Mad Ones Films was founded by producers Cyna Strachan and Liam Heyen, who met at AFTRS in 2014 and have been producing for exciting emerging talent ever since. 

Over the past 7 years Mad Ones has produced a catalogue of award-winning short films which have screened at top film festivals including TIFF, SXSW, Iris Prize, MIFF and Sydney Film Festival. Our latest short - YOU AND ME BEFORE AND AFTER - written/directed by Madeleine Gottlieb; is a dramedy starring Yael Stone (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK) and Emily Barclay (PLEASE LIKE ME) as feuding sisters getting their first tattoos together. YOU AND ME, BEFORE AND AFTER had it’s world premiere at MIFF 2021 and is scheduled to premiere internationally at TIFF 2021.

We are currently developing an eclectic long form and digital slate, with an exciting array of creatives. We are passionate about telling female-lead stories and those with a LGBTQI+ focus and are always excited about putting dynamic, untold stories on screen. We believe that there is universality in specificity, and we want to facilitate telling niche stories in a compelling and commercially minded way.