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MAGPIE PICTURES

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    • SWIFT STREET - 8 x 30 minute drama series
    • GRACE BESIDE ME - 13 x 30 min drama series, now on SBS On Demand, previously on ABC, NITV & Disney
    • NAN & A WHOLE LOT OF TROUBLE - ABC TV
    • LAST DRINKS AT FRIDA'S - ABC TV
    • THE GODS OF WHEAT STREET (Every Cloud Productions) - previously on Netflix and ABC TV
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GRACE BESIDE ME - 13 x 30 min series, now on SBS On Demand, previously on ABC, NITV & Disney

13 x 30 minute television drama series - a rich and humorous coming of age story.

Winner, Screen Producers Australia Awards, Children’s Series Production of the Year, 2018

Winner, First Nations Media Awards, Best Drama, 2018

Winner, Australian Directors Guild Award, Best Direction in Children’s Television, 2019

Nominated, UNESCO Special Prize, Prix Jeunesse International Awards, Munich 2018

Official Selection, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA, 2018

Nominated, AACTA Awards, Best Children’s Program, 2018

Nominated, Logie Award, Most Outstanding Children’s Program, 2018

Adapted from the award winning novel by Sue McPherson

Executive Producer (Magpie Pictures) - Lois Randall

Producers – Lois Randall and Dena Curtis

Story Producer - Sam Carroll

Directors - Lynn-Maree Danzey, Nicholas Verso, Beck Cole

Writers – Sue McPherson, Briar Grace Smith, Sam Carroll, Kodie Bedford, Danielle MacLean, Gina Roncoli, Giula Sandler, Tristan Michael Savage, David Hannam.

13 x 30 minute television series for 8 - 12 year old audiences.

Fuzzy Mac’s life is turned upside down on her 13th birthday, when she discovers she can communicate with spirits! It’s hard enough navigating the highs and lows of becoming a teenager while living with your eccentric Nan and Pop. Throw in a host of needy spirits, mischievous totems and spooky ancestors, and you have a recipe for a whole bunch of trouble! Combining whimsy, adventure, comedy and drama, the series takes audiences on an emotional roller coaster ride, following Fuzzy, as she learns to accept her gift and understand the meaning of ‘grace’.

Developed with support from NITV, ABC, ACTF, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland and Screen NSW. Commissioned by NITV and ABC Me with a Disney Channel presale (Australia and NZ), distribution advance from 9Story Media Group (International) and investment from Screen Australia, NITV, ABC, Screen Queensland and Cutting Edge.

A Magpie Pictures Production.

GRACE BESIDE ME - 13 x 30 min series, now on SBS On Demand, previously on ABC, NITV & Disney

13 x 30 minute television drama series - a rich and humorous coming of age story.

Winner, Screen Producers Australia Awards, Children’s Series Production of the Year, 2018

Winner, First Nations Media Awards, Best Drama, 2018

Winner, Australian Directors Guild Award, Best Direction in Children’s Television, 2019

Nominated, UNESCO Special Prize, Prix Jeunesse International Awards, Munich 2018

Official Selection, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA, 2018

Nominated, AACTA Awards, Best Children’s Program, 2018

Nominated, Logie Award, Most Outstanding Children’s Program, 2018

Adapted from the award winning novel by Sue McPherson

Executive Producer (Magpie Pictures) - Lois Randall

Producers – Lois Randall and Dena Curtis

Story Producer - Sam Carroll

Directors - Lynn-Maree Danzey, Nicholas Verso, Beck Cole

Writers – Sue McPherson, Briar Grace Smith, Sam Carroll, Kodie Bedford, Danielle MacLean, Gina Roncoli, Giula Sandler, Tristan Michael Savage, David Hannam.

13 x 30 minute television series for 8 - 12 year old audiences.

Fuzzy Mac’s life is turned upside down on her 13th birthday, when she discovers she can communicate with spirits! It’s hard enough navigating the highs and lows of becoming a teenager while living with your eccentric Nan and Pop. Throw in a host of needy spirits, mischievous totems and spooky ancestors, and you have a recipe for a whole bunch of trouble! Combining whimsy, adventure, comedy and drama, the series takes audiences on an emotional roller coaster ride, following Fuzzy, as she learns to accept her gift and understand the meaning of ‘grace’.

Developed with support from NITV, ABC, ACTF, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland and Screen NSW. Commissioned by NITV and ABC Me with a Disney Channel presale (Australia and NZ), distribution advance from 9Story Media Group (International) and investment from Screen Australia, NITV, ABC, Screen Queensland and Cutting Edge.

A Magpie Pictures Production.

Grace Beside Me Trailer

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a screen production company BASED ON BUNDJALUNG COUNTRY near byron bay AUSTRALIA.