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Matt Nable in In Cold Light (photo from Lisa Maree Williams)

.I don.t like thinking about things that are not possible. I.d like to think how to make something possible.. For Australian film director Peter Slee, working with a tight shooting schedule and low budget can be a real challenge, but it also motivates the filmmaker do his best work. Slee.s first feature film, In Cold Light, shot in seven days in one location with two main characters is now in the process of post-production. Based on Duncan Ley.s script, this psychological thriller takes place in a closed interrogation room and features the confrontation between a respected English teacher, Father Lamori, and a relentless investigator after the murder of a young boy. Slee first came across Ley.s writing about seven years ago. .There was a stage play script of Duncan.s that I found amazing,...

.I don.t like thinking about things that are not possible. I.d like to think how to make something possible.. For the Australian film director Peter Slee, working with a tight shooting schedule and low budget can be a real challenge, but it also motivates the film maker do his best work. Slee.s first feature film, In Cold Light, shot in seven days in one location with two main characters is now in the process of post-production. Based on Duncan Ley.s script, this psychological thriller takes place in a closed interrogation room and features the confrontation between a respected English teacher, Father Lamori, and a relentless investigator after the murder of a young boy. Slee first came across Ley.s writing about seven years ago. .There.s a stage play script of Duncan that I found amazing,. Slee recalls. He managed to get in touch with Ley to talk about the play,...

The Motion Picture Company is shooting a new web series called the Charity Porn Initiative.

Written by John Banas, the 18 x 6 minute series is about a website set up by Mpc producer Peter Slee in 2009 called charityporn.com.

The story follows the fortunes of the character whose life is turned upside-down as his website takes off.

It is being shot in January and February, and is scheduled for an early release online in 2013. The cast has yet to be announced.

The series is to be distributed next year via video sharing sites and the website thecpinitiative.com.

Peter Slee, who is creative director on the project, explained: “A web-series plays to our strengths and, as we’ve seen recently, content that is daring can find an audience online. Traditional distribution is increasingly looking to online for new talent, new ideas, and entertainment with proven audiences.”

Banas has written for TV shows including City Homicide,...