Cirrus@Austlit

'Meena escaped her ‘model migrant’ family life in Australia and built an exciting career in PR in London. She loved her boyfriend Owen, but he could never quite commit to their relationship. When she accidentally falls pregnant, they both fall in love with baby Sasha and bravely head to Sydney to build a family life. But now Sasha is nine and Owen barely looks at Meena.

'On a backpacking holiday in Madrid, Sophie meets Australian Todd. After a whirlwind romance she throws in her rising career in New York, follows Todd to Sydney. Sophie committed to being the perfect wife, lover and mother, found some friends, including her BFF Meena and now Todd is looking for a tree change?

'Arriving in Australia as an international student, Rani managed to make only a couple of friends. Now Priya is dead, her son Ali is demanding, and Daniyal comes homes from work later and later. A determination to bring some pleasure to her life sets off a huge fight with her husband. Can they recover?

'A marriage begins with two people, When you add children to the mix, sometimes the adults forget why they came together. When Meena and Sophie meet Rani at the lowest point in her life, cue confessions, advice, misunderstandings, laughter and endless support.

'What do partnered women with children talk about when they get together? Everything!' (Publication summary)

'When refugee Priya's dad goes missing and is blamed for unleashing an unearthly beast on the suburbs of Western Sydney, Priya and her unlikely band of allies must battle adversity and exclusion - and a terrifying plastic-eating monster - to find her dad, save their neighbourhood and land their visa to stay.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'After successfully matchmaking within the Sydney desi community for years, Nas has decided to open a marriage agency to help all Australians find love. With 17 years of marriage to his dream woman Tasnim under his belt, he's keen to help others find the same happiness that he's had. But what he sees as a perfect, happy match isn't necessarily what something others agree on - including Tasnim.

'Before long, the cracks in Nas and Tasnim's marriage are beginning to show, and Salima, their 16-year-old daughter, is caught in the middle. Which parent will she side with, if either one at all? She’s got her own complicated life going on, one that her parents seem too busy to notice. Maybe it's time for her to break some rules and follow her heart at last?' (Publication summary)

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'Audiences appreciate seeing a difference slice of life and will lose themselves in the story – you just need to give them the chance'

'Looking for love in all the wrong places? Can’t seem to find that special someone to share the rest of your life with? In fact, why even do the looking - let Nas take the worry and uncertainty out of finding ‘The One’ by arranging your marriage today!

'A comedy-drama about Nas’s latest quest - to match and make the marriages of lovelorn Australians at his newly established marriage agency. With compassion and curiosity ‘The Marriage Agency’ asks us to investigate and laugh about our best intentions, and our fallibility as humans.'

Source: KXT.

'Zainab and Asif move from India to Sydney to build a new life, but when Asif dies in suspicious circumstances Zainab realises she never really knew her husband and their new comfortable white neighbourhood hides a dark secret.'

Source: Screen Australia funding approvals.