Feature film.
International co-production between Australia and Finland. Australian production company is Brisbane based Little Troopie Productions (producer Ms. Essi Haukkamaa), Finnish production company is called Periferia Productions (producer Mrs. Outi Rousu).
Written, directed and produced by siblings Essi and Lauri Haukkamaa.

I am leading two sessions on Wednesday 18th November 2009 at this year's SPAA Conference called "Making Movies that make Money: Begin with the Audience in Mind" along with Stephanie Bohn - Director Marketing, Worldwide Digital Distribution for Warner Bros and Gordon Paddison - ex EVP New Media, New Line Cinema and now Founder & Principal at Stradella Road.

Here is the full SPAA Conference 2009 program and you can Register here.

Kajimba is a 26x5min 3d animated comedy for adults.
Based around the lives of the occupants of an Outback pub, the series is a rough and ready adult comedy using raw Australian sterotypes with uniquely Australian animals.
With a foundation of the humour found in pubs around the world, Kajimba addresses all manner of important and insightful issues, highlighting the yarns and bullshit stories usually only discovered amidst the haze and noise of a crowded bar after several rounds of drinks and many mouthfuls of salty nuts.
Kajimba is in early production, with many animation and voice tests available on the website. Episode 1 is in production, with a full series of treatments and series bible ready for potential investors/partners.

The Jellibots is a 26x2 min animated comedy designed for preschoolers.
Mirroring the interactions between young children, Jellibots is a comical exploration of behaviour as they discover new themes, learn about objects and play with each other in their simplified world.
Jellibots has been extensively developed, with images and animation tests available for viewing, with a complete series of episode treatments created to assist the communication of the concept.
RedCartel is seeking interest from co-production partners, presale financiers and distribution networks.
www.jellibots.com
 

Childrens Live action dramedy series for 8 to 14 year old boys.  Format: 13 x 30 mins. Created by Helen Wentland, Produced by Della Churchill for Chilling Pictures P/L.

The Witness Tree is a supernatural thriller where nothing is at it seems. In the tradition of The Sixth Sense and the Orphanage audiences will thrill as the wrongs of the past threaten a family trapped in the present.  Written by Jacqueline Cook, Produced by Della Churchill and Directed by Alex Chomicz for Chilling Pictures P/L

An erotic drama of jealousy and fractured female relationships set in a male dominated country town from Writer/Director Sofya Gollan and Producer Della Churchill for Chilling Pictures P/L.  Actors Attached: Rachael Taylor, Aden Young, Veronica Sywak, Adrienne Pickering, Tye Harper.

There is lots of talk & questions about how to tell your stories (films and TV) in new ways - building experiences, authentic social media marketing campaign, creating communities around your brand, multi platform viral campaigns and so on. But the question most often asked is 'why' do it? Well the simple answer demonstrated by the counter below, who we used to call our audience are spending more and more time away from passive viewing, in other words watching your shows. So what are they doing?

After attending the forum “OZ Films vs OZ Audiences’ put together by Metro Screen last night and moderated by Andrew Urban at the Chauvel Cinema I came away despondent that the same people are having the same conversations about the same problems in the Australian Film industry and in most cases we are asking the wrong questions and spending too much time discussing the problems and not enough time addressing realistic & feasible solutions.

As a marketer who lives, breathes and dies around my skills and ability to understand Joe Average consumer and in this case the average moviegoer, I get totally fed up and angry at the pretentious and elitist attitude actively demonstrated by some filmmakers and commentators towards the intelligence and tastes of the average person who pays to see movies. It's their money and they'll choose what they like & don't like! If Australian films were really that good AND in tune with what people want to spend their money on AND we got the marketing right then we would have more Australian films seen by more Australians. But, generally speaking we aren't making films which appeal and resonate with Australian audiences and if filmmakers and commentators keep deciding to blame consumers and consumer tastes instead of looking at what we are making then sadly our industry will never change. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.