by FilmInk Staff
BOOMERANG Announced as the 2025 AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes Recipient, Celebrating Regional Storytelling and Bold New Voices
Selected from a highly competitive field of emerging regional voices, Far North Queensland based Nathin Art Butler and Jonathon Saunder’s feature film pitch BOOMERANG has been named as the 2025 recipient of AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes.
The story centres on a screen-addicted Indigenous Australian boy who must survive the brutal desert after a plane crash – offering a contemporary, stereotype-flipping twist on the survival genre that intersects culture and country.
This year’s panel included Jonathan Page of Bonsai Pictures, writer, story developer and script producer Nicole Dade and AACTA winning producer, screenwriter and industry consultant Deb Cox. The panel was impressed with the calibre of this year’s finalists and in particular Boomerang’s adventurous premise and potential to reach a wide audience.
Backed by AACTA, Screenworks and the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), the recipients will receive support and guidance throughout the scripting process, including a live script read during the 2026 AACTA Festival on the Gold Coast.
This year’s AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscape initiative concluded at the 2025 Screenworks Regional to Global Screen Forum. The event takes place in Lennox Head from June 18th to 20th.
