Unconscious bias starts a young age and is informed partly by the stories that we engage with. The female characters depicted in children’s screen stories can help the audience understand and embrace the diversity of girls and women in ‘real life’.

Our popular virtual learning events connect schools with media industry professionals and expertise, enriching and extending classroom instruction in English, Media Arts and other learning areas. Our past events are available to view on the ACTF YouTube channel.

Its been success after success for Australian childrens drama First Day, following a sale to NHK in Japan, a Canadian premiere on CBC and a 2021 GLAAD Media award win for most 'Outstanding Kids & Family Programming' series.

Three Australian childrens series have been nominated for this years prestigious BANFF World Media Festival Rockie Awards.

Australian children’s drama First Day has won a 2021 GLAAD Media award for most 'Outstanding Kids & Family Programming' series.