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New dramas in Story Development funding

New projects in pipeline include Christiaan Van Vuuren and Thomas Wetherall as creatives.

Two television dramas are armongst projects sharing in $700,000 of Story Development funding from Screen Australia, including with Christiaan Van Vuuren and Thomas Wetherall.

Premium:

Mortal Coil
8 x 40 mins
Magpie Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama
Creator Roger Monk
Director Christiaan Van Vuuren
Writers Roger Monk, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Rebecca Ingram
Script Consultant Belinda Chayko
Producers Lois Randall, Roger Monk
Synopsis When a thrill-seeking couple find an opportunity to pay their spiralling fertility debts by turning their tourist adventure business into a niche euthanasia service, they jump – literally.

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Debatable
8 x 30 mins
Unless Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Drama, Young Adult
Writers Jessica Tuckwell, Enoch Mailangi, Thomas Weatherall, Maddie Nixon
Development Producers Sanja Simić, Diya Eid
Executive Producers Meg O’Connell, Kurt Royan, Dan Lake
Synopsis When a recently disgraced high-school debater is moved to a small coastal town to recover from unspeakable humiliation, rumours quickly follow and she must think, talk and act fast. Even if that means joining the new school’s motley debating team and learning to speak truth to power.

Also announced today are the three successful teams to receive additional development funding through SBS, NITV and Screen Australia’s Digital Originals initiative:

Moonbird (TAS): An estranged father and son reconnect when they go muttonbirding together for the first time on a remote Bass Strait island, only to find there are no birds. Team: Nathan Maynard, Adam Thompson, Catherine Pettman, Matthew Newton.

Moni (NSW): In a desperate attempt to appease his sister, Moni, a closeted 39-year-old Samoan man awkwardly sets out to find a female date for her wedding; however, when his dead mother has other plans, his seemingly simple mission becomes a whole lot more complicated. Team: Taofia Pelesasa, Eliorah Malifa, Alana Hicks, Erin Foy, Nicole Coventry, Jessica Tuckwell, Tommy Misa.

Warm Props (working title) (WA): 8hr call, 40-degree heat, culturally clueless crews and locals who haven’t spoken to each other in decades. What could possibly go wrong with this casting call? Team: Jub Clerc, Jodie Bell.

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