The slate

Films

Twelve projects, from the festival circuit through to development: short films, a VR piece, features and a limited series.

Festival Circuit

3 films
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Frances

Short film · 37 min

A recently divorced woman navigates homelessness, unwilling to be separated from her beloved dog. A story about the housing crisis and the people it swallows.

  • Director Sharon Lewis
  • Writer Jack Michel
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones
  • Cinematographer Richard Jones
  • Cast Tahlia Crinis, Juliet Scrine, Nick Bolton, Laura Whalan
Best Cinematography · ISCF 2024 Best Director · ATFIA 2025 Best Mid-Length Film · Sydney Women's IFF 2024 Best Australian Film · TITAN 2024
E.C.H.O, film poster

E.C.H.O

VR short film · 15 min

A decommissioned family service robot named Echo reawakens with fragmented memories, and must choose whether to erase her capacity for love.

  • Written, directed & animated by Richard Jones
  • Producers Richard Jones, Sharon Lewis
  • Voices Slade Mayer, Kai Johnson
  • Original score Lauren Mercovich
Winner · Global Film Festival Awards, LA Official Selection · Bolton 2025 VR Showcase · Poppy Jasper 2025
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Linda

Short film · 39 min

After her husband's death, a woman moves in with her daughter Lucy and Lucy's eclectic group of housemates in a chaotic share house.

  • Director & Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones
  • Cinematographer Richard Jones
  • Cast Kellie Jones, Cassandra Patman, Campbell Price, Phoebe Price, Blake Brumby
Winner · Best Hollywood Day Short Film Festival 2026 Best Female Drama · RFF Reale Film Festival Semifinalist · Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Official Selection · Lift-Off Global Network NY 2026 Official Selection · Palma Film Festival 2026 Official Selection · Southern Light 2026 Nominee · Chicago Indie Film Awards Nominee · Atlanta Cinema Awards Nominee · California Indies Nominee · LA Indies

Post-Production

2 films
Diamonds & Rust, film poster

Diamonds & Rust

Short film · 30 min

Set in 1970s Australia: a portrayal of love, life, of the paths on which we find ourselves, and the ones we find our way back to.

  • Director Sharon Lewis
  • Writer Jack Michel
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones
  • Cinematographer Richard Jones
  • Cast Janys Hayes, Ani Priyo, Jack Michel, Kristian Downie
Best Screenplay · Melbourne Lift-Off 2022 Semi-finalist · London Intl. Screenwriting 2022
The Quiet Tide, film poster

The Quiet Tide

Short film · 10 min

A young boy learns about patience, observation and the wisdom of nature from an elderly fisherman.

  • Produced & directed by Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones
  • Cinematographer Richard Jones
  • Cast Ivan Fragnoff, Jimmy Hope
  • Score Peter O'Malley

In Production

1 film
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Magpie

Short film · 20 min

A mother's grief after the death of her son. A film about loss, disconnection, and the small, powerful moments that allow us to begin healing.

  • Director Jovan Sekulovski
  • Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones, Gerardo Ceres
  • Cinematographer Maika Shine James
  • Cast Juliet Scime, Alana Maclean-Dowling

Pre-Production

1 film
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Tracey

Short film · 30 min

A 52-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter face a heartbreaking choice: pursue her own future, or protect her mother.

  • Director & Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Richard Jones, Sharon Lewis
  • Cinematographer Richard Jones

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In Development

5 projects
As Shadows Fade, film poster

As Shadows Fade

Feature film · 120 min

A man returns to his family's remote farm to care for the dying father he thought had abandoned him.

  • Writers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones
  • Producers Richard Jones, Sharon Lewis

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Kings of the Cross

Feature film · 120 min

Late 1960s Kings Cross. A man rises to become a Mod leader, until a personal rivalry ignites a gang war.

  • Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Richard Jones, Sharon Lewis

Pitch deck

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Love Is

Feature film · 120 min

A socially awkward young programmer who understands systems better than people sets out to understand love, and finds it cannot be solved like code or measured like time.

  • Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones

Pitch deck

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Snakeskin Boots

Limited series · 6 × 1 hr

A limited series weaving Indigenous Australian spirituality, family secrets and supernatural horror. When an evangelical preacher with a dark prophecy returns to the outback, two estranged twins must unite to break his hold on their bloodline.

  • Writer Sharon Lewis
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones

Pitch deck

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Steel City

Feature film · 90 min

Over one weekend in Wollongong, six strangers are unknowingly connected by the same modest suburban house. An ensemble drama about security, dignity and the fragile line between stability and homelessness.

  • Writer Richard Jones
  • Producers Sharon Lewis, Richard Jones

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