Pauline Chan

Director/Producer/Writer
16 feature films and 17 TV credits

Pauline Chan has worked on art-house independent films as well as Hollywood blockbusters with international superstars including Jackie Chan, Mila Jovovich, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchette. Sydney-based Chan is the Founder/Director of Darkroom Films, est. 2000. She is the winner of 17 international film nominations and 15 major awards, including three 'Best Director' and four 'Best Film' awards. Over the past 25 years her work has been invited to official screenings at Cannes, New York, Toronto, Beijing and Tokyo film festivals.Passionate in the development of the Australian screen industry and culture she was Board Member of Australian Director’s Guild (1995-97), Commissioner of NSW Ethics Commission (1995-97), appointed by Australian Governor General as Commissioner of the Australian Film Commission (1997-2000), Board Member of the Asian Pacific Screen Awards (1999-2020) and Director of Board for the International Chinese Film Festival (10 yrs - current).She made history for Australia-China cinema pioneering the first and second Official Treaty Australia-China Co-productions Dragon Pearl (2010) starring Sam Neil; and 33 Postcards (2011) starring Guy Pearce and Lin Zhu. Both films were a commercial and cinematic success for Australia and its Chinese partners, resulting in an invitation to the Italian Parliament House in Rome and the American Film Forum in Los Angeles as a study model for International Co-Production.Pauline Chan's IMDB

Lin Zhu

Producer/Actor/Writer
12 feature films and 9 TV series credits

Lin Zhu is an internationally renowned Chinese Actor/Producer. Her first leading role was in 2010, in the Second Official Treaty Australia-China Co-Production film 33 Postcards, co-starring with Guy Pearce and Directed/Produced by Pauline Chan. As the film’s female lead, Lin helped the Australian producers secure significant investment from a major studio in China, Hengdian Films. Lin won the ‘Asia Rising New Star’ Award for her performance in this film at the 2011 Shanghai Film Festival. She also won the ‘Best Actress Award’ at the International China Film Festival held in Sydney in the same year. Her stardom was launched overnight, leading to more award-winning and successful work in the UK, China and Asia.Having gained extensive production experience and global recognition, Lin established her own production company in 2017 Juliet Films China.Over the past seven years she has developed, financed and produced over 118 hours of multiple hit TV series - all which received outstanding commercial success and reviews. This included a hit TV series New Generation (48-episode) which achieved the highest viewership ratings in 63 cities in China and a market share of 10.13%. The TV series topped program ratings across all Chinese streaming platforms.Lin also Co-Produced the feature film The Fallen Bridge which ranked #4 at the Chinese box office in 2022 bringing in AUD $49.85 million.Lin Zhu's IMDB

Mai Kanhukamwe

Line Producer
30+ Live Events, Videos and Films

Having worked in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra as well as in Asia and America, Mai Kanhukamwe is a highly accomplished Australian media and event producer, renowned for her exceptional track record in financing projects which were commercially and critically successful. From documentary to vertical drama series, from social and artistic events to short films, from documentary to vertical drama, Mai’s production experiences are diverse. As Chair of the Board at The Red Rattler Theatre Sydney, Mai is in charge of strategic planning and operational management, ensuring the theatre continues to thrive as a vital hub for artists and audiences alike. Under her leadership, the Red Rattler Theatre has hosted a range of successful events, including a highly impactful fundraising gala-ette that ran alongside several influential online campaigns. The event contributed to a total fundraising goal of more than $20,000 as well as providing critical support for the theatre’s continuous commitment to community programs.In March 2025 Mai was awarded a Community Recognition Statement that was entered into the parliamentary Hansard for her work producing live events for the Queer Asian community in Sydney Eora as part of Worship Queer Collective.Mai Kanhukamwe's IMDB

Martin Thorne

Producer/Post-production supervisor/Visual affects
50 film titles in different capacities

Martin is one of the most established Senior Post Production Supervisor and Editor in Australia. He also has five film credits as Producer.
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Franc Biffone

Cinematographer
40+ film and TV credits

Franc is a highly respected Australian filmmaker and winner of 15 industry awards. His work covers feature films, TV series, documentaries and TV advertising campaigns.
www.francbiffone.com
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Daniel Green

Writer/Director/Producer
23 film & TV credits

Daniel is experienced in various production formats and budget-sizes. He has worked in short films, TV, Independent Australian features films, as well as block-buster Hollywood films such as The Fall Guy (2023) shot in Australia. Daniel believes that motion picture media is one of the most powerful tools in human history, and as such the social responsibility of each project is as integral as the story itself.
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Divorced to be the Top Heiress

June 2024 saw the release of Roaring Picture’s first completed production; a 120-minute vertical web series entitled Divorced to be the Top Heiress. Utilizing a wholly Australian cast and crew, the entire production was financed by Lin obtaining private Asian investors, and it was co-produced by Pauline and Lin. The series received a worldwide launch on American web platform ShortMax and new subscribers to the series continue to remain high across the globe.

