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Flying Bark Productions Pty Ltd is an Australian animation studio. It is producer of animated children's entertainment such as Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale, Master Raindrop, and Zeke's Pad.
Established by Yoram and Sandra Gross in 1968 as Yoram Gross Films Studio, the company has grown from a family based animation studio into an international production house.
Flying Bark Productions is currently producing the television show The Woodlies. The Managing Director is Barbara Stephen.
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(2014)Filmography of Flying Bark Productions (11 films)
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Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
, 1h31Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Ryan Kwanten, Rufus Sewell, Toni Collette, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman, Richard Roxburgh
The original storyline of the Blinky Bill character was for Blinky to have adventures that will stop the deforestation of the Australian Outback. The newest instalment of Blinky Bill (Ryan Kwanten) takes a less environmental stance and centres on saving his home by bringing his family back together. The battle is for Green Patch and the antagoniser is the evil Cranklepot the Goanna (Barry Otto) who wants to rule their little community.
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
, 1h25Origin German
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about insects, Children's films
Actors Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jan Delay, Richard Roxburgh, Noah Taylor, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes
Maya, une jeune abeille tout juste sortie de son rayon de cire, explore la ruche qu'elle découvre mais en provoquant quelques dégâts. Elle finit par sortir de la ruche et rencontre Flip la sauterelle à qui elle explique que personne ne l'aime à la ruche. Mais Flip, pensant que la place d'une abeille est dans la ruche, la ramène chez elle. Pendant ce temps, la conseillère royale Buzzlina complote pour usurper le trône de la reine en lui volant la gelée royale et en accusant les Frelons tout juste installés dans la prairie. Maya et tous ses nouveaux amis composés de Flip, Willi (son premier ami abeille), Piquant le Frelon et d'autres vont alors tenter de sauver la situation.
Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale (2007)
, 1h20Genres Adventure, Animation
Actors Jamie Croft, Keith Scott, Shane Withington
One morning it is Claude's first day to work at his Uncle Calvin's Gumnut juice factory. Claude doesn't feel up to it at first. Calvin receives an order for Gumnut juice from the business man Peer Point J. Marino which if successful will grant Calvin's company a contract. The rival Hot Spot Charlie hoping to beat Calvin to the contract first, sends Frankie to steal the secret sweetening formula to fulfill his quota.
Blinky Bill (1992)
, 1h30Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Robyn Moore, Keith Scott
The local woodlanders are carrying with their everyday life as normal until the next morning, when two men Harry and Joe start to take down the entire forest with their tractor. The animals evacuate as many trees fall down, and more trees are cut down including Mrs Koala's home, and a tree knocks Blinky Bill unconscious.
Dot Goes to Hollywood (1988)
, 1h13Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Ross Higgins
Yoram Gross's eighth Dot movie opens in Australia with Dot and a koala named Gumley dancing and singing in the streets. There is evidence of an epidemic, revealed to be an eye disease, which is spreading fast among the koalas, causing blindness and death. Gumley has contracted the disease and he and Dot are trying to raise money to pay for an operation, but they are unsuccessful. A kangaroo suggests that Dot goes to Hollywood where she will be able to raise the money in no time.
Dot And Keeto (1986)
, 1h14Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Robyn Moore, Keith Scott
L'amour de Doty pour toutes les créatures grandes et petites s'étend même aux insectes. Ses bonnes actions en sauvant un moustique et une libellule d'une toile d'araignée finissent par payer. Après avoir mangé accidentellement une racine magique qui la ramène à la taille des insectes, la petite Doty est seule et a peur parmi les 'énormes' fourmis et terrifiantes araignées de son jardin. Mais Keeto le moustique et un personnage amical nommé Toumou la chenille viennent à son secours.
Dot and the Koala (1985)
, 1h11Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Robyn Moore, Keith Scott
Doty vient en aide à ses amis animaux indigènes quand Bruce le koala lui parle des plans de construction d'un énorme barrage qui détruira leur environnement. Mais les animaux de ferme locaux croient que la création du barrage va catapulter leur petite ville de campagne dans le 21ème siècle. Les deux côtés luttant pour ce qu'ils croient être juste, les plans de Doty pour effacer le barrage sont mis en péril par les détectives locaux Sherlock os et son offsider Watson le chat!
Dot and the Bunny (1983)
Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Drew Forsythe, Ron Haddrick, Ross Higgins, Anne Haddy
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
, 1h26Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Ron Haddrick, Joan Bruce, Ross Higgins, Spike Milligan, June Salter, Peter Gwynne
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
, 1h26Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Musical films
Actors Ron Haddrick, Robyn Moore, Ross Higgins, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter
When 5-year-old Dot finds herself lost in the Australian bush, a red kangaroo who has lost her joey (baby kangaroo) promises to help her find her way home. In the process, the kangaroo introduces Dot to a number of other animals, teaching Dot a greater appreciation for nature.
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The Magic Riddle (1991)
, 1h33Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Animation
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Keith Scott, Robyn Moore
Cindy, short for Cinderella, lives with her widowed stepmother and two stepsisters, Bertha and Ertha. Cindy is forced to do all of the housework and is effectively a servant. The widow hates Cindy because when her late Grandfather died, he hid his will which the widow knows passes all the family inheritance to Cindy. The widow purposely keeps Cindy busy so that she won't find the will, giving the widow time to find it first. The widow is also planning to marry her favorite daughter, Bertha, to a handsome young man named Phillipe, though he is smitten with Cindy.