documents the
work of 1970s photographer
Carol Jerrems, in a life tragically
cut short. Drawing from
hundreds of her photographs,
the film traces the passionate
and exuberant course that
Jerrems took through this
turbulent decade.
SALES CONTACT
TOI-TOI Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9358 4847
helib@bigpond.com
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
GIRLS FROM IPANEMA
GLADIATRIX
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL, WOMEN
BETA SP/DV / 90 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, WOMEN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
EXEC PROD Wendy Dent
PRODUCER Wendy Dent
DIRECTOR Wendy Dent
WRITER Wendy Dent
From robbery and drug
trafficking in Rio de Janeiro’s
shantytowns to sun, surf, sex
and samba – and those risque
Rio bikinis – on Brazil’s most
famous beach. An unabashed
celebration of Brazilian
music, beach fashion and the
unrelenting rhythm of life
– with rich next to poor – for
Girls From Ipanema.
SALES CONTACT
Wendy Dent
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9405 2400
wendyde@wendydent.com
PROD CO Big Island Pictures
EXEC PROD Mark Chapman,
Ruth Berry
PRODUCER Mark Chapman
DIRECTOR Frank Gapinski
WRITER Frank Gapinski
A woman seeks to take
responsibility for her life and
find out who she really is by
becoming a gladiator.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
GOANNAS AND
THE RUBBISH FROGS
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO ABC Darwin
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour,
Gill Lomas
PRODUCER Albert Koomen
WRITER Ian Watson
The invasion of cane toads
into the Northern Territory’s
legendary Top End in Australia
is having a devastating impact
on goannas. The toads have
invaded the rich habitats of
Arnhem Land and Kakadu.
They are poisonous and kill
anything that tries to eat
them – including goannas.
While scientists struggle to
continue their field research,
a genetic control is still at least
a decade away.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 47
DOCUMENTAARIES
GONE TO
A GOOD HOME
GRETEL’S GANG AND
THE AFRICAN WAVE
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY
& POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 45 MIN
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Mark Hamlyn
PRODUCER Mark Chapman
DIRECTOR Karen Berkman
ORIGINAL SCRIPT
& CONCEPT Heather Phillips
SHOOTING SCRIPT
Karen Berkman, Heather Phillips
Exposes how Australian
authorities pressured many
unmarried mothers from the
1950s to the 1970s to give up
their babies for adoption.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
PROD CO Network Ten Australia
EXEC PROD Cathie Scott,
Gretel Killeen
DIRECTOR Gretel Killeen
WRITER Gretel Killeen
I’m a UNICEF Ambassador and
earlier this year was invited to
visit Zambia and make a short
video about the orphans of
AIDS. The seed once planted
began to grow and, before I
knew it, the video was a TV
special and my children, Zeke
and Eppie, were coming to
Zambia too. This is the first
time Zeke and Eppie have been
in the public eye, and they’ve
come out of the shadows
to help Australia’s children
understand that the orphans
of AIDS are innocent, that
what has happened to them
could happen to anyone, and
that poverty or a different skin
colour does not make you miss
food, shelter or your parents
any less.
SALES CONTACT
Network Ten Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9650 1010
FAX +61-2 9650 1111
48 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
HEARING JAMES
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, EDUCATION, RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO Porthmeor Productions
PRODUCER Claire Harris
DIRECTOR Cath Moore
WRITER Claire Harris,
Cath Moore
A 34-year-old woman who
has been deaf all her life has
decided to have a cochlear
implant or ‘bionic ear’; a
remarkable operation that may
allow her to hear. Because
she has always been deaf, the
operation and post-operative
therapy is fraught with
uncertainty. Will this be a life
changing decision? Will Sophia
hear her baby James’ voice for
the first time?
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
HEART OF THE SUN
HEAT IN THE KITCHEN
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
FULL DOME DIGITAL 4K / 23 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 5 X 25 MIN
PROD CO Java Film Pty Ltd
PRODUCER John Weiley,
PROD CO
Dr Robert Eather
DIRECTOR John Weiley
WRITER John Weiley
From the Neolithic sky
watchers of Europe, to the
solar observatories and blood
sacrifice of Mesoamerica, to
the sun gods of the Egyptians
and Greeks and the dawning
of Aristotelian science, The
Heart Of The Sun reveals how
the development of our whole
cosmology has been informed
by our struggle with this oldest
of mysteries… the sun.
Sonja Armstrong
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Sonja Armstrong
DIRECTOR Ruth Cullen
WRITER Sonja Armstrong,
Juliet Rosser, Ruth Cullen
Capitalising on Australia’s
growing obsession with all
things food, the series follows
the lives of three Sydney
restaurant — Aria, Balzac and
Red Lantern — over the course
of a year, all under the watchful
eyes of the powerful ‘Sydney
Morning Herald’s Good Food
Guide’ restaurant critics.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Sky-Skan Inc
United States
PHONE +1-603 880 8500
FAX +1-603 880 8500
office@skyskan.com
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4408
sales@rdfinternational.com
THE HIDDEN HISTORY
OF HOMOSEXUAL
AUSTRALIA
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY
& POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
84 MIN
Fortian
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Con Anemogiannis,
Judy Menczel
DIRECTOR Con Anemogiannis
PROD CO
Explores the history of gays
and lesbians in Australia from
settlement convict days, right
through to the present day.
SALES CONTACT
Fortian Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9371 0706
FAX +61-2 9371 3765
judy_menczel@hotmail.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 49
HIGH OR DRY
HOOVER’S GOLD
HOT ROD BUILD OFF
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 104 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
2 X 60 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO Brodie Films Pty
EXEC PROD Brodie Higgs
PRODUCER Brodie Higgs
DIRECTOR Brodie Higgs
Ltd
High Or Dry is a portrait of two
middle-class heroin users and
the people around them. Mark
is a magnetic, all-consuming
presence who affects everyone
around him, but, as the film
unflinchingly observes, his
self-destructive addiction
threatens everything he holds
close. Whether Mark and his
friends are finding a way
to escape their problems,
confronting them, or are
finding a way to get clean or
get on, High Or Dry captures
these parts of their lives.
At times tragic, at times
hilarious … ‘Don’t run too far
as you’ll have to return the
same distance’.
PROD CO Mago Films
EXEC PROD Jennifer Crone
PRODUCER Marian Bartsch
DIRECTOR Franco di Chiera
WRITER Franco di Chiera,
Barry Strickland
The story of Herbert Hoover
and the Italian immigrants he
hired to mine one of the richest
goldfields in history.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SALES CONTACT
Brodie Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-408 008 440
info@brodie.tv
50 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Geoff Fitzpatrick,
John Luscombe
PROD CO
Two very different men
compete to build the world’s
best hot rod.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
HULA GIRLS
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL, WOMEN,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO
Electric Pictures
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie
DIRECTOR Trevor Graham
WRITER Louis Nowra,
Trevor Graham, Michael Sturma
A lush, visual exploration of the
origins, evolution and sexual
mystique surrounding the
Pacific Island Hula Girls.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
HYDE BEHIND THE
SCENES
IN THE SHADOW OF
THE PALMS – IRAQ
FILM & MEDIA, LITERATURE,
PERFORMING ARTS
DV/MINI DV/DVD / 30 MIN
WAR, CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 91 MIN
Growing Brain
Productions
EXEC PROD Nathan Hill
PRODUCER Nathan Hill
DIRECTOR Nathan Hill
WRITER Nathan Hill, Alex Scott
PROD CO Ipso-Facto Productions
EXEC PROD Wayne Coles-Janess,
PROD CO
Filmmaker Alex Scott
assembles the best of the
footage from behind the scenes
of Nathan Hill’s ‘The Strange
Game of Hyde and Seek’. From
auditions, to rehearsals, to
on location shooting and
finally post-production, this
documentary covers all the
highlights of the award-winning
short film. In depth interviews
with the writer/director
Nathan Hill and words from the
executive producer Nick Levy,
are also featured.
SALES CONTACT
NH Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-414 894 024
natejhill74@hotmail.com
David Jowsey
PRODUCER Wayne Coles-Janess
DIRECTOR Wayne Coles-Janess
A world engulfed in whirlwinds
of propaganda. In The Shadow
Of The Palms – Iraq is filmed
as the actual events transpire.
This documentary shows the
reality of life for the society
and people living under the
Saddam regime, the Coalition
War and the Coalition
occupation. (Also available as
54 min television version.)
SALES CONTACT
Electric Sky Ltd
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-127 322 4240
FAX +44-127 322 4240
info@electricsky.com
Ipso-Facto Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9670 5468
FAX +61-2 9770 4263
info@ipso-facto.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 51
IRAQ, MY COUNTRY
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Film Camp Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Philippa Campey
DIRECTOR Hadi Mahood,
DOCUMENTAARIES
Philippa Campey
WRITER Hadi Mahood
Australian/Iraqi filmmaker
Hadi Mahood travels back to
Iraq for the first time in 13
years, documenting his country
in the year after the ousting
of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
With the help of Ahmed, a
16-year-old bullet seller, and
Magid, the wise fool of Samawa,
Hadi uncovers the reality of
the new Iraq – as his country
struggles towards democracy.
SALES CONTACT
Film Camp Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 0140
FAX +61-3 9417 7336
pcampey@bigpond.net.au
JABE BABE – A
HEIGHTENED LIFE
HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY, WOMEN
HD / 52 MIN
Janet Merewether t/a
Go Girl Productions
PRODUCER Janet Merewether,
Deborah Szapiro,
Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
DIRECTOR Janet Merewether
WRITER Janet Merewether
PROD CO
A tall girl with a tall story, 31year-old Jabe Babe measures six
foot two inches (188cm), works
as a dominatrix and has a life
threatening genetic condition
called Marfan Syndrome. This
hybrid documentary which
merges fiction and non-fiction
forms, inhabits the heightened
‘technicolor’ world of the
tall woman, the outsider,
to provoke questions about
society’s desire for sexual,
visual and genetic conformity.
SALES CONTACT
Janet Merewether t/a Go Girl
Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9572 6011
FAX +61-2 9572 6011
janmer@zipworld.com.au
52 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
JUST MARRIED
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, HISTORY
& POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DVD / 33 MIN
PROD CO Big Eye Studios
PRODUCER Vicki Jones
DIRECTOR Vicki Jones
WRITER Vicki Jones
Pty Ltd
During 2004 the Howard
Government amended the
Marriage Act to prevent gay
and lesbian Australians from
legal relationship recognition.
