Project History

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”

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

MORE INFO Screen Australia / Star Weekly
SOCIALS @ceebsproject

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.

PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Grace Feng Fang Juan, Michael Hudson

Girl, Interpreted《莉莉译东西》(2020)

TENCENT, iQIYI, YOUTUBE (5 x 5 min)
A nervous interpreter stumbles through a web series of hectic cultural misunderstanding.

WRITER/DIRECTOR Grace Feng Fang Juan
PRODUCER Nikki Tran

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

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.

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

SideKicked (2017)

MELBOURNE FRINGE, Performance (60 min)
Behind every ‘great’ hero in history and culture is a less glorified chum who stuck by them through thick and thin – against all better judgement. Writers from the western suburbs of Melbourne put new spin on old tales in a one-night only storytelling bonanza.

WRITER Nikki Tran, Amal Ibrahim, CB Mako, Sumudu Samarawickrama, Christina Taylor, Achut Thuc
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Sumudu Samarawickrama, Christina Taylor

MORE INFO Awarded Best Words and Ideas show at 2017 Melbourne Fringe

One Suburb, 1001 Stories (2014)

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS VICTORIA, Video (60 mins)
A collection of stories and interviews of City of Brimbank migrants sharing their heritage, customs and traditions.

DIRECTOR/CAMERA Nikki Tran