Film Victoria Invests $1.75 In TV Projects

Film Victoria has approved $1.75 million in production investment to support eight television and one feature film projects. A number of the television projects have previously received content creation and business support funding from Film Victoria.

"The Victorian Government's additional commitment of $2.6 million to specifically stimulate television production has enabled us to substantially increase our support for Victorian projects," stated Sandra Sdraulig, CEO of Film Victoria.

"Combined with our development funding of new content and business support programs, Victorian writers and producers have the opportunity to create great new television concepts and move them into production. We are looking forward to seeing these projects on screen over the next year," she continued.

Film Victoria also approved funding for the animated feature film Mary & Max from the Oscar Award winning team behind Harvie Krumpet, Adam Elliot and Melanie Coombs. The story behind Mary & Max is a simple tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle, a little chubby lonely eight year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44 year old severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York.

The projects to receive production investment are:

"¢ Bed of Roses, a 6 x 1 hr mini series drama from Southern Star Entertainment, which has
also previously received television drama script development funding from Film Victoria.
(Writer: Jutta Goetze and Elizabeth Coleman, Producer: Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby)

"¢ The Librarians from Gristmill Pty Ltd, a 6 x 30 mins narrative comedy drama which has
advanced since receiving Television Drama Script Development funding from Film Victoria
in 2005. (Writers and Producers: Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler, Director: Wayne Hope)

"¢ Sumo Mouse from Moody Street Kids, a children's television series (animation) for 8-12
year-old boys. Moody Street has produced Sumo Mouse as part of a slate of projects
supported via the Commercial Script Development Scheme (CSDS) from Film Victoria.
(Writers and Producers: Ray Boseley and Katherine Sandford, Director and Producer:
Gillian Carr)

"¢ Carbon Cops, a documentary series from December Films, which previously produced the
acclaimed documentary Revealing Gallipoli. (Writers: Andrea Ulbrick and Alan Hall,
Producers: Tony Wright and Stephen Amezdroz, Directors: Sean Cousins and Sophie
Meyrick)

"¢ Two Men and A Baby - Part 2, a documentary from Big and Little Films, a documentary
which also previously received funding for Part 1 from Film Victoria in 2003. (Writers:
Emma Crimmings and Catherine Dixon, Producer and Director: Emma Crimmings)
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"¢ The Vivian Bullwinkel Story, a documentary from Waterbyrd Filmz, a moving and uplifting
tale of an extraordinary woman's World War 2 experiences and her legacy as an Australian
nurse. Film Victoria gave post-production funding to this project only. (Writer, Director and
Producer: Nicholas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe)

"¢ Wedding Sari Showdown - Episode 3, a documentary from Circe Films Pty Ltd. Film
Victoria also supported Wedding Baby Showdown - Episode 2 with production investment
funding a few months ago. Wedding Sari Showdown - Episode 1also received production
investment in 2004 when it was produced by Flaming Star Films. (Writer and Director: Kylie
Boltin, Producer: Lizette Atkins)

"¢ Bastardy, a documentary from Film Camp is a poetic and personal portrait of Jack Charles
- actor, Aboriginal elder, cat burglar, musician, potter, junkie and gay man. It previously
received script development investment funding in 2001. (Writer and Director: Amiel
Courtin-Wilson, Producer: Philippa Campey)

"¢ Mary and Max, an 80 minute feature film (animation) from Melodrama Pictures, the team
behind the Academy Award winning animation Harvie Krumpet. (Writer and Director:
Adam Elliot, Producer: Melanie Coombs)

By www.film.vic.gov.au