Earlier that year, two Melbourne
men, Andrew Balnaves and
Carl Matto, married in front
of 100 supportive friends and
family who had never been
to a gay wedding before. This
documentary gathers the
opinions of family, friends and
work colleagues who attended
the event. As they tell their
stories we see growing support
for the acceptance of gay
marriage in Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Big Eye Studios Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9482 1366
FAX +61-3 9482 1399
vickijones@vjp.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
KARLI JALANGU
– BOOMERANG TODAY
ARTS & CRAFTS,
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Citt Williams
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR David Tranter,
Allan Collins
WRITER David Tranter
PROD CO
Four senior traditional men
who carry a lot of law (Tjilpi)
create a ‘Number 7’ boomerang
of Central Desert people. How
do you make boomerangs today
while keeping law and culture
strong? We follow the hunt for
wood, the rubbing, the shaping,
the smoothing and the ochre,
noting the cultural significance
of the work and implements,
until the Number 7 is complete
and singing.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
KILLERS IN EDEN
KNOT AT HOME
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 51 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
8 X 30 MIN
ABC Natural
History Unit
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour
PROD CO
Killers In Eden investigates
the story of the most
extraordinary bond ever forged
between humans and wild
animals. Near the small coastal
town of Eden, killer whales
and human whalers formed an
intimate partnership to hunt
the largest whales on earth.
Can the legend be explained
by animal instinct and natural
intelligence alone, or did a true
friendship develop between
these two hunters of the sea?
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
PROD CO BIG hART
PRODUCER Phillip Crawford,
Natasha Dwyer
DIRECTOR Various
In 1998 a series of community
projects was set up by BIG
hART, a non-profit organisation.
The projects were designed
to give people who often go
unheard a chance to tell their
stories. From 1998 to 2004
over 500 people of different
ages and backgrounds were
asked to tell stories about
when they felt ‘not at home’.
This series presents their stories
using interviews, narratives,
vignettes, songs, animations,
dramatised scenes and
memories, created by allowing
the storytellers to be hands
on, mentored by experienced
filmmakers in the process
of filming, performing, writing
and editing.
SALES CONTACT
BIG hART
Australia
PHONE +61-427 697 173
phillipcrawfo10@hotmail.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 53
LAND MINES
– A LOVE STORY
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 85 MIN
PROD CO
Camerawork
Pty Ltd
DOCUMENTAARIES
PRODUCER Dennis O’Rourke
DIRECTOR Dennis O’Rourke
Every 22 minutes, a civilian
in Cambodia, Chechnya,
Afghanistan, Mozambique,
Bosnia, Angola, El Salvador or
elsewhere is killed or injured
by a land mine. The wars of
the latter half of the 20th
century have left 110 million
mines hidden in the fields,
forests, roads, railways, water
supplies, towns and houses of
the poor in over 60 countries.
In the ruined city of Kabul,
during the time of Taliban rule,
a former Mujaheddin soldier
noticed a pretty Tagik girl with
one leg, and he began to court
her. This was the beginning
of an unlikely love story. Part
essay and part observational,
this is an anti-war film set
in a country that has become
synonymous with warfare. (Also
available as a 50 min version.)
THE LAST VALLEY
LIBERTY IN RESTRAINT
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 90 MIN
Wait a While
Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Michael McMahon
PRODUCER Russell Hawkins,
Toby Patten
DIRECTOR Peter Vaughan
WRITER Peter Vaughan,
Rosie Jones
PROD CO
Australia is a company built
on the exploitation of finite
natural resources, whether
it be logging, mining or
farming. The Last Valley
explores the boom and bust
cycle of Australian primary
industries in the context of East
Gippsland timber and shows
the consequences for the local
community of Orbost when the
resources become scarce and
are finally exhausted.
SALES CONTACT
Wait a While Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-434 070 070
FAX +61-3 9527 8266
toby_patten@iprimus.com.au
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
54 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Sensory Image Pty Ltd,
Frontier Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Michael Ney,
Frank Shields
DIRECTOR Michael Ney
PROD CO
Following the unusual life
of fetish photographer,
Noel Graydon, we investigate
his work, past and present,
and the transgressive activities
of the S&M community he
works within. (Also available
in 55 mins.)
SALES CONTACT
Sensory Image Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9264 1447
info@sensoryimage.net
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
THE LIFE AND LEGACY
OF SPIKE MILLIGAN
LITTLE AUSSIES BIG
DREAMS
FILM & MEDIA, HEALTH, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM/DVD / 55 MIN
CHILDREN, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Hatchling
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Cathy Henkel,
Jeff Canin
DIRECTOR Cathy Henkel
WRITER Cathy Henkel
PROD CO Lingwood Productions
EXEC PROD James Lingwood
PRODUCER Teni Burns,
The Life And Legacy Of Spike
Milligan is an intimate portrait
of comedian Spike Milligan,
a man who walked the fine
line between comic genius
and debilitating depression
and forever changed the face
of British comedy. (Also
available in a 88 min version.)
A kid’s-eye view of the world
as they take part in a year-long
performing arts festival. Think
Billy Elliot meets Spellbound
under the Southern Cross.
PROD CO
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
Robyn Habel
DIRECTOR Paul Ryan
WRITER Teni Burns, Robyn Habel
SALES CONTACT
Lingwood Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-7 4128 9181
FAX +61-7 4128 9398
lingwood@bigpond.net.au
LITTLE SISTER
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
WOMEN, RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
Hoodlum
Entertainment Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Tracey Robertson,
Nathan Mayfield
DIRECTOR Michelle Warner
WRITER Michelle Warner,
Nathan Mayfield
PROD CO
A 22-year-old woman
struggles with the finer
details of becoming a nun,
including cutting up her credit
card, selling her car and not
being able to play pool on
Friday nights!
SALES CONTACT
Hoodlum Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3846 2123
FAX +61-7 3846 5699
nathan@hoodlum.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 55
THE LORE OF LOVE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
WOMEN, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Citt Williams,
Jacqui North
DIRECTOR Beck Cole
WRITER Beck Cole
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
Jessi Bartlett is an
Aboriginal girl on the brink
of womanhood. Her Pintubi
grandmothers take her on an
incredible journey back to their
homelands where they teach
her about the lore of love: the
traditional way.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
THE LOST
CHILDREN OF TIBET
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
DV/MINI DV / 23 MIN
PROD CO Wanderer Productions
EXEC PROD Lisa Downs
PRODUCER Lisa Downs,
Tracey Crane
DIRECTOR Lisa Downs
WRITER Alison Boadle
An insight into the
extraordinary lives of those at
the Tibetan Children’s Village.
Situated in the Himalayas,
Northern India, it houses and
educates orphaned Tibetan
children until they can return
to their homeland. The village
is currently run by Jetsun Pema,
sister of His Holiness the 14th
Dalai Lama.
SALES CONTACT
Wanderer Productions
PHONE +61-421 589 313
lisa@lumunation.com
56 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
THE LOST TRIBE
RELIGION, RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
56 MIN
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Dylan Blowen,
Rachel Landers
DIRECTOR Rachel Landers
WRITER Rachel Landers
Ex-Mormon, atheist and
standup comic Sue-Ann Post
undertakes a confronting
pilgrimage to Mormon Zion
to the 20th Annual Gay and
Lesbian Mormon convention in
Salt Lake City. The Lost Tribe is
an observational documentary
following Sue-Ann’s funny,
bizarre and confronting journey
to Mormon Zion and an intimate
portrait of one of the world’s
least understood religions.
SALES CONTACT
Women Make Movies Inc
United States
PHONE +1-212 925 0606
FAX +1-212 925 0606
dzimmerman@wmm.com
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
MAD MIKE & MARK 2
MADE IN HEAVEN
MEDICAL INCREDIBLE
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DV CAM/DIGITAL BETACAM
6 X 60 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, RELIGION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
HEALTH
12 X 50 MIN
PROD CO ABC TV Melbourne
EXEC PROD Brian McKenzie
PRODUCER Lisa Horler
DIRECTOR Lisa Horler
PROD CO
PROD CO
Beyond Productions
Pty Ltd
John Luscombe,
Geoff Fitzpatrick
PRODUCER Simon Reeve
DIRECTOR Robert Kerr,
Patrick McInerney, Paul Hawker
WRITER Rowan McGillicuddy
EXEC PROD
Two unconventional safari
guides have captured the
imagination of European
audiences with their unique
take on the African safari.
SALES CONTACT
Discovery Communications Inc
United States
PHONE +1-240 662 2000
FAX +1-240 662 2000
Beyond Productions
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD
John Luscombe,
Ben Ulm
Made In Heaven is an intimate
portrait of the extraordinary
love, commitment and sacrifice
in an ordinary Australian
Muslim family.
This series explores the lives
of people and families around
the world whose medical
conditions make them very
rare, if not unique.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Lisa Horler
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9481 7238
lisa.horler@bigpond.com
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 57
THE MIGHTY BEARS
THE MIGHTY EELS
THE MINEFIELD
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, HISTORY
& POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY
& POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
6 X 120 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 140 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS
– AUSTRALIAN, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Richard Bradley
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Richard Bradley,
Ray Beattie
DIRECTOR Richard Bradley
WRITER Richard Bradley
PROD CO
A social and sporting history
of North Sydney Rugby League
Football covering 130 years
of Australian history and
associated sporting and social
history from New Zealand,
South Africa, England, Wales
and France. All six episodes
(1870–1960), (1960–1970),
(1970–1980), (1980–1985),
(1985–1990) and (1990–1999)
have been completed.
A sporting and social history
of Parramatta Rugby League
football and history, 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 first
three episodes (1908–1966),
(1967–1977) and (1978–1986)
have been completed.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
North Sydney Leagues Club
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9202 8888
FAX +61-2 9923 1619
jeff@nslc.com.au
Richard Bradley
Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9959 3588
FAX +61-2 9955 3808
rbproductions@bigpond.com
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
Richard Bradley
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Richard Bradley,
Denis Fitzgerald
DIRECTOR Richard Bradley
WRITER Richard Bradley
58 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
PROD CO Glasshouse Pictures
PRODUCER Bernard Terry
DIRECTOR Richard Walker
WRITER Walter Pearson
This a story about a great and
still unacknowledged disaster
in Australian military history.
It is set in Phuoc Tuy Province
in southern Vietnam where the
First Australian Task Force
(1 ATF) operated between 1966
and 1971. It revolves around
the construction of probably
the largest minefield ever
laid in southeast Asia by the
commander of 1 ATF, Brigadier
Graham Stuart Graham, between
April and May 1967.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
MISSING
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM/DVD / 4 X 26 MIN
PROD CO Pony Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Rachel Landers,
Dylan Blowen
DIRECTOR Rachel Landers
WRITER Rachel Landers
A haunting four-part
observational series on missing
persons and the agencies
charged with the burden
of locating them. From
war-torn Sudan to Parramatta,
Missing reveals what few have
glimpsed: the machinery,
the people, the heartbreak
and the extraordinary success
involved in exploring live
cases, long-term missing,
refugees and people taken
from their families.
The documentary explores
not only missing person cases,
but the very subject
of ‘missing’, of dislocation
and its ramifications.
