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This official website, managed and ran by Micah Land, is a catalogue and archive of Micah Land and his films. It goes through all the important details of every Micah Land film to date, including cancelled or abandoned films.
About
Micah Land (born September 12, 2012) is an Australian filmmaker and actor.His earliest works include The Birth of Big Daddy (2024), The Shlongle Bongle trilogy (2024), and The Oompa Doompa (2024).After the school-wide success of his first 5 films Micah took a year break from filmmaking, not producing anything in the year of 2025, except a single script which was never filmed.In 2026 Micah Land continued his filmmaking with an all-new group of actors, almost entirely different from his first 5 films. He started the year with The Unstoppable Goat-Man (2026), with Yonathan Moreh, a superhero comedy, very similar in nature to The Birth of Big Daddy.Micah is currently working on writing and directing his first feature film, in Play It Cool (2026).Micah Land can be emailed or found, primarily, on the three sites below.
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The Birth of Big Daddy (2024) is an action-comedy superhero film, starring Hugo Marion as the titular hero. A young man named Big Daddy (Hugo Marion) gains superpowers by finding a, seemingly, magical, yellow eye mask hanging from a tree. When he discovers his powers, he makes the logical choice and becomes a superhero, fighting crime one ruler at a time. Friends (Arlo Hopwood, Micah Land) are lost, battles are fought, tears are shed in The Birth Of Big Daddy.CAST
Hugo Marion
Arlo Hopwood
Micah Land
Ari Narayana
Zachary Beame
Vaughn Woodhouse
Luke AndersonProduced Under: ML Productions Australia
Running Time: 9 minutes
STATUS: LOST
The Shlongle Bongle (2024) is a collection of three found footage horror films. The first documents a hiker's (played by Micah Land) experience in the forest, being chased down by the cruel Shlongle Bongle (Ari Narayana), a creature of the night. The hiker is captured and killed.CAST
Ari Narayana
Micah LandProduced Under: ML Productions Australia
Running Time: 3 minutes
STATUS: LOSTThe second Shlongle Bongle film, aka The Shlongle Bongle 2 (2024) expands the idea with a group of hiker's (Micah Land, Arlo Hopwood, Oliver Pickering) and their experience with the Shlongle Bongle. They are hunted by the Shlongle Bongle and Oliver's character is attacked and nearly killed.CAST
Ari Narayana
Micah Land
Arlo Hopwood
Oliver PickeringProduced Under: ML Productions Australia
Running Time: 3 minutes
STATUS: LOSTThere is a third and final Shlongle Bongle film, The Shlongle Bongle 3 (2024). This film follows the same group from The Shlongle Bongle 2, and their fight back against the evil Shlongle Bongle. In the end they defeat the beast, but only temporarily...CAST
Ari Narayana
Micah Land
Arlo Hopwood
Oliver PickerProduced Under: ML Productions Australia
Running Time: 2 minutes
STATUS: LOST
The Oompa Doompa (2024) is Micah Land's shortest film, yet it does not lack in his stunt innovation. The short is a mockumentary about hero, The Oompa Doompa (Yonathan Moreh). The short mostly consists of the character doing little stunts.CAST
Yonathan MorehProduced Under: ML Productions Australia
Running Time: 1 minute
STATUS: LOST
The Silver Saviour (2025) was the first film Micah ever wrote an actual script for. It starred Sebastian Ganzer as Devon Myers, a street vigilante, in a way similar to Kick-Ass. Devon would eventually find a sidekick in Ethan (Yonathan Moreh), who he would team up with to take down the cruel and cunning Chet Vice (Austin Perridge). This film was never shot, but it was written and casted.CAST
Sebastian Ganzer
Yonathan Moreh
Austin Perridge
Joab Dawit
Micah LandProduced Under: N/A
Running Time: N/A
STATUS: SCRAPPED
The Unstoppable Goat-Man (2026) follows Goat-Man, aka Daniel Davidson (Yonathan Moreh), discovering himself as a superhero. When Daniel gains goat-based superpowers he decides to fight the wicked as Goat-Man. All is going well until Appendicitis Man (Sebastian Ganzer) appears, petty for no particular reason. Goat-Man must defeat his foe.CAST
Yonathan Moreh
Sebastian Ganzer
Austin Perridge
Micah LandProduced Under: Y & M Productions, ML Films
Running Time: 8 minutes
STATUS: RELEASED
Outperium (2026) is a cancelled Micah Land film, to release sometime in July 2026.
Obsessed with the thriller film Imperium, an unstable and hate-filled man named Nate decides to stage his own mockumentary-style undercover infiltration. However, his complete misunderstanding of social cues and real-world politics quickly turns a local protest into a painful disaster.CAST
Micah Land
Yonathan MorehProduced Under: ML Films
Running Time: 4 minutes
STATUS: SCRAPPED
Play It Cool (2026) is Micah Land's upcoming film, to release sometime in 2026. It will be his first feature film.
