ProjectS

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A clueless and mouthy interpreter literally stuck between two cultures, two neurotic best friends seeking a replaceable third-wheel, 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. Choose your own adventure.

 

Girl, Interpreted《莉莉译东西》(2020)

TENCENT, iQIYI, ABC AUSTRALIA, YOUTUBE (5 x 5 min) WATCH ON YOUTUBE
A nervous interpreter stumbles through a web series of hectic cultural misunderstanding. In development for a half-hour series adaptation.

WRITER/DIRECTOR Grace Feng Fang Juan
PRODUCER Nikki Tran

REVIEWS ACMI / Douban (Chinese) / In Touch
MORE INFO Screen Aus Development Funding / Liminal Mag / The Australian (Chinese) / Melbourne WebFest
SOCIALS @girl_interpreted / Facebook / Weibo

Girl, Interpreted《莉莉译东西》

Lil Ceebs (2021)

SIGNAL ARTS, IGTV (4 x 3 min)
Two neurotic best friends, Zion and Ruby, decide to search for a tolerable and replaceable third wheel.
In development for full web series “Ceebs
WATCH ON INSTAGRAM

WRITER/DIRECTOR Betiel Beyin, Leigh Lule
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Amie Batalibasi

MORE INFO CEEBS Screen Aus Funding / Digital Originals Workshop / Star Weekly
SOCIALS @ceebsproject

LIL CEEBS

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

PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Grace Feng Fang Juan, Michael Hudson

Can You Hear Me?