SALES CONTACT
Pony Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9357 5012
FAX +61-2 8354 1320
d.blowen@att.net
THE MOMBASSA
MANIFESTO
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES
– AUSTRALIAN, PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO
Smart Street Films
Pty Ltd
Gai Steele,
Tony Gailey
DIRECTOR Haydn Keenan
PRODUCER
A visual explosion of aliens,
hairy monsters, roadies and
rock and roll as we travel into
the weird world of Mombassa.
Artist and pop star, Reg
Mombassa explains everything.
SALES CONTACT
Smart Street Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9521 8598
FAX +61-3 9597 0159
smartstreet@optusnet.com.au
MOVING
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
BETACAM / 26 MIN
VCA School
of Film and Television
PRODUCER Sally Ingleton
DIRECTOR Brodie Higgs
WRITER Brodie Higgs
PROD CO
Moving is an extraordinary
vignette about Melbourne’s
inner city street dwellers
that attempts to debunk the
myths surrounding the city’s
disenfranchised inhabitants.
Providing a voice for an often
silent and discriminated against
minority, Moving explores the
fears, passions and desires of
Melbourne’s unemployed and
homeless who have long been
relegated to the fringes of an
increasingly intolerant society.
SALES CONTACT
Victorian College of the Arts
School of Film and Television
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9685 9000
FAX +61-3 9685 9001
ftv.info@vca.unimelb.edu.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 59
MPARNTWE
SACRED SITES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
– AUSTRALIA, HISTORY & POLITICS
– AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 23 MIN
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Citt Williams
PRODUCER Rachel Clements
DIRECTOR Danielle Maclean
WRITER Danielle Maclean
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
The battle for Native Title
(handing back of land to
traditional owners) has
been won. Arrente people
have been recognised as
Mparntwe’s (Alice Springs)
first inhabitants. The proof of
continued occupation rested
with their sacred sites still
under threat. This documentary
explores the continuous
struggle by Central Australia’s
Arrente people to maintain
the sacred sites and stop the
expansion of Alice Springs from
swallowing them up.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE+61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
MYSTERY OF
THE DISORDERLY
WARRIORS
MYTHBUSTERS
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
PROD CO
Gulliver Media
Australia Pty Ltd, China Central
Television (CCTV)
EXEC PROD Larry Zetlin
PRODUCER Chris Carroll
DIRECTOR Chris Carroll
WRITER Chris Carroll
PROD CO
In 1984 at a small village in
Jiangsu Province, China, a
group of school boys stumble
across a small clay head whilst
playing at a development
site. A Chinese archaeological
team ultimately unearths
4,000 terracotta statues. This
terracotta army is pint-sized,
many are broken, different
warriors are mixed together and
the pits are unfinished. Why?
This is the tale of the discovery
of the Lion Hill Tomb, and the
little disorderly warriors who
guard it.
SALES CONTACT
Off The Fence BV
Netherlands
PHONE +31-20520 0222
FAX +31-20520 0222
ellen.windemuth@
offthefence.com
60 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 42 X 50 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Peter Rees, J
ohn Luscombe
We’ve all heard the stories
– this is the series that
investigates urban legends and
puts them to the test to reveal
the truth.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
THE OCCIDENTAL
TOURIST
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
PROD CO Tamar Albeck-Ripka
EXEC PROD Simon Wilmot,
Colin Long
Hayley Darrington,
Tamar Albeck-Ripka
DIRECTOR Hayley Darrington,
Tamar Albeck-Ripka
PRODUCER
OF DOGS AND GODS
– A SOCIAL HISTORY
OF THE DOG IN CHINA
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
RELIGION
HD / 55 MIN
Gulliver Media
Australia Pty Ltd, AHTV China
PRODUCER Chris Carroll,
Rock Cheng
DIRECTOR Chris Carroll
WRITER Chris Carroll
PROD CO
The Occidental Tourist explores
the richness and diversity
of culture in Vietnam and
Cambodia. This fascinating
documentary examines how
tourism is affecting some of
Australia’s nearest neighbours.
Discover the ancient sites of
Angkor and Hue and the recent
tragedies of the Vietnam War
and Khmer Rouge regime.
Of Dogs And Gods is an
extraordinary tale that
encompasses thousands of
years of dynastic rule in which
the dog has been regarded
as a spiritual being, a great
hunter, man’s equal, fortifying
food, loyal friend and for the
less fortunate, an interloper or
endearing mutt.
SALES CONTACT
Off The Fence BV
Netherlands
PHONE +31-20520 0222
FAX +31-20520 0222
ellen.windemuth@
offthefence.com
Tamar Albeck-Ripka
Australia
PHONE +61-402 986 981
FAX +61-3 9650 1835
the_occidental_tourist@
yahoo.com.au
SALES CONTACT
OK, LET’S TALK ABOUT
ME
EDUCATION, RELATIONSHIPS
& SEXUALITY, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
SP BETACAM/DIGITAL BETACAM
/ 26 MIN
PROD CO Closer Productions
EXEC PROD Andrew Wiseman
PRODUCER Bryan Mason,
Sophie Hyde
DIRECTOR Sophie Hyde
WRITER Sophie Hyde
‘Next year I’m gonna be 18:
when I’m 18 I’m gonna get
my own place, have a car,
have a nude girlfriend and you
can come around to my place
for pizza’. Meet Eddie. He’s a
17-year-old boy with Down
Syndrome. He’s stubborn and
charming, funny and sometimes
temperamental. Through the
course of this documentary
the viewer is invited to get to
know Eddie – a rare treat – and
journey with him as he turns 18
and prepares to leave school.
SALES CONTACT
Ronin Films
Australia
PHONE +61-2 6248 0851
FAX +61-2 6249 1640
admin@roninfilms.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 61
ON A WIND AND A
PRAYER: CYCLONE
TRACY 30 YEARS ON
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN, TRANSPORT
& COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 48 MIN
Channel Nine Darwin
(Territory Television Pty Ltd)
EXEC PROD Paul Fenn
WRITER Paul Fenn
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
The events before and after
the destruction of the city
of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy
on Christmas morning 1974.
Includes interviews and
tales of survivors and officials
who helped the city survive
the disaster.
THE ONCE AND
FUTURE CITY
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
HD DIGITAL / 8 X 60 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Alrich,
John Luscombe
PROD CO
Promising to be the definitive
guide to the culture, history
and future direction of eight
US cities.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Nine Network Australia Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9906 9999
FAX +61-2 9958 2279
62 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
OPAL FEVER
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE, CULTURES
– AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 27 MIN
PROD CO Piper Films Pty
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross
PRODUCER Mike Piper
DIRECTOR Mike Piper,
Ltd
Corey Piper
WRITER Mike Piper
Opal Fever is a television series
about the obsession that leads
to opal fever and the dramas
that arise out of that obession.
Set in the remote, unique and
bizarre South Australian opal
mining town of Coober Pedy.
(Also available in a 52 min
version.)
SALES CONTACT
Indigo Films (UK)
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 612 1700
FAX +44-207 612 1700
info@indigofilm.com
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
OPEN CUT
OPERATION BABYLIFT
OUR BUSH WEDDING
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL, WAR,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
52 MIN
PROD CO Film Camp Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Philippa Campey
DIRECTOR Phil Burke
WRITER Phil Burke
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve
PRODUCER Helen Barrow
DIRECTOR Dai Le
WRITER Dai Le
We revisit geographic spaces
to trigger memory. It might
be the school we went to as
a child, or maybe the family
home. If these spaces no longer
exist, we instead have a sense
of lacking – of ‘returning to
nothing’. Open Cut was borne
out of the need to remember,
and in the absence of a
geographic space, the need
to create a virtual one … a
virtual Yallourn. Using extensive
archival recordings of this
once model town, filmmaker
Phil Burke revisits his home
of Yallourn and explores some
of the issues which led to its
destruction.
The stories of three
Vietnamese-Australians who
were among more than 3,000
babies airlifted from Saigon
orphanages at the end of
the Vietnam war.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
Pine Street
Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Sienna Brown
DIRECTOR Adrian Wills
WRITER Sienna Brown,
Adrian Wills
PROD CO
Aboriginal artist Gordon Syron
and American photographer
Elaine Perlot-Kitchener met
nearly 30 years ago, a few
days after Gordon finished
serving time for murdering his
brother-in-law. Now in their
early 60s, this documentary
follows the creative and
eccentric pair in the lead
up to their bush wedding.
SALES CONTACT
Pine Street Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9818 1576
psfilms@pacific.net.au
SALES CONTACT
Film Camp Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9419 0140
FAX +61-3 9417 7336
pcampey@bigpond.net.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 63
OUTBACK HOUSE
PACKED LUNCH
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY &
POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 8 X 60 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, SPORTS
& RECREATIONS,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DVD / 24 MIN
PROD CO ABC Documentaries
EXEC PROD Ivo Burum
PRODUCER Andrea Ulbrick
DIRECTOR Alan Hall,
DOCUMENTAARIES
Carolyn Davies, Kerry Brewster,
Lesley Scarff
Outback House combines the
trials and tribulations of Wall
to Wall’s Frontier House with
the grandeur and class tension
of Edwardian Country House, to
bring to life the experiences
of 19th century squatters in
outback Australia. A group of
21st century volunteers will
travel back in time and live life
exactly as a squatter, his family,
servants and station workers
would have done circa 1860.
PROD CO Packed Lunch
PRODUCER Tim Hunter
DIRECTOR Tim Hunter
WRITER Tim Hunter
Films
Speedos are an Australian icon
and a gay male icon. Packed
Lunch explores the appeal, the
fetish, the fashion and the fun
of speedos. Are they legitimate
sportswear, a gay thing
or just well-packed lunch?
SALES CONTACT
Packed Lunch Films
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9819 2464
tlhunter@ihug.com.au
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
64 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
PASSENGERS IN TIME:
THE MARCH OF THE
LIVING 2004
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
SP BETACAM/DIGITAL BETACAM/DVD/
VHS / 55 MIN
PROD CO Meltzer Productions
EXEC PROD Sue Hampel
PRODUCER Sean Meltzer
DIRECTOR Sean Meltzer
WRITER Sue Hampel,
Francis Prince
A record of the March of the
Living 2004 tour to Poland
and Israel by 95 Jewish
students from Australia.
An emotional and challenging
journey that opened the
minds of Australian Jewish
teenagers to the history of the
Holocaust and establishment
of the state of Israel. (Also
available in a 80 min version.)
