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Paper Giants poster | Dragonet Films

PAPER GIANTS: THE BIRTH OF CLEO

2 x 90 mins mini-series commissioned by ABC Australia/Southern Star
Production Company Southern Star John Edwards
Producers: John Edwards, Karen Radzyner
Starring: Asher Keddie as Ita Buttrose, Rob Carlton as Kerry Packer
Director: Daina Reid
Writer: Christopher Lee

The top-rating story of how a magazine legend was made and the people who made it became legends.

Paper Giants: AACTA Awards - Audience Choice Best Performance & 6 more nominations
Paper Giants: Logies - 2 wins - 4 nominations
Two Twisted | Dragonet Films

TWO TWISTED

7 x 1 hr anthology thriller series for Nine Network Australia and Southern Star Endemol
Production Company: New Town Pictures
Producers: Bryan Brown, Karen Radzyner, Helen Watts
Starring Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, Sam Worthington, Melissa George, Deborah Mailman, Aden Young, Susie Porter and Garry Macdonald.
Directors: Cannes Palme d’or winner Glendyn Ivin, Film Critics Circle winner Rachel Ward, Kate Riedl, Paul Middleditch and Graeme Burfoot, the series won the AWGIE Award, the ADG Award and the ASCG Award.

Set in the worlds of the present, the future and the supernatural, two Twisted features seven sharp, spooky one-hour programs in two parts, each comprising two self-contained stories.

Being Venice poster | Dragonet Films

BEING VENICE

Feature Film  |  90 mins
Starring Garry Macdonald, Alice McConnell and Simon Stone
Director | Writer: Miro Bilbrough
Released in cinemas in NZ and France in 2013

Sometimes the men in a woman’s life bring nothing but trouble.

Being Venice: In Competition - Mannheim Heidelberg
Being Venice: Sydney Film Festival
Being Venice: Melbourne Film Festival
Being Venice: Closing Night Film - Cinema Des Antipodes
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The Suitor Poster | Dragonet Films

THE SUITOR

15 mins
Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sacha Horler, Eamon Farren, Ben Winspear
Based on the SAKI short story THE OPEN WINDOW
Director: Kate Riedl
Adapted by Matthew Dabner

When a nervous suitor arrives at the estate of a local matriarch, his hopes of a suitable match with her charming niece are soon challenged. Based on a story by the writer, Saki, this seductive tale of a young heiress has been transposed to the dry, sunburnt elegance of 1930s Australia.

The Suitor: Finalist - Best Australian Comedy - St Kilda Film Fest
The Suitor: Finalist - Best Director - St Kilda Film Fest
The Suitor: Chicago Comedy Festival
The Suitor: Flickerfest
The Suitor: Heart of Gold - International Film Festival
The Suitor: Heart of Gold - International Film Festival
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Strictly Ballroom | Dragonet Films

STRICTLY BALLROOM  FROM STAGE TO SCREEN

Documentary  |  30 mins
Starring Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin
Director: Kate Riedl

Twenty-Five years on from the original production of the stage version of Strictly Ballroom, this film looks back with Baz Luhrmann at the incredible creative journey this project and its creators have been on.

Handyman Flyer | Dragonet Films

HANDYMAN

15 mins
Starring Odessa Young, Danielle Cormack, Les Hill
Writer | Director: Sonia Whiteman

A handyman’s problems are taken to new heights when faced with a teenage girl who’s convinced he’s actually a moonlighting TV action star.

Handyman: Best Australian Comedy - St Kilda
Handyman: Flickerfest
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On A Roll | Dragonet Films

ON A ROLL

Starring Cameron Daddo, Lucy Taylor
Music: Cold War Kids
Director: Kate Riedl
Writer: J David Harden

When bad things happen, you just keep rolling.

On A Roll: Finalist - USA Film Festival
On A Roll: In Competition - Palm Springs
On A Roll: In Competition - Woodstock
On A Roll: In Competition - Breckenridge
Lens Love Story Flyer | Dragonet Films

LEN’S LOVE STORY

15 mins
Starring Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman
Writer | Director: Sonia Whiteman

Len, a young autistic man, is struggling with the practicalities of day-to-day life in the months following his mother’s death. He clings to short messages she wrote for him in a diary, one for each day. Her last cryptic instruction, taken literally by Len, sets him off on a strange and ultimately cathartic course towards new love.

Lens Love Story: In Competition - Tribeca
Lens Love Story: In Competition - Clermont Ferrand
Lens Love Story: Opening Night - St Kilda
Lens Love Story: Flickerfest
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The Man Who Saved a Million Brains | Dragonet Films

THE MAN WHO SAVED A MILLION BRAINS

Documentary  |  3omins
Broadcast on ABC Catalyst to over a million viewers
Director | Producer: Kate Riedl

“The most basic human right you’ve got is the chance to fulfill your genetic potential,” says Professor Eastman.

