An independent Australian screen production company established by Producer Lois Randall.
Magpie Pictures is a boutique Australian screen production company committed to telling compelling original stories on screen. Established by Lois Randall, an award winning Screen Producer with over 20 years of industry experience, the company is based in Ballina in the Northern Rivers of NSW.
Exciting news! Thanks to Screen Australia for this support through the Enterprise Business program 🙏🏼
Magpie Pictures has outlined its next steps after being included in the latest round of Screen Australia Enterprise funding, welcoming Matthew Kelly as a consulting business executive and EP, and Claire Lindsay and Ree Evans in a shared development producer role.
So inspiring to attend the Australians in Film Future Vision summit in Melbourne last week. Tony Ayres keynote was a highlight... if you didn't hear it have a read. As film and television creators and producers we have the power to be change makers... and the responsibility!
Thanks Tony and AiF and everyone involved in the event.
Showrunner Tony Ayres believes in the power of storytelling to change the way people see the world.
Congratulations to the wonderful Anousha Zarkesh! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Congratulations to Anousha Zarkesh for her nomination!
“The International Casting Directors Association - ICDA is thrilled to announce Anousha Zarkesh as one of the nominee’s in the 2024 Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting”
The award will be presented at Tirana Film Festival in Albania on 22nd September 2024.
Congratulations to all the nominees; Read more here https://the-icda.com/articles/2024/2024-semiramis-award-for-excellence-in-casting/
Magpie Pictures has loved working with creator/director Tig Terera over the past few years, taking a wild ride on SWIFT STREET. We look forward to seeing his future work, and know it will continue to be both beautiful and game changing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
And beautiful photograph taken during Swift Street post by Simon Cardwell
Catch on SBS On Demand
SWIFT STREET episodes 7 and 8 screen tonight 9.30pm on SBS Australia... last drop! Or you can stream all episodes on SBS On Demand
Directed by Nick Verso
Ep 7 written Sam Carroll, Nicole Reddy, Tig Terera
Ep 8 written by Sam Carroll
Created by Tig Terera
Produced by Lois Randall and Ivy Mak
SWIFT STREET episodes 5 and 6 screen tonight 9.30pm on SBS Australia!
Directed by Nick Verso
Ep 5 written by Nicole Reddy
Ep 6 written by Briar Grace Smith
Created by Tig Terera
Produced by Lois Randall and Ivy Mak
You can stream all episodes on SBS On Demand
Where's Elsie going in such a hurry? Catch SWIFT STREET episodes 3 & 4 at 8.30pm tonight on SBS Australia.
Or binge all episodes on SBS On Demand!
Episode 3 written by Briar Grace Smith
Episode 4 written by Tig Terera and Sam Carroll
Both episodes directed by Tig Terera
Produced by Lois Randall and Ivy Mak
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Here's what the critics are saying...
★★★★ "This fresh, bingeable crime drama is an absolute blast."- The Guardian
"Clever, offbeat Australian TV at its finest"- Vogue Australia
“The Aussie series we’ve been waiting for” “Pure, joyful chaos”- Junkee
“Delightful, vivid and darkly funny.” “Grabs you by the throat… then the heart.”- VICE Australia
“At last! A series set in real Australia!”
- TV Week
Don't take our word for it. The critics agree, this is the Aussie series you've been waiting for.
Out today! SBS On Demand
Tanzyn Crawford and Cliff Curtis are great as a father and daughter who must raise $26,000 by whatever means necessary
Triple threat Keiynan Lonsdale!
Our TOM in SWIFT STREET, streaming free on SBS On Demand from 24 April.
With new show Swift Street and his long-awaited debut tour, Keiynan Lonsdale has figured out how to do it all.
The brilliant Tanzyn Crawford!
Starring in SWIFT STREET, premiering tomorrow on SBS On Demand👏👏👏
Perth-raised WAAPA graduate Tanzyn Crawford, who stars in SBS’ gritty new crime drama Swift Street, has taken time out of her busy international career to return to Australia.
Magpie Pictures new series SWIFT STREET drops tomorrow 📺24 April 📺 watch all episodes on SBS On Demand or two eps at a time 8.30pm Wednesdays on SBS Australia.
SBS’s Swift Street follows a father and daughter who commit crimes to pay back a dangerous debt – but ‘it’s a privilege to sit on a moral high horse’, says the creator
SWIFT STREET team on the pink carpet again! Closing Night at Canneseries and official photo call. Coming on 24th April to SBS Australia and SBS On Demand.