SALES CONTACT
Meltzer Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9532 8452
FAX +61-3 9532 8452
sean@meltzerproductions.
com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
PETER BERNER’S
LOADED BRUSH
A PIG, A CHICKEN AND
A BAG OF RICE
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
ARTS & CRAFTS
DIGITAL BETACAM / 56 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, CULTURES
– INTERNATIONAL, RELIGION
25 MIN
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Mark Hamlyn
PRODUCER Sally Regan
DIRECTOR Edwina Throsby
WRITER Edwina Throsby,
PROD CO
Peter Berner,
James Robert Burnett
Stand-up comic, media
presenter and former art
student Peter Berner swaps
banter for brushes as he
attempts a self-portrait for the
Archibald Prize.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
Mark Gould
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Mark Gould
DIRECTOR Mark Gould
This documentary is a love
story. A love story between
two people, two cultures,
and a love for the spiritual
journey offered by Tibetan
Buddhism. Phil Bathols is an
Australian and Sonam Ongmu
Denzonpa is Sikkimese. Telling
the story of their wedding in
the Himalayas, this enchanting
program is also a meditation on
love, marriage and Buddhism.
It is an intimate story about
a Sikkimese Buddhist family
and their relationship with the
Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan
Buddhism and its leader, His
Holiness the 17th Karmapa.
SALES CONTACT
Mark Gould Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9365 3306
FAX +61-2 9365 1764
mgould@bigpond.net.au
THE PILOT’S FUNERAL
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 30 MIN
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Denise Haslem,
Trevor Graham
DIRECTOR Rose Hesp
WRITER Rose Hesp
When Adrian Wagg arrived
in Arnhem Land in the 1970s,
he fell in love with the place
and its people, helping the
Yolngu to build homes on their
ancestral lands and establish
their own airline. This moving
documentary recounts the life
of this gentle giant of a man.
But more than this, it tells of
the extraordinary 10-day funeral
that followed his tragic death
in a helicopter accident.
Not performed since the
arrival of missionaries in
the 1930s, the traditional
Yolngu ceremony celebrates a
remarkable bond, connecting
black and white, people and
land, past and future.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 65
PIONEERS OF LOVE
POLITICAL FOOTBALL
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 52 MIN
SPORTS & RECREATIONS,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DVC PRO 50 / 55 MIN
PROD CO Orana Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Mark Chapman,
DOCUMENTAARIES
Richard Dennison
DIRECTOR Julie Nimmo
A Russian man settles at ‘Little
Siberia’, far north Queensland,
and marries an Aboriginal
noble woman. The story follows
the family and the history of
Australian race relations in the
20th century.
SALES CONTACT
SBS Program Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9430 3235
FAX +61-2 9430 2882
programsales@sbs.com.au
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Ian Collie,
Michael Cordell
PRODUCER Ian Collie
DIRECTOR James Middleton
WRITER James Middleton
PROD CO
Political Football tells the story
of the Wallabies who, after
representing Australia in Rugby
Union in South Africa, stood
down from selection when
the South African Springboks
toured Australia in 1971, on
the basis that they were not
prepared to play against a
national team that was selected
on the basis of race.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
66 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
THE POVERTY
OF ABUNDANCE
HISTORY & POLITICS
– INTERNATIONAL, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
PROD CO Lilita Productions
PRODUCER Carlos Alperin
DIRECTOR David Bradbury
WRITER Carlos Alperin
In Argentina, palpable
contradictions scream
corruption and distortion, not
just of the nation’s political,
social and economic systems,
but also of the faith of the
Argentinian people in the
enormous possibilities of a
materially abundant nation.
The film follows the life of Raul
Castells, the leader of one of
the most controversial social
movements in Argentina, who is
a modern version of Robin Hood
and leads the charge against
the rich on behalf of the poor.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
PROOF – PORTRAITS
FROM THE MOVEMENT
1978–2003
EDUCATION, HISTORY & POLITICS
– AUSTRALIAN, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
– AUSTRALIA
DV/MINI DV/DVD / 29.5 MIN
Kathy Aigner
Productions
EXEC PROD Marsha Bennett,
Penny McDonald
PRODUCER Kathy Aigner
DIRECTOR Gregory K Young
WRITER Gregory K Young
PROD CO
Interview with renowned
Australian photographer Juno
Gemes as she recalls pivotal and
historical moments in the Civil
Rights Movement of Aboriginal
Australia over the last 30 years,
1978–2003. Accompanied by
her black and white photos
of Indigenous elders, leaders,
artists, educators and activists.
SALES CONTACT
Kathy Aigner Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-422 719 464
atomicconfessions@yahoo.
com.au
PUNJABI LOVE STORY
THE QUIET LIONS
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION,
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 76 MIN
WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 60 MIN
PROD CO Zara Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian McKenzie
PRODUCER Malcolm Rasool,
Kay Rasool
DIRECTOR Kay Rasool
WRITER Kay Rasool
An Australian woman, Jocelyn
Ortt-Saeed, lives with her
husband Saeed in their home
of many years in the Husain
Sugar Mill, in the Punjab region
of Pakistan. Two young people,
Nawaz the cook and Mehnaz
the maid, look after the house,
and live nearby. Filmed over
18 months, this observational
documentary captures the lives
and loves of this household.
Narration by Jocelyn seamlessly
moves the story from the upstairs
to the downstairs; from the
lounge room to the kitchen. This
soap opera of love affairs and
teenage angst happens against
the backdrop of current political
unrest in Pakistan. (Also available
in a 56 min version.)
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
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9908 1091
FAX +61-2 9225 9990
thoughtfilms@optusnet.com.au
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 67
RASH
ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURES
– AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY & POLITICS
– AUSTRALIAN
73 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO Mutiny Media
EXEC PROD Nicholas Hansen
PRODUCER Nicholas Hansen
DIRECTOR Nicholas Hansen
WRITER Nicholas Hansen
Rash is a contemporary
story of Melbourne, and the
artists who make it a living
host for illegal artwork called
‘street art’. This documentary
explores the cultural value of
unsanctioned public art and the
ways it contributes to a very
public dialogue.
SALES CONTACT
Mutiny Media
Australia
PHONE +61-421 762 122
info@mutinymedia.com
REAL LIFE
WATER RATS
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM,
DVC PRO 50 / 4 X 26 MIN
PROD CO Roar Film Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross
PRODUCER Kathryn Symmons,
Craig Dow Sainter
DIRECTOR Varcha Sidwell,
Stephen Thomas
WRITER Varcha Sidwell,
Stephen Thomas
Real Life Water Rats is an
observational documentary
series that follows a group
of highly trained Tasmanian
marine policemen and women
as they scramble dive teams
in raging seas, lead the war
against illegal fishing and drug
smuggling, and keep a tenuous
peace between professional and
amateur fishermen.
SALES CONTACT
Roar Film Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 6231 5966
FAX +61-3 6231 1166
kath@roarfilm.com.au
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
68 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
REEF DREAMS
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 27 MIN
Iguana Film
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD David Jowsey
PRODUCER Paul Roy, Steve Best
DIRECTOR Paul Roy, Steve Best
WRITER Steve Best, Paul Roy
PROD CO
The Great Barrier Reef is one of
the world’s natural wonders, a
maze of coral cays and islands stretching over 2000 kilometres
along the Queensland coast
from Gladstone to the Torres
Strait. The reef is many things
to different people. For some,
it’s a major tourist destination,
a fisherman’s paradise, and a
national park rolled into one.
For others, it’s simply home.
The reef is complex to manage
with competing commercial and
conservational interests. This
series follows the fortunes of
very different people working
or living along the reef, each
dealing with reef issues in their
own way.
SALES CONTACT
Iguana Film Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9958 0020
FAX +61-2 9958 6444
igfilm@ozemail.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
REMEMBERING RAIN
RESCUE AT SEA
REVEALING GALLIPOLI
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
52 MIN
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
EDUCATION, WAR
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 52 MIN
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Megan McMurchy,
Mandy Chang
DIRECTOR Mandy Chang
In the face of the worst
drought on record, the people
of the bush are being forced to
question the very viability of
farming in the driest inhabited
continent on earth.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
PROD CO Fruitful Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Terry Carlyon
PRODUCER Marsha Emerman,
Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
DIRECTOR Marsha Emerman,
Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
In October 2001, the
passengers of SIEV 4 (the
Olong) became notorious to the
Australian public as the ‘boat
people who threw their children
into the water’. This film
examines the journey of the
sailors and the asylum seekers
leading up to and beyond
that rescue, and the days they
spent together on board the
Adelaide, forging relationships
and empathy that all would
remember forever.
SALES CONTACT
Fruitful Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9751 2430
FAX +61-3 9751 2430
terryc@netspace.net.au
December
Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Stephen Amezdroz
PRODUCER Tony Wright,
Stephen Amezdroz
DIRECTOR Wain Fimeri
WRITER Wain Fimeri
PROD CO
Revealing Gallipoli goes
beyond the usual view that
somehow Gallipoli is solely an
ANZAC story. It will not only
tell stories of the Australian
soldiers, but stories from
the Turkish, French, English,
Irish, Welsh, Indian and New
Zealanders. This account will
reveal the Gallipoli campaign
as even more extraordinary
and tragic than when viewed
through the myopia of
nationalism.
SALES CONTACT
S4C International
(Welsh Fourth Channel)
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-292 074 1456
FAX +44-292 074 1456
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 69
RIOT OR REVOLUTION
ROSIE
RPA
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
Parham Media
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian McKenzie
PRODUCER Don Parham
DIRECTOR Don Parham
WRITER Don Parham
PROD CO
HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES
& COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 119 X 30 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
Marking the 150th anniversary,
Riot Or Revolution recounts the
story of the Eureka stockade.
It asks the key question: was
it just a riot by an unruly
mob or did it have the deeper
significance of a potential
revolutionary movement?
Artemis
International Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian Beaton,
Celia Tait
PRODUCER Robin Eastwood
DIRECTOR Debbie Gittins
WRITER Debbie Gittins,
Roy Morseu
This docudrama explores
the troubled life of Rose Fraser,
a ‘stolen generation’ child
who suffered physical and
emotional abuse at the hands
of her foster mother.
SALES CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
Parham Media
Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9723 2882
FAX +61-3 9723 2882
donparham@alphalink.com.au
Artemis International Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 9228 2852
FAX +61-8 9228 4517
brianb@artemisfilms.com
70 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
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
sales@sstar.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
SAVE YOUR LEGS!
SAVING XAVIER
SELLING SICKNESS
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
SPORTS & RECREATIONS, TRAVEL
& ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
HEALTH, CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Big Man Words
& Pictures
PRODUCER Boyd Hicklin,
Jane Liscombe
DIRECTOR Boyd Hicklin
WRITER Boyd Hicklin
PROD CO Virtual Culture
PRODUCER Stephen Frost,
Peta Concannon
DIRECTOR Stephen Frost
WRITER Stephen Frost,
Peta Concannon
Paradigm
Pictures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Chris Hilton
PRODUCER Pat Fiske
DIRECTOR Catherine Scott
WRITER Roy Moynihan,
Catherine Scott
PROD CO
Save Your Legs is the mystical
story of a bold sporting
adventure. How does a team
of suburban amateurs take on
a billion cricket-mad Indians
on their home turf? This
engaging tale shows how the
sporting dreams of the humble
Abbotsford Anglers met harsh
reality on the subcontinent.