Moving through Tibet to Beijing and then back to Australian, The Man Who Saved A Million Brains takes us on a rare journey to see how two dedicated Australian doctors have played a critical role in what is described as the most significant public health advance this century, since the elimination of small pox. In doing so they are not only changing the health profile of the next generation of Tibetan children, but also preventing Australian children from a similar fate.

The Man Who Saved A Million Brains: Finalist - Best Documentary All Categories - ATOM Awards
The Man Who Saved A Million Brains: Winner Best Documentary - ATOM Awards - Science & Technology
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Still Time | Dragonet Films

STILL TIME

21 mins
Starring Susan Prior
Writer | Director: Sonia Whiteman

Late one night on a lake teeming with eels, 13 year old Lucy learns from her only friend, an unusual boy called Jack, that if you’re brave, life really starts when you break free of the rigid rules of teenage life.

Still Time: Oberhausen
Still Time: Hamburg Kurtstag
Still Time: In Competition - Flickerfest
Still Time: St Kilda
Still Time: Rhode Island
Still Time: Seagate Foyle
This is Where We Live | Dragonet Films

THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

Short Documentary
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Frank Shadforth
Director: Kate Riedl

Covering over 750,000 acres, the vast Pungalina-Seven Emu Wildlife Sanctuary protects an area of extraordinary conservation significance, and represents an historic partnership between AWC and an indigenous landholder, Frank Shadforth and his family. The Seven Emu component of the wildlife sanctuary is aboriginal pastoral land, owned by Frank Shadforth, that is leased to AWC for nearly 30 years.

Gala Screening – Four Seasons Hotel, New York

Cancer Victim | Dragonet Films

THE CANCER VIXEN STORY

Short Documentary
Director: Kate Riedl

Infamous New York celebrity Cartoonist, Marissa Marchetto, opens up about her battle with breast cancer, and her passionate fight to help uninsured women in America get the help they need to conquer this disease.

Gala Celebrity Screening – New York

Baggage Claim | Dragonet Films

BAGGAGE CLAIM

11 mins
Starring Marta Dusseldorp, Daniela Farinacci
Director: Kate Riedl
POV Adaptation of Brendan Cowell’s original script by Greg Waters

What will it take for Kim to realise that the object of her obsession is not the thing she desires most?

Baggage Claim: POV Winner Best Actress Award - Daniela Farinacci
Baggage Claim: St Kilda
Baggage Claim: Ithaca NY
The Mormon Conquest | Dragonet Films

THE MORMON CONQUEST

7 mins
Starring Heidi Arena and Abe Forsythe
Writer: Greg Waters  |  Director: Jacqui Schulz

With diamonds and Manolo Blahniks at stake, two women match wits to find out the true meaning of the term ‘lay preacher’.

 

The Mormon Conquest: Audience Award - Sydney Mardi Gras Film Fest
The Mormon Conquest: Montreal Just For Laughs - International Comedy Festival
The Mormon Conquest: Toronto Gigglefest
The Mormon Conquest: Copenhagen Film Festival
The Mormon Conquest: Austin Film Festival
Clutch | Dragonet Films

CLUTCH

9 mins
Starring Brendan Cowell
Writer: Greg Waters  |  Director: Jacqui Schulz

Sometimes maintenance means more than fixing cars.

Clutch: In Competition - Tribeca
Clutch: In Competition - Melbourne International Film Festival
Clutch: In Competition - Brisbane International Film Festival
Clutch: Opening Night - St Kilda
Clutch: Opening Night - Travelling Film Festival
Clutch: Audience Award - Sydney Film Festival
Clutch: Best Short Film Award - St Tropez - Cinema Des Antipodes
Gate | Dragonet Films

GATE

16 mins
Starring Joel Edgerton
Writer | Director: Peter Carstairs

A whodunnit on a sheep station.

Gate: Best Australian Comedy - Melbourne International Film Festival
Gate: Edinburgh - International Film Festival
Gate: In Competition - Aspen Shortsfest
Gate: In Competition: Palm Springs
Gate: Opening Night - St Kilda
Gate: Bronze Moon for Best Film - Cinema Jove - Valencia
Gate: Gold Award for Best Film - Cine Huesca - Spain
Gate: Best Screenplay - AFI Award Nomination
Elly | Dragonet Films

ELLY

10 mins
Starring AACTA Award winning Actress Marta Dusseldorp (Janet King, A Place To Call Home) and Mark Lee (Gallipoli)

The past and present collide as Elly faces her greatest fear yet.  Written by award winning writer Stephen Sewell, who won and AFI Award for best screenplay for the feature film The Boys, Elly is a drama that combines the workings of the unconscious with memories from childhood.  The film tracks Elly’s descent into paranoia and delusion, and her journey out the other side.

Elly: Nominated Best Sound - St Kilda Film Festival
Elly: Finalist - Asia Pacific Film Festival

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