SYMPTOMS
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Marianna Dean
Written By: Christopher Brown
Produced By: Marianna Dean, Zoe Cunningham, Ollie Watts
Cast: Dan Lam, Zoe Cunningham, Amy Newton, Katharine Davenport, Steve Peck, Serhat Metin, Denys Gaskill, Maria Ingold and Jeryl Burgess
Synopsis:
Symptoms tells the story of a trainee doctor, Sam, and his final practical examination. Set in the world – known well to most actors – of fake illness and playing a part, not all of the “patients” that Sam sees are who they seem.
IN THE PARK
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Directed By: Marianna Dean
Written By: Lynwood Shiva Sawyer & Trudi Roth
Produced By: Marianna Dean
Cast: Justin Aves and Gemma Paget
Status: Completed
Synopsis:
When a working mum’s car breaks down, a man who’s not what he seems saves her from her own breakdown. “In the Park” dumps perceptions of what “having it all” means into the bin of social assumptions, and from the junk, unvarnished truths are revealed to be unexpected treasures.
LEO?
Genre: Comedy
Directed By: Marianna Dean
Written By: Mary Jane Lowe
Produced By: Marianna Dean and Mary Jane Lowe
Cast: Mary Jane Lowe, Hannah Hoad, Christina Hardy and Roman Grey
Status: Completed
Synopsis:
Mary, a scriptwriter in her 30s, has just been through a nasty breakup and has had to move in with her best friend Britt. Mary is not only depressed and heartbroken but also suffering from a serious case of writers block, with an impending deadline looming.
To cheer Mary up, Britt buys her a cardboard cutout of Leonardo DiCaprio. However he becomes an emotional crutch for Mary and an unhealthy obsession forms. Eventually this reaches a peak and Mary is forced to accept the reality of her life. This gives her inspiration for a script, which in turn leads to an unexpected career development.
Z-LIST
Genre: Comedy
Directed By: Marianna Dean
Written By: Tracey Sinclair
Produced By: Marianna Dean, Zoe Cunningham
Cast: Zoe Cunningham, Simone McIntyre, Zed Josef, Amy Newton, Cyril Blake, Karen Brace and Andrew MacDonald
Status: Post-production
Synopsis:
All Zara’s life she has wanted to be famous. And when she’s runner up on a national cooking show, it looks like her 15 minutes are finally here – until an ill-advised comment on breakfast TV puts her in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, and she discovers just how hard it can be to be a woman in the public eye.
Dealing with internet trolls, an agent with ulterior motives and her own unerring ability to put her foot in it, Zoe fights to resurrect her fledging media career, and hold onto her sanity and sense of humour at the same time. What could possibly go wrong?