SALES CONTACT
Big Man Words & Pictures
Australia
PHONE +61-412 490 999
FAX +61-3 9674 4044
boyd@exit.com.au
Religion, sorcery and medical
science conspire to help a big
man, from the New Guinea
Islands, save himself.
SALES CONTACT
TVF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 520 8550
FAX +44-207 520 8550
marina.matteoni@tvf.co.uk
PROD CO
Selling Sickness explores
the unhealthy relationships
between society, medical
science and the pharmaceutical
industry as they promote their
new miracle cures – selling
not just drugs but also the
latest diseases that go with
them. It looks at the growing
global controversy around
SSRI antidepressants and
follows British psychiatrist,
Dr David Healy, patients and
their families as they rock the
scientific establishment with
accusations that aggressive
drug marketing is blurring the
boundaries between medical
conditions and ordinary
life with potentially deadly
consequences.
SALES CONTACT
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation Int’l Sales
Canada
PHONE +1-416 205 6090
FAX +1-416 205 6090
caroline_tyre@cbc.ca
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 71
SENSING MURDER
SEX CHANGE
SHAKE RATTLE ROLL
6 X 90 MIN
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 55 MIN
HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Luscombe,
Ben Ulm
PROD CO
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO Prime Time Productions
EXEC PROD Rhonda Byrne
PRODUCER Paul Harrington,
Lisa Potasz, Anna Gregory
DIRECTOR Sian Davies,
Drew Heriot, James Armstrong,
George Underwood
WRITER Rhonda Byrne,
Paul Harrington, Drew Heriot
Presented by acclaimed
Australian actress Rebecca
Gibney, Sensing Murder is a 90
minute true crime documentary
drama series. Each program
investigates one chilling,
unsolved murder, recreating the
victims’ last moments based on
forensic information, extensive
research with case experts and
family, along with interviews
from police who were involved
in the investigation. Sensing
Murder then takes the viewer to
another level of investigation
with the inclusion of several
highly skilled psychics
who shed new light on the
mysteries.
PROD CO
Two one-hour documentaries
about people going through
the many stages of gender
reassignment.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Zodiak/MTV Mastiff
International
Denmark
PHONE +45-3555 0550
FAX +45-3555 0550
info@mtv.se
72 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Pericles Film
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Andrew Wiseman
DIRECTOR Andrew Wiseman
WRITER Andrew Wiseman
Ross Collins is on a journey.
Over 10 years ago, at the age
of 33, he was diagnosed with
Parkinson’s. Now he wants to be
the man he was.
SALES CONTACT
Pericles Film Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9417 6622
FAX +61-3 9417 0597
andrew@periclesfilms.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
THE SHEARERS
SILMA’S SCHOOL
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, EDUCATION,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 4 X 26.5 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION, EDUCATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
PROD CO Abracadabra Films
PRODUCER Stella Zammataro,
PROD CO Firefly Productions
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross,
Luigi Acquisto
DIRECTOR Luigi Acquisto,
Andrew Sully
WRITER Andrew Sully
Jane Jeffes
PRODUCER Jane Jeffes
DIRECTOR Jane Jeffes
WRITER Jane Jeffes
The Shearers is a 4 x 1/2 hour
documentary series designed
for ABC-TV’s Reality Bites time
slot. It is both a contemporary
observational style story about
a group of young Tasmanian
shearers trying to break into
the profession and a narrative
about the industry’s rich and
turbulent history in Australia.
Silma Ihram has dedicated
her life to establishing a
school which will produce the
next generation of Australian
Muslims. It’s a dream she’s
given everything for – but the
dream turned into a nightmare
when she discovered that
her pupils were sitting on
contaminated land. Fighting to
reestablish her school, Silma
must juggle a bitter legal battle
and financial difficulties with
the needs of her students.
Can the school survive while
its principal pursues her
day in court and the justice
her students deserve? (Also
available in a 82 minute
version.)
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SISTER LOURDES
– FAITH IN A NATION
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
RELIGION
29 MIN
ABC TV Religion
and Ethics Unit
PRODUCER Catherine Marciniak
PROD CO
Sister Lourdes is a hero of East
Timor’s revolution and a radical
nun who inspired the enemy to
help her country’s poor. She has
started a new mixed religious
group who are now trying to
motivate the new nation’s
people to undo the damage of a
500-year history of colonialism
and military occupation.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 73
STANDARD OF
PERFECTION
RELIGION, CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 2 X 60 MIN
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO Radio Pictures
EXEC PROD Mark Lewis
DIRECTOR Mark Lewis
Pty Ltd
Mark Lewis takes viewers on
an amusing journey behind
the scenes of the Fryeburg
Cattle Show in Maine, and
the International Cat Show in
Houston, Texas, exposing the
intense preparation involved
in priming an animal for the
biggest show of the year.
SALES CONTACT
Off The Fence BV
Netherlands
PHONE +31-20520 0222
FAX +31-20520 0222
ellen.windemuth@
offthefence.com
STILL CROAKING
STREET PRACTICE
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
BETACAM / 26 MIN
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
4 X 30 MIN
Stoney Creek
Productions
EXEC PROD Dione Gilmour,
Gill Lomas
PRODUCER Lou Petho
DIRECTOR Lou Petho
WRITER Lou Petho
PROD CO
PROD CO
When a property developer finds
endangered green and golden
bell frogs on a site, work stops.
To find a solution they bring
in biologist Arthur White who
convinces the developers to
spend over $1 million to build
new ponds for the frogs away
from the building site.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
74 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Michael Cordell,
Ian Collie
DIRECTOR Michael Cordell
Street Practice is a four-part
observational series about the
blooding of young lawyers.
Set at Kingsford Legal Centre,
part of the UNSW Law School
whose graduates are seen
as the pick of the country’s
legal crop, it follows those
who choose to undertake a
‘tour-of-duty’ working as legal
clerks. They take on their first
real cases and deal with their
first real clients. It’s where the
lessons stop and the real world
begins…
SALES CONTACT
Hilton Cordell
Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9365 4346
FAX +61-2 9365 4542
deborah.szapiro@
hiltoncordell.com
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
SUBMARINERS
SUPER FLU
SURFING THE MENU
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 6 X 26 MIN
HEALTH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
HD / 52 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 16 X 26 MIN
Electric
Pictures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie
DIRECTOR Hugh Piper
WRITER Hugh Piper, Steve Westh
PROD CO
Get up-close and personal
with the crew of HMAS Rankin,
the newest of Australia’s
controversial Collins class
submarines, as they sail half
way around the world to take
on the best of the US Navy.
SALES CONTACT
RDF International
United Kingdom
PHONE +44-207 013 4408
FAX +44-207 013 4408
sales@rdfinternational.com
Electric
Pictures Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie
DIRECTOR Stefan Moore
WRITER Stefan Moore
PROD CO
Super Flu investigates the race
to combat what is arguably the
most deadly threat to humanity
today: the avian flu virus
known as HSN1.
SALES CONTACT
National Geographic
Television & Film
United States
PHONE +1-202 857 7000
FAX +1-202 857 7000
PROD CO Mago Films
PRODUCER Marian Bartsch
The second series of this
cultural gourmet, travel
and adventure program
will continue the successful
format of the first series,and
see Ben and Curtis travel
through stunning scenery, meet
genuine characters, explore
the history of places and meet
passionate producers.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 75
TAYLOR MADE
TESTING TAKLO
TOMBOY
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, ETHNIC
GROUPS & IMMIGRATION, TRANSPORT
& COMMUNICATIONS
DVC PRO 50 / 26 MIN
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE, WOMEN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
Arcimedia,
Pro-Digital Productions
PRODUCER Claire Jager
DIRECTOR Troy Melville
WRITER Troy Melville
PRODUCER Judith Cobb
DIRECTOR Judith Cobb
WRITER Judith Cobb
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO Rebel Films Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Brian McKenzie
PRODUCER Jeni McMahon
DIRECTOR David Batty
WRITER David Batty
Phil Taylor lives in the northern
NSW town of Murwillumbah
and sells second-hand cars at
‘Taylor Made Car Sales and Hire’.
Every year his family enters
a float in the town’s Banana
Festival. But this year a cloud
of smoke surrounds his entry to
the parade. Director David Batty
explores the unique world of
his cousin Phil in a celebration
of bananas, family and the
wonderful world of cars.
SALES CONTACT
Rebel Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9388 2788
FAX +61-3 9388 2910
jen@rebelfilms.com.au
PROD CO
Taklo is an Ethiopian refugee
who wants his driving licence.
But Taklo is not a good driver.
Helen, his Hobart neighbour,
offers to help and a friendship
blossoms that is about far more
than learning to drive. After
four failed attempts, the fifth
test finally arrives and Taklo is
terribly nervous. After half an
hour, Taklo and the tester are
still not back and Helen fears
the worst again…
SALES CONTACT
Pro-Digital Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-3 6231 1826
tmelville@iprimus.com.au
76 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Tomboy explores the pleasures
and possibilities of childhood
tomboy experiences. Meet four
tomboys who have refused
to ‘grow out of it’ and now
challenge the ‘rules’ and codes
of the gender system. Tomboy
is a warm and engaging film
that positions tomboy identity
as positive and empowering.
SALES CONTACT
Judith Cobb
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9514 1937
judith.cobb@uts.edu.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
TOTALLY AUSTRALIA
TRAFFICKED
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 62 X 45 MIN
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 56 MIN
PROD CO Network Ten Australia
EXEC PROD Cherrie Bottger
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
Network Ten Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9650 1010
FAX +61-2 9650 1111
Abracadabra Films,
Film Australia
EXEC PROD Anna Grieve,
Franco di Chiera
PRODUCER Luigi Acquisto,
Stella Zammataro
DIRECTOR Luigi Acquisto
WRITER Luigi Acquisto,
Chris Payne
PROD CO
Haunted by a decade old
case, a former police officer
investigates how a young Thai
girl was sold as a sex slave to a
Sydney brothel.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
TRUTH, LIES AND
INTELLIGENCE
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL,
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
52 MIN
PROD CO Purple Pictures
PRODUCER Carmel Travers
DIRECTOR Carmel Travers
WRITER Carmel Travers
Chronicles the succession of
‘intelligence’ adjustments
that occurred in the lead-up
to the Iraqi ‘war on terror’.
The film will also tell a
human story behind the Iraq
War, extrapolating from the
acknowledged intelligence
failures the human cost borne
by the Iraqi people and others
whose lives have changed
irrevocably. (Also available in a
70 minute version)
SALES CONTACT
Purple Pictures
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9383 4482
FAX +61-2 9383 4441
admin@purplepictures.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 77
TUG OF LOVE
UNCHAIN MY HEART
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY, SOCIAL
ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE,
CHILDREN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN, HISTORY
& POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
DIGITAL BETACAM / 26 MIN
PROD CO
Electric Pictures
DOCUMENTAARIES
Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Andrew Ogilvie
PRODUCER Andrew Ogilvie
DIRECTOR Tosca Looby
WRITER Victor Gentile,
Tosca Looby
Almost every week in Australia
another child disappears, but
they aren’t being snatched
by predatory strangers. In
almost every case, children are
abducted by a person they love.
