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My recent work includes two neurotic best friends trying to save their youth centre, a clueless and mouthy interpreter literally stuck between two cultures, a motley crew of market workers searching for a better life, and a conversation series between Indigenous- and Chinese-Australians produced entirely over unreliable Australian internet.
CEEBS (2025)
TIKTOK (18 x 1 min) EPISODES ON TIKTOK 15 SEP 2025
Best friends Zion and Ruby attempt to save their beloved youth centre from imminent closure. As they navigate political intrigue, loss of a magpie Youth President, murder conspiracies and a rogue cult leader, their lifelong friendship is eventually caught in the crossfire.
WRITERS Betiel Beyin, Leigh Lule
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Amie Batalibasi
DIRECTOR Harry Lloyd
MORE INFO FilmInk / Substack
SOCIALS @ceebsseries
CEEBS
Girl, Interpreted《莉莉译东西》
FRESH! (2018)
YOUTUBE, VIDDSEE (6 x 5 min)
The staff of a Melbourne fresh food market struggle to keep things professional in a world of family business, bargains are bellowed in several languages, and no one gets served without first winning an elbow fight.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE
WRITER Nikki Tran
DIRECTORS Elizabeth Fermanis, Bec Peniston-Bird, Amie Batalibasi, Simon Trevorrow, Carl Stella, Grant Scicluna
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Simon Trevorrow
FESTIVALS 2018 Series Mania (Melbourne) - Premiere, LA Film Festival, NYC Web Fest, 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival - Awarded Best Australian Web Series, Melbourne & Seoul Web Fest
MORE INFO FilmInk / Liminal / Cinema Australia / SBS
fresh!
Can You Hear Me? (2021)
ABC, ABC iView (3 x 6 min)
Professionals from Indigenous and Chinese backgrounds discuss the intersection of career and culture over dodgy internet.
WATCH ON iVIEW / YOUTUBE
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Grace Feng Fang Juan, Michael Hudson