In Production

December Films is currently engaged in projects across many different styles and genres. These projects are at various stages of development and production.

If you wish to submit project ideas please submit brief two-page treatments and outlines via email to: office@decemberfilms.com.au

Immortal

(Format: HD 1x55min 'blue-chip' Science Documentary)

Producer: Tony Wright
Writer / Director: Sonya Pemberton

Synopsis:

In a murky pond in Australia, Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a treasure, a secret of renewal that keeps cells young. Can it stop the grey hair, the wrinkles, the aches and pains? Can it prevent disease? Can it stop cancer? The verdict is in - Liz is on to something huge. In 2007 she made Time magazine's top 100 "Most Influential People in the World". The most prestigious science prizes on earth are being laid at her feet and the pharmaceutical companies have moved in. She is a superstar molecular biologist, from Tasmania. And her story is one of obsession, struggle and triumph.

After the Fires

(Format: HD 1 x 55min Blue Chip Natural History Documentary)

Executive Producer: Stephen Amezdroz
Producer: Tony Wright
Writer/Director: Dione Gilmore

Synopsis:

The devastation of the Victorian bushfires in February 2009 made headlines around the world. Not only where the paths of many human lives to be changed forever, so to was this natural wilderness and it’s wildlife inhabitants. Burned to a blackened and silent wasteland, over the following 12 months using strategically located satellite controlled time lapse cameras, we will document an amazing struggle as nature embarks on the regeneration of one of the earths most unique environments.

Chris Humfrey's Wild Life

(Format: HD 13 x 26min Wildlife Series)

Producer: Tony Wright
Writer/Director: Max Walker

Synopsis:

Meet Chris Humfrey, he’s a zoologist who lives with his young family and their REALLY big dog in an idyllic bush haven in country Victoria. But the Humfreys also share their home with a few other pets–around 2000 of them in fact–and each and every one of them needs attention and 24/7 TLC. This isn’t your average family home; it’s a private zoo where human and animal sagas unfold on a daily basis – like a kind of mixed species ‘Packed to the Rafters’! Chris and his wife Nicole work around the clock to keep their very extended family happy and healthy and manage their motley crew of Gen Y zookeepers/presenters. Each week Chris will share with us this extraordinary life and his amazing knowledge of Australia’s fauna. Follow Chris in this chaotic, animal-crazy series that captures the drama, the danger, the animal facts and the sheer exhilaration of Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life. Every day, a new saga unfolds at the zoo! And there is something new to learn all the time – even for Chris!