SALES CONTACT
ABC Content Sales
Australia
PHONE +61-2 8333 3732
FAX +61-2 8333 3975
abc.contentsales@abc.net.au
Nathan Mayfield,
Tracey Robertson
DIRECTOR Anthony Mullins
WRITER Anthony Mullins,
Nathan Mayfield
PRODUCER
A Burmese refugee must decide
whether his public protests will
endanger not only his family
still living in Burma, but also
his relationship with his new
family in Australia.
SALES CONTACT
Hoodlum Entertainment Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-7 3846 2123
FAX +61-7 3846 5699
nathan@hoodlum.com.au
UNDERCOVER ANGELS:
SEX, SPIES AND
SURVEILLANCE
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE,
WOMEN
DV/MINI DV/DIGITAL BETACAM/DVD/
VHS / 26 MIN
PROD CO Circe Films Pty
PRODUCER Beth Frey,
Ltd
Lizzette Atkins
DIRECTOR Shannon Sleeth
WRITER Shannon Sleeth
Three beautiful women have
just graduated as private
investigators and are about
to embark on their first
real assignments under the
watchful eye of master PI,
Charles Rahim. They all want
to impress, be employed by
Charles in his elite firm and
change their lives by entering
the PI world of mystery
and danger. In a fiercely
competitive industry where it
is difficult to get a break, this
chance with Charles may be the
only one they get.
SALES CONTACT
Circe Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9525 8486
FAX +61-3 9525 8416
blackout@bigpond.net.au
78 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
VIETNAM NURSES
(WORKING TITLE)
HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL,
WAR, WOMEN
DV/MINI DV / 52 MIN
PROD CO Circe Films Pty
EXEC PROD Beth Frey,
Ltd
Lizzette Atkins
PRODUCER Beth Frey,
Lizzette Atkins
DIRECTOR Polly Watkins
WRITER Polly Watkins
The untold story of the
young Australian Army nurses
who served at the only
Australian-run field hospital in
the Vietnam War.
SALES CONTACT
Circe Films Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9525 8486
FAX +61-3 9525 8416
blackout@bigpond.net.au
VIETNAM SYMPHONY
PERFORMING ARTS, CULTURES
– INTERNATIONAL, HISTORY
& POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Stonebridge
Productions, Film Australia
EXEC PROD Penny Robins
PRODUCER Kerry Herman
DIRECTOR Tom Zubrycki
WRITER Tom Zubrycki
PROD CO
In 1965, as Hanoi faced the
threat of massive US bombing,
students and teachers from
the conservatorium of music
fled to the countryside, where
they built an entire campus
underground: this is their story.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
WELCOME 2
MY DEAF WORLD
CHILDREN, CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN,
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY
WELFARE
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Singing Nomads
Productions Pty Ltd
PRODUCER Sally Ingleton
DIRECTOR Helen Gaynor
WRITER Sally Ingleton, Helen
Gaynor
PROD CO
Set in the Victorian College
of the Deaf, Welcome 2 My
Deaf World follows Scott and
Bethany through their last
few months of schooling.
Their world is one of rich
culture and human possibility,
with its own language, rules,
challenges and inspirations.
SALES CONTACT
Singing Nomads
Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-3 9482 1990
FAX +61-3 9482 3935
sally@singingnomads.com
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 79
WHEN ANAESTHESIA
FAILS 2
WHEN SURGICAL TOOLS
GET LEFT BEHIND
WHO’S AFRAID OF
DESIGNER BABIES?
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 50 MIN
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 52 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Luscombe,
Ben Ulm
PROD CO
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Luscombe,
Ben Ulm
PROD CO Film Australia
EXEC PROD Mark Hamlyn
PRODUCER Stuart Menzies,
Gives first-hand accounts of
people who have experienced
awareness during surgery.
This one-hour documentary
gives first-hand accounts of
people who have suffered the
unwanted legacy of surgical
tools being left inside them.
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
80 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
Tony Wright
DIRECTOR Sean Cousins
WRITER Sean Cousins
The decision of a couple to use
embryo-screening technology
to save their son’s life raises
complex and emotional issues
about our potential to ‘design’
our descendants.
SALES CONTACT
Film Australia
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9413 8777
FAX +61-2 9416 5672
sales@filmaust.com.au
D O C U M E N TA R I E S
WILD VALLEY
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
3 X 30 MIN
PROD CO Vue Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Dasha Ross
PRODUCER Alan Lindsay,
Helen Clucas
DIRECTOR Alan Lindsay
WRITER Alan Lindsay
Craig and Tahnee are licensed
brumby runners living amongst
the beautiful wilderness of
the high country. They plan
to marry outdoors in just a
few weeks’ time. But nature
has other plans for them.
Vast, marauding bushfires
sweep the terrain, scuppering
their immediate wedding plans
and threatening not just their
home but their very lives.
The terrifying experience
of the fires, and the
predicament of the brumbies,
inspire Craig and Tahnee to
pursue a dream: to create a
sanctuary for the brumbies.
SALES CONTACT
NDR International TV
(Nordeutscher Rundfunk)
Germany
PHONE +49-404 1560
FAX +49-404 1560
WILDLIFE ADVENTURES
WITH DAVID IRELAND:
GIANT MORAY EEL
WILDLIFE ADVENTURES
WITH DAVID IRELAND:
OUTBACK SERPENTS
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 44 MIN
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
DIGITAL BETACAM / 44 MIN
PROD CO David Ireland Films
PRODUCER David Ireland
DIRECTOR David Ireland
PROD CO David Ireland Films
PRODUCER David Ireland
DIRECTOR David Ireland
WRITER David Ireland
Episode number 7 in the
Wildlife Adventures With David
Ireland series. In this episode
David explores Christmas
Island in the Indian Ocean.
He encounters giant crabs,
predator birds, dangerous caves
and shipwrecks, and eventually
hand feeds a giant moray eel.
SALES CONTACT
David Ireland Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9523 4271
direland@idx.com.au
The film showcases Australia’s
splendid outback scenery
from deserts to mountains,
to the unbelievable Northern
Territory gorges, springs and
rivers. The film also showcases
David’s ability to catch by
hand some of Australia’s most
deadly snakes, including death
adders and the incredibly fast
whip snakes. Some scenes
in the movie are especially
breathtaking as David swims in
crocodile-infested rivers with
pythons, file snakes and turtles.
Outback Serpents is a must-see
Australian outback/action TV
special.
SALES CONTACT
David Ireland Productions
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9523 4271
direland@idx.com.au
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 81
WINGS OF THE NIGHT
YELLOW FELLA
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY,
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
HD CAM / 55 MIN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA,
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN,
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
DIGITAL BETACAM / 25 MIN
Gulliver Media
Australia Pty Ltd,
Marco Polo Film
EXEC PROD Klaus Scheurich,
Annette Scheurich
PRODUCER Larry Zetlin, Annette
Scheurich
DIRECTOR Phil Lomas
WRITER Annette Scheurich
PROD CO
DOCUMENTAARIES
PROD CO
The flying fox, and bats in
general, carry an incredible
weight of false myth on their
leathery wings. This program
seeks to demythologise this
flying mammal by creating
a new story - a combination
of observation, scientific
knowledge and Aboriginal
stories. (Also available 48 mins)
SALES CONTACT
ZDF Enterprises
Germany
PHONE +49-6131 9910
FAX +49-6131 9910
enterprises@zdf.de
CAAMA
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD Citt Williams
PRODUCER Citt Williams
DIRECTOR Ivan Sen
WRITER Tom E Lewis, Fleur Parry
In 1978, Tom Lewis appeared
in the Australian feature ‘The
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith’.
Jimmie Blacksmith’s life was
hauntingly close to Tom’s own:
a young man struggling for a
foothold on the edge of two
cultures. Tom’s mother is a
traditional Indigenous woman
of southern Arnhem Land, his
father a Welsh stockman who
he never really knew. Yellow
Fella is a journey across the
land and into Tom’s past as he
attempts to find the resting
place of his father.
SALES CONTACT
CAAMA Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
PHONE +61-8 8951 9777
FAX +61-8 8951 9717
productions@caama.com.au
82 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2005
YOU SWALLOWED
WHAT?
HEALTH
DIGITAL BETACAM / 55 MIN
Beyond
Productions Pty Ltd
EXEC PROD John Luscombe,
Ben Ulm
PROD CO
You Swallowed What? is a
weird buffet of indigestibles
and accounts of people who
bit off more than they could
ever chew.
