30 Jun 2025

More relevant than ever: The enduring importance of First Day

First Day producer Kirsty Stark and writer, director and co-producer Julie Kalceff

When we created First Day, we never planned to release it like this – on YouTube, direct to our audience. But in 2025, a YouTube release in the UK feels both urgent and necessary.

Kids’ TV in the classroom: Why screen content is a powerful tool for teaching consent

In today’s increasingly diverse and media-rich classrooms, finding effective and engaging ways to teach consent and respectful relationships is more important than ever. At the ACTF, we believe that screen texts are uniquely powerful tools for supporting these vital conversations in schools.

Bridget Hanna
02 Jun 2025

Kids content finds a stabilizing force in pubcasters

The kids content commissioning market is undergoing a profound transformation. Ampere's latest analysis of kids TV commissioning shows a slight uptick in new orders last year, buoyed by public broadcasters.

Cyrine Amor & Olivia Deane
19 May 2025

We should be here, there and everywhere – impressions from Screen Forever 2025

Content quotas, YouTube, discoverability and troubling tariff plans from the US dominated the agenda at the 39th Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.

Francisca Hoffmann-Axthelm and Andrew Jankovic
16 May 2025

The vital role of children's television in the Australian screen ecosystem

Most of us understand why locally produced children’s television is valuable for its audience. But what is talked about less often is the vital role it plays in Australia’s screen ecosystem as a training ground for emerging actors and creatives.

Jenny Buckland
09 Apr 2025

Classroom politics: Teaching kids about Civics through Aussie TV

Understanding why and how we all play a part in our democratic society is an integral part of the education ecosystem. One way to engage Australian school children in civics and citizenship is to explore the subject through relevant screen content.

Maggie Orr
13 Mar 2025

Kidscreen 2025 focuses on resilience in a changing landscape

It’s no secret that these are testing times for the screen industry broadly, and the kids’ content sector in particular. While there was a palpable sense of these challenges at the 2025 Kidscreen Summit, there was an invigorated sense of determination to find opportunity in adversity.

Paul Gartside
27 Feb 2025