Format
A 3 x 12 minute comedy web series… And proof-of-concept for a bigger series.
Logline
Liv, a 28-year-old advertising creative, is pretty happy. Good job, nice Sydney apartment, and a good enough relationship with her boyfriend Luke. Things are ticking along nicely, until the day she meets her intuition Uta.
Synopsis
Liv, a 28-year-old advertising creative, is pretty happy: good job, nice Sydney apartment, and a good enough relationship with her boyfriend Luke. Things are ticking along nicely… until the day she meets her intuition Uta. Uta, who has an office in Livʼs gut, is over the moon that Liv is listening to her, and sets about making-over Livʼs life, starting by breaking up with Luke, who is moments away from proposing.
Though the driving storyline is the (at first) fractious Liv/Uta relationship, the 3 x 12 minute episodes also follow the raft of delightfully flawed characters in Livʼs life… and their guts. Fast-paced and laced with warm, relatable humour, Gut Feeling is a comedy series about learning how – and when – to listen to your gut.
About Production
Gut Feeling was filmed in Sydney in 2018 as Hattie Archibald’s Final Project for her Masters in Directing at AFTRS.
Festivals & Awards
The series has picked up multiple festival awards including:
2019 MELBOURNE WEBFEST – People’s Choice Award
2019 MELBOURNE WEBFEST – Best Student Series
2019 SYDNEY WEBFEST – Best Series
2019 SYDNEY WEBFEST – Best Comedy Screenplay
2019 MINNESOTA WEBFEST – Audience Choice Award
2019 MINNESOTA WEBFEST – Best Comedic Performance (Bridie Connell)
2019 TORONTO WEBFEST – Best Lead Performance (Bridie Connell)
2020 SANTA MONICA WEBFEST – Best Student/Film School
Other nominations and selections include:
NYC WEBFEST – Best Director (Hattie Archibald), Best International Web Series (Hattie Archibald, Emily Bull), Best Actress (Bridie Connell);
SEOUL WEBFEST – Best Screenplay, Best Comedy, Best Actress (Bridie Connell);
STAREABLE – Best Comedy;
WEBFEST BERLIN – Best Comedy, TORONTO WEBFEST – Best Comedy;
MINNESOTA WEBFEST – Best Dramedy and Best Student;
SYDNEY WEBFEST – Best Comedy;
SANTA MONICA WEBFEST – Best Screenwriting, Best Comedy Series;
MIAMI WEBFEST – Official Selection 2021.
The series was also selected to be presented at Cannes MIPCOM 2019 as part of the ‘Best of Short Form’ showcase, and to be further developed for SVOD through the 2019 Graduate Incubator Program from AFTRS and The Studio.
Financing
The project was jointly financed through:
The Australian Film Television & Radio School through the Master of Arts: Screen;
the generous donations of individuals through two crowdfunding campaigns, one on Pozible in 2015 and another through the Australian Cultural Fund in 2018;
funds received from Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. 'Gut Feeling' was awarded a grant as an ACF Boost project.
The production has received generous support from HelloFuture.tv and Spectrum Films.
Distribution
Gut Feeling has been picked up by ABC Comedy and iview, and premiered online on 8 May 2020. Australian audiences can watch Gut Feeling on iview here.
For sales enquiries, or to learn more about the producers plans for a longer version of the show, get in touch: gutfeelingseries@gmail.com