After 13-year-old, Sam (Sebastian Ganzer), knocks out the town’s golden boy, Teddy Jacobs (Austin Perridge), with a perfectly aimed Pink Lady apple, he and his best friend, Jim (Yonathan Moreh), discover the horrifying truth of their actions, and the strength of Sam's throwing arm. Terrified of shutting down the town, the duo embark on a Weekend at Bernie’s style mission to mask the crime until Wednesday. Dragging a increasingly decaying corpse through public places, they must navigate rogue, racist squatters, hallucinogenic Monster energy drinks, and the stupidity of being a 13-year-old boy.CAST
Sebastian Ganzer
Yonathan Moreh
Austin Perridge
Micah Land
Harrison Gore
Fynn Weldon
Harry Shapleski
Joab DawitProduced Under: ML Films
Running Time: 101 minutes
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
The Oompa Doompa (2026) is an upcoming Micah Land and Yonathan Moreh collaboration. An extension, reimagining, and remake of the original 2024 short film. The film follows Elijah Windrow, aka the Oompa Doompa, a young superhero making his way through life, and heroing, clumsily.CAST
Yonathan Moreh
Austin Perridge
Micah Land
Sebastian GanzerProduced Under: Y & M Films
Running Time: 30 minutes
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
Final Edit (2026) is an upcoming Micah Land film, to release sometime in 2026.
The film follows a TikTok editor, based off Micah himself. The Editor takes his job far more seriously than necessary and must navigate the hardships, struggles, and gruelling moral quandaries of his art.CAST
Micah Land
Sebastian Ganzer
Yonathan MorehProduced Under: ML Films
Running Time: ? minutes
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
Trivia for Micah Land's films
The Birth of Big Daddy (2024)
1. Real scissors were used for the fight scenes and almost hit people in the eye mutliple times.
2. The entire film was shot at school, during school hours, while students were meant to be writing their English assignment.
3. The film had no script, or even any basic plot points, it was all made up as it was filmed.
4. The film was shot, but constantly had new scenes being filmed and added to it.
5. The infamous yellow eye mask, worn by Big Daddy (Hugo Marion), was owned by Vaughn Woodhouse, who received a cameo in the film.The Shlongle Bongle (2024)
1. The first film in the trilogy is almost entirely unconnected to the second and third.
2. The film was inspired by a nickname given to Ari, who plays the Shlongle Bongle.
3. The film was only shot because Micah and Ari had extra time after filming The Birth of Big Daddy (2024).
4. There were no plans for a sequel, but people liked the first one so much it was decided there'd be two more.
5. The infamous Shlongle walk was improvised by Ari on the spot during filming.The Oompa Doompa (2024)
1. It was originally only marketed as a trailer but then re-marketed as the full film when Yonathan and Micah realised they didn't want to film more.
2. A far long Oompa Doompa short film is currently in development.
3. The Oompa Doompa was shot in a single lunch break.
4. The Oompa Doompa was an original concept, thought up by Yonathan.
5. The film was never meant to be shown to anyone except Micah and Yonathan, that was eventually changed.The Silver Saviour (2025)
1. This film was entirely written, casted, and even had locations picked out before it was scrapped, meaning it may be revived someday.
2. The short film was originally going to be a comic book, written by Micah but this was later changed.
3. This was going to be the debut of Sebastian Ganzer, Austin Perridge, and Joab Dawit.
4. The entire script was written as one big block of text and entirely like a book.
5. The script was written in a single afternoon, after school.The Unstoppable Goat-Man (2026)
1. Yonathan was injured during filming of the final fight scene.
2. This film marked the creation of Y & M Productions, a joint company by Micah Land and Yonathan Moreh.
3. The Unstoppable Goat-Man had an entire cut plot-line about a villain who worked for Appendicitis Man, named The Silver Scourge, who wore the mask that was supposed to be worn by Devon in The Silver Saviour.
4. There was plans for a Goat-Man: The Series that are not entirely ruled out.
5. The film's credits feature an entirely original song by Micah Land.Outperium (2026)
1. The film was cancelled on the day of the shoot, simply because Micah didn't feel like shooting it.
2. The film was directly inspired and talked extensively about Daniel Radcliffe's infamous Imperium (2016).
3. The film attempted to blend hidden religious and social commentary, absurd comedy, and discussions of race and discrimination.
4. Outperium (2026) was a mouthpiece for Micah to communicate his views on the topics of religion and racism.
5. The main climax of the film is a direct homage to the protest scene in Imperium (2016).Play It Cool (2026)
1. The film is Micah's first feature, sitting at 101 minutes, the film was originally meant to be a short film.
2. It is the first script that Micah properly formatted, instead of writing prose-style.
3. The film contains over 150 references to other pieces of media.
4. The script was written non-linearly and out of order, with jokes constantly being added in if Micah thought they were funny enough to be in the film.
5. Micah voice acts over 10 off-screen characters.The Oompa Doompa (2026)
1. This is an extension, a reimagining, and a remake of the original 2024 short.
2. The short was Yonathan Moreh's first, major foray into being the camera work.
3. The film, while written by Micah, maintained major oversight from Yonathan throughout both pre and post production.Final Edit (2026)
1. An extensive watchlist of films was curated and promptly studied during the creation of Final Edit (2026).
2. The film is based on a fictionalised version of Micah's experiences running the satirical parody TikTok edit account, TGHSSHIPS.
3. The film was Micah's first attempt at a serious movie that attempts to mostly avoid comedy, especially the overt dialogue stuff like in Play It Cool (2026).
4. The film features a heavy use of visual metaphors to visualise inside The Editors mind.
5. Micah Land handmade each individual edit, and accompanying piece of music, in the film.