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DOP Sherwin Akbarzadeh, Producer Ivy Mak, EP/Producer Lois Randall, Actor Cliff Curtis (ROBERT), Creator/Director Tig Terera, Actor Keiynan Lonsdale (TOM), Actor Bernie Van Tiel (AISHA), Composers Damian de Boos-Smith and Maria Alfonsine. We missed our brilliant lead Actor Tanzyn Crawford (ELSIE) who couldn't be with us. Big congratulations to all our cast and crew!
Images: CANNESERIES S07
Closing night (C) Gregoire LENTINI
Photo call (C) Camilla CANALINI
Thank you Screen Australia VicScreen Screen NSW FIFTHSEASON
The brilliant Tanzyn Crawford who plays our lead ELSIE in Swift Street! Coming to SBS On Demand and SBS Australia 🌟April 24🌟
SWIFT STREET team on the pink carpet after world premiere in competition at Canneseries. 🩷🌿 So proud of Tig Terera and all our cast and crew, such an honour to be recognised by this wonderful festival! Now stay tuned for the launch on SBS on ⭐️24 April⭐️🎬
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Images: CANNESERIES S07 (C) Gregoire LENTINI on 4 9, 2024 in Cannes, France. (CANNESERIES S07)
Thankyou:
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Équipe SWIFT STREET Canneseries 🩷🌴🎬
Interview with Tanzyn Crawford, star of SWIFT STREET, coming to SBS Australia 24 April, worth reading in full:
“There should be a mix of what Australia looks like on our screens. One person of colour in amongst a whole bunch of white people isn’t enough.”
SBS On Demand
The actor, who plays whip-smart, no-nonsense Elsie in the Melbourne-filmed drama, talks why she loved the script, her talented co-stars and why it's important to see more people of colour on-screen.
Wednesday 24th April 💥
Magpie Pictures’ crime drama 'Swift Street' stars Cliff Curtis as jaded old-school hustler Robert and Tanzyn Crawford as his 21-year-old daughter Elsie, who must team up with her dad to get him out of debt and save him from a merciless crime boss who wants her money urgently.
Swift Street | Premieres Wednesday 24th April on SBS Australia and SBS On Demand 🌟
Magpie Pictures' SWIFT STREET in Official Selection Canneseries! And coming soon to SBS Australia and SBS On Demand 🩷🎥
Discover the main sections of the Official Selection of CANNESERIES.
Exciting news! Magpie Pictures' SWIFT STREET, created by Tig Terera, will have its World Premiere in short form competition at Canneseries in April.
We're excited and humbled to be included in this program of extraordinary series from around the world.
SWIFT STREET is coming soon to SBS and SBS On Demand. Stay tuned!
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Just announced! What an honour for Magpie Pictures new series SWIFT STREET to be included in this "fashionably eclectic lineup" in competition at Canneseries! 🩷🎥
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Canneseries unveils lineup of its 7th edition, including 'Fallout,' Michael Douglas starrer 'Franklin' and 'Becoming Karl Lagerfeld.'
Magpie Pictures at Charlie's last week in LA - thanks for having us Australians in Film!
Ivy Mak and Lois Randall in Swift Street uniform green!
Magpie Pictures upcoming series SWIFT STREET featured in SBS Programmers wrap: “It’s laugh-out-loud funny, but also heartbreaking”.
Pictured are actor Keiynan Lonsdale in the role of Tom with creator/director Tig Terera.
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Energetic local drama Swift Street, Alone in NZ, Shaun Micallef, Ray Martin, UK drama This Town, and Eurovision goes to Malmö, this year on SBS.
As Magpie Pictures closes shop for 2023 we express our gratitude to all the wonderful people we've been blessed to work with this year to bring our new drama series to life (premiering early 2024 on SBS Australia) and also to keep the development fires burning for future projects.
Another highlight of the year has been Magpie Producers Lois Randall and Ivy Mak participation in the Global Producers Exchange supported by Australians in Film and Screen Australia that has lead to a trip to LA in the new year and an exciting new partnership - stay tuned!
Also a heart felt thanks to our many project partners including SBS Australia Fifth Season Screen Australia VicScreen Screen NSW Arāma Pictures Inkey Media Bavaria Media International Australians in Film.
Wishing all a peaceful and relaxing holiday season!
Pictured: our brilliant Swift Street cast and crew wrap on location in Coburg Melbourne (photo Jane Zhang), and creator/director Tig Terera, director Nick Verso, editors Julie-Anne De Ruvo and Ahmad Halimi, Assistant Editor Ryan Cook and Producers Lois Randall and Ivy Mak at The Post Lounge Sydney (photo Simon Cardwell).
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Magpie Pictures is a new Australian screen production company committed to telling compelling original stories on screen. Established in 2014 by Lois Randall, a Screen Producer with over 20 years of industry experience, the company is based in Lennox Head in the Northern Rivers of NSW.
