07 Dec 2020

ACTF Education 2020: A Year in Review

Peter Maggs

One of our first eNews articles for the year in February was ‘Dates for Your 2020 Planners’. It flagged an upcoming webinar, a national teacher conference, a story writing competition for later in the year and scriptwriting workshops. Then the world changed for all of us…

What the Child Audience Can Learn from Our Ancestors

By focussing on children from our past, living history series Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? develops young people’s knowledge of Australian history, their national identity, and an understanding of their own capabilities.

Janine Kelly
19 Nov 2020

The Many Places We Love in Australian Children's TV

A place on screen can be just as inspirational and important as any character we know and love.

ACTF
05 Nov 2020

Bringing Screen Stories to Life

In a recent virtual learning event, schools went behind the scenes with the cast and creator of The Unlisted. Students learnt about the making of this thrilling drama series, from ideation to production to broadcast.

Janine Kelly
08 Sep 2020

Part 2: More Takeaways from the Responses to the Supporting Australian Stories Options Paper: What the Screen Industry Said about Kids TV

The “Supporting Australian Stories” review of the screen sector attracted a groundswell of community support for Australian children’s content. Here's what some of the organisations within and around the industry had to say about kids' TV.

Jenny Buckland
20 Aug 2020

The Buried Treasure of Round The Twist

We all love to remember watching Round The Twist as kids (and as adults too!), but did you know that the show's highly-anticipated Australian launch happened while everyone was still in bed? Here’s the story of how 30 years ago, Round The Twist’s Aussie premiere was swept out to sea.

ACTF
18 Aug 2020

I’ve read over 200 responses to the Supporting Australian Stories Options Paper – so that you don’t have to. These are my takeaways.

Part 1: This review matters to lots of people – here’s what some of them said about kids TV.

Jenny Buckland
03 Aug 2020