ACMI Table Reads Archive
When
2026
Below you will find the complete list of projects which have received an ACMI Table Reads presentation.
ACMI Table Reads provides a rare opportunity for writers for the screen to have their projects read aloud in at Australia's National Museum of Screen Culture.
All types of writing for the screen are eligible: mid-length and feature screenplays, tv pilots, web-series, narration and narrative design for documentary, narrative design and dialogue for video games and XR projects, etc.
Writers can submit an application to have their work read at an ACMI Table Reads here.
WAVELENGTH
By Abigail Ward & Fraser Pemberton
Leo and Percy wake from a mysterious neurological virus that has swept the world; Leo in the desert, and Percy in the rainforest. Pursued by linen-clad Cults and vengeful backwater families, both must recover their memories in order to find each other and understand what brought them together in the first place - and what drove them apart.
Feature Screenplay
MOUNT DISAPPIONTMENT
By Jesse Vogelaar
An immigration officer catches a separated couple in a sham partner visa. Her probing leads to a conflict of interest when she befriends the besties she never knew she needed.
Feature Screenplay
TINDERBOX
By Danielle Ross
A grieving single mother returns to university to rebuild her life, but when she begins a forbidden affair with her female professor, it threatens to destroy her family and all she has fought to protect.
TV Pilot
SILVER PRINCESS
By Pat Mooney & Sam Calafiore
Elizabeth becomes transfixed by a tree in her backyard, when it starts to make an unusual sound.
Feature Screenplay
(S)INNER CIRCLE
By Holly Bates
In a dimly lit brothel backroom, three sex workers perform a protective ritual and counter-spell to deflect the gaze of a judgmental world.
Short Screenplay