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Spreadsheet S2 in new development funding

Screen Australia has announced over funding for 13 television dramas.

Screen Australia has announced over $1 million of development funding for 13 television dramas plus 19 feature films and one feature-length project to be released online.

The projects include s second season of Paramount+ comedy Spreadsheet and a young-adult dramedy about out-and-proud teenager Terry facing his bullies in The Outrageously Fabulous World of Terry Logan.

Screen Australia’s Head of Development Louise Gough said, “We’re pleased to announce this exciting mix of projects from experienced creatives on track to take their premium and distinct Australian stories global, as well as from up and coming talent with bold concepts with the potential to cut through.”

“Knowing your audience is fundamental to a project’s success, and we’re pleased to see applications coming in with bespoke pathways to engage viewers for niche and wide audiences. We’d love to see more projects being conceived and developed for a range of ages, especially stories for children, families and young adults. We encourage online creators to engage with us for development funding as they move their projects towards production.”

Premium:

Flames
Jungle Entertainment Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Mystery
Writers Marieke Hardy, Celia Pacquola, Nathan Maynard
Producer Fiona McConaghy
Executive Producers Marieke Hardy, Chloe Rickard, Shay Spencer
Synopsis Based on the novel by Robbie Arnott. A young woman with a magical secret flees her cursed family after the death of her mother. In a desperate attempt to bring her home, her unraveling brother hires an eccentric detective to hunt her down.

Spreadsheet Series 2
Northern Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Creators Kala Ellis, Darren Ashton
Director Darren Ashton
Writer Kala Ellis
Executive Producer Catherine Nebauer
Synopsis Lauren continues to strive for her right to casual sex whilst juggling an ever increasing list of complications plus a brand new format for her Spreadsheet Version 2.0 (breaking news: it’s now an App). But just when she thinks she’s got it under control, she meets someone she might actually “like”. Uh-oh.

The Alex Clayton Mysteries
Magpie Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Mystery
Writer Giula Sandler
Producers Lois Randall, Rebecca Ingram, Ivy Mak
Synopsis Rebel art dealer Alex Clayton has a strange habit of stumbling upon, and cracking, mysterious art world murders. If only she could solve some of her own life issues!

The Outrageously Fabulous World of Terry Logan
Tama Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Creator/Writer John Davies
Producer Miriam Stein
Synopsis An acerbically astute 14-year-old finds the courage to face up to a world of bullies and oppressors with his very own brand of outrageous fabulousness.

Sisters
Sweetshop & Green Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Writer Giula Sandler
Producer Gal Greenspan
Executive Producers Ayelet Waldman
Synopsis In a close knit, insular religious community, three sisters discover that each of them was sexually abused by a school staff member. As they fight to bring the accused to court, they must each struggle to reconcile the truth with their families, their community and themselves.

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Barren by Choice
Nudge Co Studio Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Creator/Director Jo-Anne Brechin
Writers Jo-Anne Brechin, Jo Gowda, Michelle Law, Kirsty Webeck
Producer Janelle Landers
Synopsis Three female friends who are barren by choice try to find love in a land of hot baby mamas and men who yearn to spread their seed, amidst social and cultural pressures and their desperate-to-be-grandma mothers who will do anything to unearth their maternal instincts.

Future Girl
Orange Entertainment Co
Genre Action adventure, Drama, Romance, YA
Writers Asphyxia, Jane Allen
Producers Asphyxia, Stephanie Westwood
Executive Producers Kurt Royan, Dan Lake
Synopsis In an unstable future where major corporation Organicore mass-produces artificial food for every Australian, a naive Deaf teenage girl discovers a community of rebellious environmentalists and becomes an unlikely leader – despite being the daughter of Organicore’s top scientist.

How Did We F*** This Up?
Linda Chen
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer Linda Chen
Synopsis When Margot, a modern-day, ‘hypermarginalised’ and deeply malcontent costume designer is thrown into memories of her past life as a suffragette, she must face up to her past to work out why she’s been experiencing symptoms of PTSD, and to find out what progress truly means to her in a world that feels stubborn, stuck and often f***ed up.

Lucky Country
Naomi Telushkin & Chris Squadrito
Genre Drama, Psychological horror, Romantic comedy
Writers Chris Squadrito, Naomi Telushkin
Synopsis When highly-strung New York advertising executive Emma Izgi returns home to her native Australia for a new job and a new life, she is enchanted by the laidback breeziness of life down under – until she discovers the reality of ‘she’ll be right’ may be far darker than she ever imagined.

Salty
Orange Entertainment Co
Genre Drama, Horror, Supernatural
Writers Shannan Tamby Lim, Stuart Page, Marisa Nathar
Producers Stephanie Westwood, Dan Lake
Executive Producer Kurt Royan
Synopsis Salty is a supernatural drama about multiple generations of a migrant family in Melbourne, navigating careers, love, life, and their salt importing business, while hiding the fact that they are demonic entities from Malay folklore.

Tales from the Crips / The Wheelhouse
A2K Media Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy
Director Colin Cairnes (Tales from the Crips) Jason Marion (The Wheelhouse)
Writers Ade Djajamihardja, Belinda Aitken, Madeleine Stewart, Jason Marion, Sarah Barton, Colin Cairnes (Tales from the Crips), Phineas Meere (Tales from the Crips), Jamie Aditya (The Wheelhouse)
Producers Ade Djajamihardja, Kate Stephens
Synopsis The Wheelhouse is current affairs in high-speed chairs and Tales from the Crips is a freewheeling comedy series destined to disable discrimination!

The Astrogirl Column
Film Camp
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer Alies Sluiter
Producers Philippa Campey, Molly O’Connor
Synopsis A philandering housewife navigates her way from small town obscurity to psychic stardom, leaving a tsunami of emotional debris in her wake.

Unloveable
Sophie Smyth
Genre Comedy, Drama
Writer Sophie Smyth
Synopsis Based on a true story, Sophie, a 20-something almost-not-a-virgin, is dumped on her birthday because of her autism (well, according to her) and flung headfirst into the throes of modern dating in Melbs — and she’ll do ANYTHING to prove that she! is! loveable!! damnit!!!

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