A dynamic duo give the bush image a face lift in a shed show that raises the towns’ exposure and a few eyebrows…

HD 7 x 15’ or 1 x 90’

Distributor: ABC COMMERCIAL, broadcast & platform deals with STAN, ABC

A story of self-belief and the power of female friendship, Homespun challenges commonly held ideas about the bush being backwards by converging city and country worlds through shared, contemporary issues. Filmed in the remote regional town of Kojonup, Western Australia, Made as a collaboration with over 100 regional Australians, it reflects a dynamic world packed with colour, energy, joy and heart. From creator/star Bec Bignell (600 Bottles of Wine) and director Socratis Otto (Wentworth), Homespun features a diverse and stellar cast of emerging and established talent – the latter including Heather Mitchell (Ms Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, A Place to Call Home) and Claire van der Boom (Hawaii Five-0, Game of Silence).

Creator: BEC BIGNELL

Director: SOCRATIS OTTO

Cast: : HEATHER MITCHELL, CLAIRE VAN DER BOOM, CELESTE CLABBURN, EMILY ROSE BRENNAN, BEC BIGNELL

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600 BOTTLES OF WINE

A recently single woman navigates new relationship territory where meaning is ambiguous and expectation is ambitious.

HD 8 X 9’ OR 4 X 18’

Distributor: ABC COMMERCIAL, broadcast and platform deals with BBC Three/Two/One, BBC iPlayer, 10peach, TenPlay, TVNZ OnDemand, YLE (Finland),Virgin In-Flight Entertainment, ABC iView, Sea Movies (cruise ships), CBC (Canada) and Netflix (ANZ).

Based on writer Grace Rouvray’s internationally acclaimed blog ‘The Island of the Dead’, this fresh new comedy series has already screened on BBC Three (UK) and Network Ten (Australia) and was officially selected by LA Webfest, with Rouvray awarded ‘Best Actress’ honours, in addition to an ‘Outstanding Writing’ nomination celebrating her unique, exciting and hilarious new voice. After breaking up with her boyfriend of the past five years, Claire (Grace Rouvray, House of Hancock) is flung back into the rollercoaster world of the dating scene where she finds herself apprehensive about the rules, expectations and implications she must navigate as a newly single woman.

Creative team: Grace Rouvray, Ainslie Clouston, Bec Bignell

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FANGS ON THE FARM

DUE FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 2024

A children’s TV series that explores the diverse first aid challenges encountered by rural, remote, and regional children across Australia. Through the captivating adventures of the three main characters - Darcy Dingo, Grace the Gecko, and Harry the Hoparoo - the show emphasises the significance of community, mateship, and humour, drawing on their unique personalities that resonate with real-life experiences.

Writer, Producer, Director: Bec Bignell

Co-Producer: Kate Mitchell & Production Partner PERMADOU PRODUCTIONS & THE DARCY EFFECT

Illustrator: Kate Rutter

Animator: Rikkili Clark

Post Production: THE EDITORS

Sound: Jessica Bonney, BONSTA

FIVE MINUTE CALL

CURRENTLY IN POST-PRODUCTION, DUE FOR RELEASE EARLY 2025

An eight-part comedy A delicious peek at just what it takes to get on stage and deliver the same performance every show, 8 times a week, for months and months, and sometimes even years. Backstage of a big musical is a workplace like no other, where drudgery, office politics and human frailty sit beautifully beside a commitment to excellence, a feeling of family and a deep love for this crazy life chosen in the theatre.

Creators: Simon Burke and Helen Dallimore

Co-Producers: Robert Patterson and Bec Bignell

Fellow Project partners: Arenamedia and Sugary Rum Productions

HARD AS PUCK

A feel good documentary that follows an oddball team of Para-Ice Hockey players as they vie for a place on the Australian team.

PRODUCTION - OCTOBER 2024

Factual feature documentary

In the scorching heat of Western Australia, where 40+ degree days are the norm and the landscape alternates between white sandy beaches and vast stretches of red dirt, an unexpected phenomenon has taken root – Para-Ice Hockey.

Despite the incongruity of an ice sport thriving in this arid region, it has become one of the fastest-growing inclusive sports in Perth. But make no mistake, this is not your typical hockey. Players face the challenge of being strapped into one-blade sleds, propelling themselves across the ice using spiked sticks, and bracing for bone-crushing collisions against the unforgiving arena walls.

HARD AS PUCK is an observational documentary that follows the highs and lows of a squad of Western Australian Para-Ice Hockey players as they vie for a place on the Australian team.

Distributor: HALO FILMS

Development partner: COCKATOO CO.LAB

Development funding: Screen Australia, Screewest

Producers: CHANEL BOWEN AND NOEL SMYTH

Executive Producers: BEC BIGNELL AND IAN HALE

Director: ISAAC ELLIOTT

ASSOCIATED PRODUCTIONS

CURSE OF THE VIRGIN

Six-part narrative supernatural comedy-drama

The sexually frustrated Greek Orthodox woman Maria, believes she’s inherited a curse of virginity from her ancestors, that is until her and her African-Australian bestie, an aspiring witch-coach, magically and accidentally make the curse come to life.

Series creator: Danielle Stamoulos

Producers: Ebube Uba, Danielle Stamoulos, Nicole Delprado

Executive Producers: Barry Gamba, Bec Bignell

Writers: Danielle Stamoulos, Nicole Delprado, Amal Awad, Vimbai Nenzou

Director: Grace Tan

Project partners: Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE), Cockatoo CoLab

Development funding: Screen Australia

VISIBLE FARMER

15‘ x 5‘ web series available online

VISIBLE FARMER is a groundbreaking short-film series that discovers untold stories of the gutsy women behind our food and fibre, and the vital, innovative role they play. From remote outback stations to urban market gardens, VISIBLE FARMER changes the perception of who a farmer is.

Filmmakers: Gisela Kaufmann & Carsten Orlt

Associate Producer: Bec Bignell

Release parters: Rural Room & Documentary Australia

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RECENT COMMERCIAL WORK

AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION

CAMPAIGN: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT VIDEO, April 2024

CREW: Director of Photography/Editor Mikey Hamer, Producer/Director: Bec Bignell, Photographer: Astrid Volzke

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CAMPAIGN: MND X AWI VIDEO, May 2023

CREW: Director of Photography/Editor/Photographer: Rosie Henderson, Producer/Director: Bec Bignell

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REGIONAL AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE

YOU MOVED WHERE?! Podcast

3 x Series each including 8 x 30 minute episodes

SERIES ONE & TWO released in 2023, SERIES THREE released in 2024

‘You Moved Where?!’ explores the experiences of everyday Australians who have packed up and made the move from big, capital cities and set sail for new horizons in regional Australia.

CREW:

Host: Bec Bignell

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Sound Mixers: Adair Shepard (S1, S2) & Jacob Round (S3)

Social Media Producers: Sophia Armstrong (S1, S3) & Hayley Dawson (S2)

Executive Producers: Laureta Wallace, Cassie Gates

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