05 Mar 2021

Space Nova’s Journey to Screen

ACTF

SLR Productions' CGI sci-fi space series Space Nova launches on the ABC this April. The series has undertaken an extraordinary five-year journey from concept to broadcast. SLR Productions CEO and Executive Producer Suzanne Ryan details what it takes to finance and develop a high-quality Australian children’s series.

Hardball: Series 2 in Production!

Northern Pictures Executive Producer, Catherine Nebauer, and Head of ABC Children’s, Libbie Doherty, reflect on the key takeaways of making a fun and fast-paced series like Hardball, and share some of the challenges of filming during a pandemic.

ACTF
08 Feb 2021

ACTF Education 2020: A Year in Review

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…

Peter Maggs
07 Dec 2020

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