SALES CONTACT
Beyond Distribution
Australia
PHONE +61-2 9437 2000
FAX +61-2 9437 2132
distribution@beyond.com.au
S
D O C U M E N T A R Y DSOUCBUJME ECNT T IANRDI E X
ARTS & CRAFTS
Crookhat and Camphoo .....................................39
Girl in a Mirror................................................. 46
Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today .......................53
Peter Berner’s Loaded Brush ..............................65
RASH .............................................................68
The Art of Healing............................................31
The Art of War ................................................. 32
The Mombassa Manifesto ...................................59
CHILDREN
Little Aussies Big Dreams ..................................55
Tug of Love .....................................................78
Welcome 2 My Deaf World ..................................79
CULTURES – AUSTRALIAN
A Pig, a Chicken and a Bag of Rice .....................65
All About Olive ................................................29
Anthem ..........................................................31
Australia’s Deadliest Destinations .......................33
Australian Icons – Towns ...................................33
Australian Story ...............................................34
Bougainville Sky ..............................................36
Counting the Days ............................................38
Crookhat and Camphoo .....................................39
Dynasties ........................................................43
Everyone Loves a Wedding .................................44
Fast Trackers ...................................................45
Girl in a Mirror................................................. 46
Gladiatrix .......................................................47
Gone to a Good Home .......................................48
Heat in the Kitchen ..........................................49
Hoover’s Gold ..................................................50
Hot Rod Build Off ............................................ 50
Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today .......................53
Knot at Home ..................................................53
Little Aussies Big Dreams ..................................55
Little Sister ..................................................... 55
Made in Heaven ...............................................57
Moving ...........................................................59
On a Wind and a Prayer:
Cyclone Tracy 30 Years On .................................62
Opal Fever ...................................................... 62
Open Cut ........................................................63
Our Bush Wedding ............................................63
Outback House ................................................64
Packed Lunch ..................................................64
Peter Berner’s Loaded Brush ..............................65
Pioneers of Love ..............................................66
Punjabi Love Story ...........................................67
RASH .............................................................68
Real Life Water Rats .........................................68
Silma’s School ................................................. 73
Submariners ....................................................75
Surfing the Menu .............................................75
Taylor Made.....................................................76
Testing Taklo ...................................................76
The Art of Healing............................................31
The Colony ......................................................38
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia .........49
The Last Valley ................................................54
The Lore of Love ..............................................56
The Mighty Eels ...............................................58
The Mombassa Manifesto ...................................59
The Pilot’s Funeral............................................ 65
The Shearers ...................................................73
Totally Australia ..............................................77
Unchain My Heart ............................................78
Welcome 2 My Deaf World ..................................79
Wild Valley ......................................................81
Yellow Fella .....................................................82
CULTURES – INTERNATIONAL
A Pig, a Chicken and a Bag of Rice .....................65
Animal X ........................................................30
Dear Juliet ......................................................41
Fast Trackers ...................................................45
Girls from Ipanema...........................................47
Hula Girls .......................................................51
In the Shadow of the Palms – Iraq ......................51
Iraq, My Country ..............................................52
Mystery of the Disorderly Warriors .......................60
Of Dogs and Gods
– A Social History of the Dog in China.................61
Operation Babylift............................................63
Save Your Legs! ...............................................71
Saving Xavier .................................................. 71
Sister Lourdes – Faith in a Nation .......................73
Standard of Perfection ......................................74
The Lost Children of Tibet .................................56
The Occidental Tourist ......................................61
Truth, Lies and Intelligence ...............................77
Vietnam Symphony ...........................................79
EDUCATION
Bouncing Castle ...............................................36
Bronte – Tears to Triumph .................................37
Hearing James .................................................48
Ok, Let’s Talk About Me .....................................61
Proof – Portraits From
the Movement 1978–2003 .................................67
Revealing Gallipoli ...........................................69
Silma’s School ................................................. 73
The Crocodile Hunter ........................................ 39
The Shearers ...................................................73
SEPTEMBER 2005 AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA & DOCUMENTARY 83
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
HISTORY & POLITICS – AUSTRALIAN
Animal Lifeline ................................................30
Australia’s Deadliest Destinations .......................33
Australian Atomic Confessions............................33
Blowin’ in the Wind ..........................................35
Crown of Thorns ...............................................40
Reef Dreams ....................................................68
Remembering Rain ...........................................69
Still Croaking ..................................................74
The Last Valley ................................................54
Totally Australia ..............................................77
Wings of the Night ...........................................82
Abortion, Corruption and Cops
– The Bertram Wainer Story ...............................28
About AJ ........................................................29
All About Olive ................................................29
Anthem ..........................................................31
Australian Atomic Confessions............................33
Australian Icons – Towns ...................................33
Blowin’ in the Wind ..........................................35
Case 442 ........................................................38
Dirty War ........................................................ 42
Dynasties ........................................................43
Gone to a Good Home .......................................48
Hoover’s Gold ..................................................50
Just Married ....................................................52
Killers in Eden .................................................53
Knot at Home ..................................................53
Moving ...........................................................59
Mparntwe Sacred Sites ......................................60
On a Wind and a Prayer:
Cyclone Tracy 30 Years On .................................62
Open Cut ........................................................63
Outback House ................................................64
Passengers in Time:
the March of the Living 2004 .............................64
Pioneers of Love ..............................................66
Political Football ............................................. 66
Proof – Portraits From
the Movement 1978–2003 .................................67
RASH .............................................................68
Riot or Revolution ............................................70
The Artist, the QC and the Refugee .....................32
The Colony ......................................................38
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia .........49
The Last Valley ................................................54
The Mighty Bears .............................................58
The Mighty Eels ...............................................58
The Minefield ..................................................58
The Shearers ...................................................73
Yellow Fella .....................................................82
INDEXES
ETHNIC GROUPS & IMMIGRATION
All Points of the Compass ..................................30
Anthem ..........................................................31
Border Security ...............................................35
Endangered .....................................................44
Iraq, My Country ..............................................52
Passengers in Time:
the March of the Living 2004 .............................64
Pioneers of Love ..............................................66
Punjabi Love Story ...........................................67
Rescue at Sea ..................................................69
Silma’s School ................................................. 73
Testing Taklo ...................................................76
The Artist, the QC and the Refugee .....................32
Unchain My Heart ............................................78
FILM & MEDIA
Hyde Behind the Scenes ....................................51
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan ..................55
HEALTH
Broken Open ...................................................36
Bronte – Tears to Triumph .................................37
Counting the Days ............................................38
Crossing the Line .............................................40
Gift of Life ......................................................46
High or Dry .....................................................50
Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life ..........................52
Medical Incredible............................................57
RPA ...............................................................70
Saving Xavier .................................................. 71
Selling Sickness ...............................................71
Sex Change .....................................................72
Shake Rattle Roll ............................................. 72
Super Flu ........................................................75
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan ..................55
When Anaesthesia Fails 2 ..................................80
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind ...................80
You Swallowed What? .......................................82
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HISTORY & POLITICS – INTERNATIONAL
PERFORMING ARTS
All Points of the Compass ..................................30
Dirty War ........................................................ 42
Hula Girls .......................................................51
Land Mines – A Love Story ................................54
Mystery of the Disorderly Warriors .......................60
Of Dogs and Gods
– A Social History of the Dog in China.................61
Passengers in Time:
the March of the Living 2004 .............................64
Revealing Gallipoli ...........................................69
Sister Lourdes – Faith in a Nation .......................73
The Mighty Bears .............................................58
The Occidental Tourist ......................................61
The Poverty of Abundance .................................66
Truth, Lies and Intelligence ...............................77
Unchain My Heart ............................................78
Vietnam Nurses (working title) ...........................79
Vietnam Symphony ...........................................79
Fly on the Wall Messiah .....................................45
Hyde Behind the Scenes ....................................51
Little Aussies Big Dreams ..................................55
The Mombassa Manifesto ...................................59
Vietnam Symphony ...........................................79
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – AUSTRALIA
4 Wheel Dreaming ............................................28
5 Seasons .......................................................28
About AJ ........................................................29
Australian Atomic Confessions............................33
Blaktrax .........................................................35
Case 442 ........................................................38
Crookhat and Camphoo .....................................39
Crossing the Line .............................................40
Endangered .....................................................44
Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today .......................53
Missing ..........................................................59
Mparntwe Sacred Sites ......................................60
Proof – Portraits From
the Movement 1978–2003 .................................67
Rosie .............................................................70
The Art of Healing............................................31
The Colony ......................................................38
The Lore of Love ..............................................56
The Pilot’s Funeral............................................ 65
Wings of the Night ...........................................82
Yellow Fella .....................................................82
LABOUR, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE
Dust to Dust ...................................................43
Remembering Rain ...........................................69
Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies and Surveillance .....78
RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY
Are You Too Busy To Watch This? ........................31
Bouncing Castle ...............................................36
Bruce and Me ..................................................37
Case 442 ........................................................38
Dear Juliet ......................................................41
Desperately Seeking Sheila ................................41
Divorce Stories ................................................42
Endangered .....................................................44
Girl in a Mirror................................................. 46
Hearing James .................................................48
High or Dry .....................................................50
Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life ..........................52
Just Married ....................................................52
Knot at Home ..................................................53
Liberty in Restraint ..........................................54
Ok, Let’s Talk About Me .....................................61
Packed Lunch ..................................................64
Punjabi Love Story ...........................................67
Shake Rattle Roll ............................................. 72
The Cardinal’s Cousin ........................................37
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia .........49
The Lost Tribe .................................................56
Tomboy ..........................................................76
Tug of Love .....................................................78
RELIGION
A Pig, a Chicken and a Bag of Rice .....................65
Embracing the Enemy .......................................44
Fly on the Wall Messiah .....................................45
Little Sister ..................................................... 55
Made in Heaven ...............................................57
Of Dogs and Gods
– A Social History of the Dog in China.................61
Sister Lourdes – Faith in a Nation .......................73
Standard of Perfection ......................................74
The Cardinal’s Cousin ........................................37
The Lost Tribe .................................................56
LITERATURE
Dear Juliet ......................................................41
Hyde Behind the Scenes ....................................51
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
SPORTS & RECREATIONS
Heart of the Sun ..............................................49
Mythbusters ....................................................60
Open Cut ........................................................63
Super Flu ........................................................75
Totally Australia ..............................................77
Who’s Afraid of Designer Babies? ........................80
AKA Girl Surfer ................................................ 29
Dope: The Battle for the Soul of Sport .................42
Fast Trackers ...................................................45
Gladiatrix .......................................................47
Packed Lunch ..................................................64
Political Football ............................................. 66
Save Your Legs! ...............................................71
The Eighth Summit ...........................................43
The Mighty Bears .............................................58
The Mighty Eels ...............................................58
INDEXES
SOCIAL ISSUES & COMMUNITY WELFARE
Abortion, Corruption and Cops
– The Bertram Wainer Story ...............................28
About AJ ........................................................29
Are You Too Busy To Watch This? ........................31
Australian Story ...............................................34
Bougainville Sky ..............................................36
Bouncing Castle ...............................................36
Broken Open ...................................................36
Bronte – Tears to Triumph .................................37
Crossing the Line .............................................40
Crown of Thorns ...............................................40
Embracing the Enemy .......................................44
Gift of Life ......................................................46
Gone to a Good Home .......................................48
Gretel’s Gang and the African Wave .....................48
Hearing James .................................................48
High or Dry .....................................................50
Just Married ....................................................52
Missing ..........................................................59
Mparntwe Sacred Sites ......................................60
Ok, Let’s Talk About Me .....................................61
Operation Babylift............................................63
Reef Dreams ....................................................68
Remembering Rain ...........................................69
RPA ...............................................................70