DRS+SURVIVORS

Cancer screening data shows that fewer people from Asian communities take part in screening compared to other Australians and it is a big issue that government and health officials are focusing on.Mai obtained funding from The Social Policy Group. and The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to create a live event as well as three short films to raise awareness of preventative cancer screening within Asian communities of NSW. Lin, Pauline and Mai co-produced the films with Mai also Writing and Directing the project.

DIVORCED QUEEN RETURNS TO THE STAGE

April 2025 saw the release of Roaring Picture’s third completed production; a 120-minute vertical web series entitled Divorced Queen Returns to the Stage. Once again employing a wholly Australian cast and crew, the entire production was financed by Lin obtaining private Asian investors, and it was co-produced by Mai and Lin. The series received a worldwide launch on American web platform BestShort and it is currently still trending internationally.

ALPHA KING, YOUR PREGNANT LUNA ESCAPED (WORKING TITLE)

ALPHA KING, YOUR PREGNANT LUNA ESCAPED is a vertical webseries funded by Asian investors and filmed in Sydney employing a wholly Australian cast and crew. The entire production was financed by Lin obtaining private Asian investors, and it was co-produced by Lin, Mai and Jerry Zhou. The project launched online in April 2025.

I Am You

I AM YOU is a Sci-Fi Thriller created by Director/Writer Mark Forstmann of Totem Films.
The project is currently in the casting and financing stage and is intended for production in NSW and Victoria.

Mango Tree

Mango Tree is a road movie about two teenage girls’ coming-of-age stories created by Producer Angelina Jolie and Director/Writer Pauline Chan. Currently it is in the final stage of script development and financing.
The film is intended for production in early 2025.

The Last Ride

The Last Ride is a horror/thriller movie based on the well-known Asian horror novel The Last Bus No. 1. The film will be adapted by an Australian writer and director to feature Australian characters and culture. It will be set in an iconic NSW regional town.The story tells the journey of a group of commuters on the last bus on a very dark night. An incident occurs which causes the driver and the passengers to be challenged physically and psychologically. Each person is confronted by their own inner demons while inexplicable events continue to happen around them which eventually leads to the discovery of a tragic truth that happened on that same bus in the past. In the realm of Hollywood classic The 6th Sense (1999) starring Bruce Willis, and this year’s Australian film Talk To Me (2023) starring Sophie Wilde - The Last Ride will be an Australian supernatural story with social and moral themes.

The Town

Australian classic film Wake in Fright (1971) meets Oscar winning Get Out (2017) to make The Town which will be a thriller/horror feature film where an Asian International student of the University of Melbourne visits a small Victorian country town during his first semester break. A fire breaks out and destroys his lodging on his first night there. A bartender he befriended at the pub earlier invites him to stay with him and his family in a historical farmhouse that holds many secrets. The film will explore mysterious Australian legends and myths through the eyes of an outsider.

Hotel Brighton

Hotel Brighton is a thriller/horror feature film. Built at the later years of the Second World War, Brighton Camp in Port Arthur has Australian history significance. It was used to house prisoners of war, and then housed waves of war refugees from Europe. The story is about a small group of modern-day tourists visiting Tasmania on holidays. The group includes visitors from interstate Australia as well as from the US, China, India, and a couple who are young and arrogant social media influencers. Their background is diverse and life values vastly different, representing contrasting social and national perspectives. Together they join a tourist attraction “Ghost Tour” for fun, to visit the abandoned Brighton Camp one night. As they enter the prison gate, joking about the past victims of this place, they are not aware that they are stepping into the gate of hell, and some of them never make it out.

MODERN LOVE

Modern Love will be ten 45 minute long episode TV series with each episode containing an independent romantic story. Set in contemporary Australia it will feature the unique cultures and lifestyles of various ethnic, sexual and gender-diverse communities living in Australia’s modern multi-cultural society.

The Wave Riders

The Wave Riders is set to be a historical/romantic drama about Australia shot in the cinematic style of acclaimed French film The House of the Spirits. The film will follow multiple generations of one Australian family over several decades as they live through a nation emerging from it's British colonial past, suffering through the Second World War and subsequently then dealing with the social changes that result from mass immigration after the War.