Velvet Riot is a young company making feature dramas and documentaries for audiences who want to be thrilled and provoked.

What we look for / our slate.

01

Strong, female-led work.

Stories led by women - in front of the camera and behind it. An intentional centre to the company, not a quota.

02

A clear voice.

Writers and directors with a real perspective and the artistic vision to make something unique.

03

Genre agnostic.

Horror, dramedy or documentary. We're excited by the story, not the label.

Founded by Rachel Forbes and Celyren Leckie - two producers with over a decade between them making feature drama and documentary.

We work across Perth and Melbourne - in the weeds with our writers and directors, close to every layer of how a film actually gets made.

Independent · Est. 2026 velvetriotfilms.com
VelvetRIOT
Perth · Melbourne rachel@velvetriotfilms.com

Velvet Riot Films acknowledges the Whadjuk Noongar people of Boorloo and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation in Naarm as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge the long storytelling traditions of First Nations peoples. This always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.