ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS
Alongside our commercial work, Run Wild produces its own slate of original productions. With a documentary focus, we're drawn to stories with emotional impact that interrogate the bigger patterns lying beneath headline moments.
STACKORAMA!
DOCUMENTARY / 60 MINS / 2021
Jaydyn Coggins (15), the best cup stacker in Australia, travels from South Australia to Orlando, Florida with his family as the only Australian competitor at the World Sports Stacking Championships. Struggling after a surprise de-selection from the Australian team, Jaydyn is forced to push past internal tensions to make it to the tournament. Rich with social inclusion and social justice themes, this one hour documentary explores the hero’s journey of one young boy with autism and his family who will do anything to open the world to him.
Writer / Director: Scott Baskett
Writer / Producer: Gene Geoffrey
Cinematographer / Editor: Jared Nicholson
Executive Producer: Naomi Just
Funded by the ABC and the South Australian Film Corporation.
NOMINATED BEST DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL (SINGLE) - AIDC 2022
STARTING FROM SCRATCH
DOCUMENTARY / 15 MINS / 2018
Nightly, Brenton plies his trade in the neon forest of Adelaide's West End, working tirelessly toward a goal few people would understand. Brenton Torrens is not just another guy who thinks he can freestyle. The Adelaide busker is dedicated to his dream of a life in hip-hop and he sees the small city's streets as the right place to start. Starting From Scratch follows Brenton on his journey from street performer to his first live show at Adelaide’s renowned live music venue - The Gov.
Writer / Director / Editor: Jared Nicholson
Writer / Producer: Scott Baskett
Producer: Farin Foster, Josh Fanning & Tyrone Ormsby
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY - ReelOzInd Film Festival 2018
Funded by City Standard
ULTRAMAN: AUSTRALIAN MADE
DOCUMENTARY / IN DEVELOPMENT
Ultraman: Towards the Future is the tenth
series of a cult Japanese television show that
was made in the early 1990s. Brainchild of Eiji Tsuburaya, creator of Godzilla, it was intended as the franchise’s breakout season – targeting
an English-speaking market for the first time. Production was shifted offshore to Adelaide, Australia, but the making of the beloved show played out like a comedy of errors, with a few horrifying workplace dangers thrown in for good measure.
Ultraman: Australian Made revisits the Ultraman legacy and the ill-fated 1990s Japanese-Australian co-production that brought the South Australian industry to its knees. The documentary brings together the original cast and crew to reconstruct scenes on location and explain how a series of disasters in front of and behind the lens not only kept the franchise alive, but miraculously created a lasting legacy.
Writer / Director: Anthony Frith
Producer: Scott Baskett
Writer: Farrin Foster