The four-part crime thriller’s cast also includes some fresh and exciting new faces, including an outstanding South Sudanese Australian cast being seen for the very first time on Australian TV. They’ll be supported by familiar faces including Kim Gyngell, Tiarnie Coupland, Paul Ireland and Trudy Hellier.
Sunshine is produced by Essential Media’s Ian Collie with Carver Films' Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw and written by Matt Cameron and Elise McCredie.
Sunshine will be directed by Daina Reid with Director of Photography Bruce Young, production design by Chris Kennedy, costume design by Jeanie Cameron with hair and makeup by Zeljka Stanin (Hunters, The Dressmaker).
Set in Melbourne’s outer-west, Sunshine is a vibrant, kinetic and compelling high stakes fictional crime drama that delves behind the headlines to get up close and personal with the lives of the South Sudanese community in Australia, uncovering the humour, heartbreak and hurdles they face in forging a new life as strangers in a strange land.
Film Victoria provided investment support through its Assigned Production Investment Program.
Sunshine will air on SBS and SBS On Demand in 2017.