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1 form y separately published work icon Back to the Fuhrer David Ashby , Dario Russo , ( dir. Dario Russo ) Australia : Cyanfilms Dinosaur Productions SBS Television , 2015 8925451 2015 single work film/TV
1 2 form y separately published work icon Danger 5 David Ashby , Dario Russo , ( dir. Dario Russo ) Australia : Cyanfilms SBS Television Dinosaur Productions , 2012-2015 Z1850405 2012 series - publisher film/TV science fiction humour

Danger 5 began in 2012 as a six-part broad comedy series that filters World War II through the exploitative spy thrillers of the 1960s.

Centred on six operatives from various Allied powers, the program follows their attempts to stop an increasingly absurd series of Nazi plots (including, for example, the theft by dirigible of the world's national monuments in order to build an enormous statue of Hitler, or the use of dinosaurs in combat) and, as their commanding officer constantly reminds them, 'As always, kill Hitler.'

The comedy is extremely broad and both exploits and mocks the exploitative nature of 1960s' film and television, as apparent, for example, in the title of episode five: 'Fresh Meat for Hitler's Sex Kitchen'.

The program also makes interesting use of the multilingual nature of such an international team: rather than eliding this by having all characters speaking English, the program uses a multitude of languages combined with English sub-titles.

In 2013, a second series was produced, this time set in the 1980s.

1 1 form y separately published work icon The Palace Anthony Maras , ( dir. Anthony Maras ) Australia Cyprus : AntHouse Films Cyanfilms , 2011 Z1832162 2011 single work film/TV

'Cyprus 1974. A Cypriot family flees advancing Turkish forces and takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman-era palace. When a young Turkish Cypriot conscript comes face to face with the family in hiding, he is forced to confront the brutal reality of war and his role in it.'

Source: The Palace website, www.thepalace1974.com (sighted 13/12/2011)

1 3 form y separately published work icon My Tehran for Sale Grânâz Moussavi , ( dir. Grânâz Moussavi ) Australia : Cyanfilms , 2009 Z1813585 2009 single work film/TV (taught in 1 units) Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically.

At an underground rave, she meets Iranian born Saman, now an Australian citizen, who offers her a way out of her country and the possibility of living without fear.

Shot entirely on location in Tehran, My Tehran for Sale tells the story of modern day Iranian youth struggling for cultural freedom. It brings to the screen never before seen images of modern urban Iran, and reveals how young Iranian people live behind closed doors.
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