Street Practice .................................................74
Submariners ....................................................75
The Artist, the QC and the Refugee .....................32
The Big Lie .....................................................34
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan ..................55
The Lost Tribe .................................................56
The Poverty of Abundance .................................66
Tomboy ..........................................................76
Trafficked .......................................................77
Tug of Love .....................................................78
Welcome 2 My Deaf World ..................................79
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS
Border Security ...............................................35
On a Wind and a Prayer:
Cyclone Tracy 30 Years On .................................62
Testing Taklo ...................................................76
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
A Fork in the Road ...........................................46
AKA Girl Surfer ................................................ 29
Australia’s Deadliest Destinations .......................33
Border Security ...............................................35
In the Shadow of the Palms – Iraq ......................51
Mad Mike & Mark 2 ...........................................57
Opal Fever ...................................................... 62
Save Your Legs! ...............................................71
Surfing the Menu .............................................75
The Crocodile Hunter ........................................ 39
The Eighth Summit ...........................................43
The Occidental Tourist ......................................61
The Once and Future City ..................................62
WAR
Bougainville Sky ..............................................36
Embracing the Enemy .......................................44
In the Shadow of the Palms – Iraq ......................51
Iraq, My Country ..............................................52
Missing ..........................................................59
Operation Babylift............................................63
Revealing Gallipoli ...........................................69
The Art of War ................................................. 32
The Minefield ..................................................58
The Quiet Lions ...............................................67
Vietnam Nurses (working title) ...........................79
D O C U M E N TA RY S U B J E C T I N D E X
WILDLIFE & NATURAL HISTORY
Animal Lifeline ................................................30
Animal X ........................................................30
Aussie Animal Rescue .......................................32
Backyard Killers ...............................................34
Crown of Thorns ...............................................40
Devil Diary ......................................................41
Goannas and the Rubbish Frogs ..........................47
Killers in Eden .................................................53
Reef Dreams ....................................................68
Still Croaking ..................................................74
The Crocodile Hunter ........................................ 39
The Crocodile Hunter Diaries ..............................39
Wildlife Adventures with David Ireland:
Giant Moray Eel ............................................... 81
Wildlife Adventures with David Ireland:
Outback Serpents .............................................81
Wings of the Night ...........................................82
WOMEN
Abortion, Corruption and Cops
– The Bertram Wainer Story ...............................28
AKA Girl Surfer ................................................ 29
All About Olive ................................................29
Are You Too Busy To Watch This? ........................31
Bruce and Me ..................................................37
Counting the Days ............................................38
Deadly Women .................................................40
Girls from Ipanema...........................................47
Gladiatrix .......................................................47
Hula Girls .......................................................51
Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life ..........................52
Little Sister ..................................................... 55
The Eighth Summit ...........................................43
The Lore of Love ..............................................56
Tomboy ..........................................................76
Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies and Surveillance .....78
Vietnam Nurses (working title) ...........................79
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INDEXES
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TV DRAMA TITLE INDEX
A
Alice, The Series/Serials ....................................13
All Saints Series/Serials ....................................13
Answered by Fire Mini-Series..............................11
B
Bad Hair Rae Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) .....19
Beach House Telemovie ...................................... 6
Big Reef Telemovie ............................................ 6
BlackJack: At the Gates Telemovie ....................... 6
BlackJack: Dead Memory Telemovie ...................... 7
BlackJack: Ghosts Telemovie ............................... 7
Blinky Bill’s Around the World
Adventure Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) .........19
Blinky Bill’s White Christmas
Children’s Programs (Telemovie) .........................19
Blue Heelers Series/Serials ................................13
Blue Water High
Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ......................20
Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend
Corky Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) .............20
C
Call Me Mum Telemovie ...................................... 7
Comedy Inc Series/Serials..................................14
D
Deadly Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ............20
E
Eggs, The Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ........21
F
Faireez Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) .............21
Flipper & Lopaka
Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ........................21
Foreign Exchange
Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ......................22
G
Glenmoore Job, The Telemovie ............................ 8
H
Headland Series/Serials.....................................14
Hell Has Harbour Views Telemovie ........................ 8
Holly’s Heroes Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ....22
Home and Away Series/Serials ............................14
K
Kath and Kim Series/Serials ...............................15
L
Last Man Standing Series/Serials ........................15
Little Oberon Telemovie ..................................... 8
Love My Way Series/Serials ...............................15
M
Mary Bryant Mini-Series ....................................11
McLeod’s Daughters Series/Serials.......................16
MDA Series/Serials ...........................................16
N
Neighbours Series/Serials ..................................16
O
One Minute to Midnight Series/Serials .................17
PQ
Parallax Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ............22
Pizza Series/Serials ..........................................17
R
Remote Area Nurse (R.A.N.) Mini-Series ...............11
Russell Coight’s Celebrity Challenge Telemovie ....... 9
S
Scooter: Secret Agent
Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ........................23
Seaside Hotel Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ....23
Shapies, The Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) ....23
Silence, The Telemovie ....................................... 9
Small Claims 2 – The Wedding Telemovie ............... 9
Small Claims 3 – The Reunion Telemovie ..............10
Staines Down Drains
Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ........................24
Stingers Series/Serials ......................................17
Stranded Telemovie ..........................................10
Streetsmartz Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ......24
Supernova Series/Serials ...................................18
Surgeon, The Series/Serials................................18
TUV
Through My Eyes Mini-Series ..............................12
Time Cracks Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) .....24
Toddworld Children’s Programs (Series/Serial) .......25
WXYZ
We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian
of the Year Series/Serials ..................................18
Wicked Science
Children’s Programs (Mini-Series) ........................25
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INDEXES
A
4 Wheel Dreaming ............................................28
5 Seasons .......................................................28
Abortion, Corruption and Cops
– The Bertram Wainer Story ...............................28
About AJ ........................................................29
AKA Girl Surfer ................................................ 29
All About Olive ................................................29
All Points of the Compass ..................................30
Animal Lifeline ................................................30
Animal X ........................................................30
Anthem ..........................................................31
Are You Too Busy To Watch This? ........................31
The Art of Healing............................................31
The Art of War ................................................. 32
The Artist, the QC and the Refugee .....................32
Aussie Animal Rescue .......................................32
Australia’s Deadliest Destinations .......................33
Australian Atomic Confessions............................33
Australian Icons – Towns ...................................33
Australian Story ...............................................34
B
Backyard Killers ...............................................34
The Big Lie .....................................................34
Blaktrax .........................................................35
Blowin’ in the Wind ..........................................35
Border Security ...............................................35
Bougainville Sky ..............................................36
Bouncing Castle ...............................................36
Broken Open ...................................................36
Bronte – Tears to Triumph .................................37
Bruce and Me ..................................................37
C
The Cardinal’s Cousin ........................................37
Case 442 ........................................................38
The Colony ......................................................38
Counting the Days ............................................38
The Crocodile Hunter Diaries ..............................39
The Crocodile Hunter ........................................ 39
Crookhat and Camphoo .....................................39
Crossing the Line .............................................40
Crown of Thorns ...............................................40
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D
Deadly Women .................................................40
Dear Juliet ......................................................41
Desperately Seeking Sheila ................................41
Devil Diary ......................................................41
Dirty War ........................................................ 42
Divorce Stories ................................................42
Dope: The Battle for the Soul of Sport .................42
Dust to Dust ...................................................43
Dynasties ........................................................43
E
The Eighth Summit ...........................................43
Embracing the Enemy .......................................44
Endangered .....................................................44
Everyone Loves a Wedding .................................44
F
Fast Trackers ...................................................45
Fly on the Wall Messiah .....................................45
Forensic Investigators.......................................45
A Fork in the Road ...........................................46
G
Gift of Life ......................................................46
Girl in a Mirror................................................. 46
Girls from Ipanema...........................................47
Gladiatrix .......................................................47
Goannas and the Rubbish Frogs ..........................47
Gone to a Good Home .......................................48
Gretel’s Gang and the African Wave .....................48
H
Hearing James .................................................48
Heart of the Sun ..............................................49
Heat in the Kitchen ..........................................49
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia .........49
High or Dry .....................................................50
Hoover’s Gold ..................................................50
Hot Rod Build Off ............................................ 50
Hula Girls .......................................................51
Hyde Behind the Scenes ....................................51
I
In the Shadow of the Palms – Iraq ......................51
Iraq, My Country ..............................................52
D O C U M E N TA RY T I T L E I N D E X
J
Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life ..........................52
Just Married ....................................................52
K
Karli Jalangu – Boomerang Today .......................53
Killers in Eden .................................................53
Knot at Home ..................................................53
L
Land Mines – A Love Story ................................54
The Last Valley ................................................54
Liberty in Restraint ..........................................54
The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan ..................55
Little Aussies Big Dreams ..................................55
Little Sister ..................................................... 55
The Lore of Love ..............................................56
The Lost Children of Tibet .................................56
The Lost Tribe .................................................56
MN
Mad Mike & Mark 2 ...........................................57
Made in Heaven ...............................................57
Medical Incredible............................................57
The Mighty Bears .............................................58
The Mighty Eels ...............................................58
The Minefield ..................................................58
Missing ..........................................................59
The Mombassa Manifesto ...................................59
Moving ...........................................................59
Mparntwe Sacred Sites ......................................60
Mystery of the Disorderly Warriors .......................60
Mythbusters ....................................................60
O
The Occidental Tourist ......................................61
Of Dogs and Gods
– A Social History of the Dog in China.................61
Ok, Let’s Talk About Me .....................................61
On a Wind and a Prayer:
Cyclone Tracy 30 Years On .................................62
The Once and Future City ..................................62
Opal Fever ...................................................... 62
Open Cut ........................................................63
Operation Babylift............................................63
Our Bush Wedding ............................................63
Outback House ................................................64
P
Packed Lunch ..................................................64
Passengers in Time:
the March of the Living 2004 .............................64
Peter Berner’s Loaded Brush ..............................65
A Pig, a Chicken and a Bag of Rice .....................65
The Pilot’s Funeral............................................ 65
Pioneers of Love ..............................................66
Political Football ............................................. 66
The Poverty of Abundance .................................66
Proof – Portraits From
the Movement 1978–2003 .................................67
Punjabi Love Story ...........................................67
Q
The Quiet Lions ...............................................67
R
RASH .............................................................68
Real Life Water Rats .........................................68
Reef Dreams ....................................................68
Remembering Rain ...........................................69
Rescue at Sea ..................................................69
Revealing Gallipoli ...........................................69
Riot or Revolution ............................................70
Rosie .............................................................70
RPA ...............................................................70
S
Save Your Legs! ...............................................71
Saving Xavier .................................................. 71
Selling Sickness ...............................................71
Sensing Murder ................................................ 72
Sex Change .....................................................72
Shake Rattle Roll ............................................. 72
The Shearers ...................................................73
Silma’s School ................................................. 73
Sister Lourdes – Faith in a Nation .......................73
Standard of Perfection ......................................74
Still Croaking ..................................................74
Street Practice .................................................74
Submariners ....................................................75
Super Flu ........................................................75
Surfing the Menu .............................................75
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T
Taylor Made.....................................................76
Testing Taklo ...................................................76
Tomboy ..........................................................76
Totally Australia ..............................................77
Trafficked .......................................................77
Truth, Lies and Intelligence ...............................77
Tug of Love .....................................................78
U
Unchain My Heart ............................................78
Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies and Surveillance .....78
V
INDEXES
Vietnam Nurses (working title) ...........................79
Vietnam Symphony ...........................................79
WX
Welcome 2 My Deaf World ..................................79
When Anaesthesia Fails 2 ..................................80
When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind ...................80
Who’s Afraid of Designer Babies? ........................80
Wild Valley ......................................................81
Wildlife Adventures with David Ireland:
Giant Moray Eel ............................................... 81
Wildlife Adventures with David Ireland:
Outback Serpents .............................................81
Wings of the Night ...........................................82
YZ
Yellow Fella .....................................................82
You Swallowed What? .......................................82
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