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January 28th 2014

Nowhere Boys wins AACTA Award

The action-adventure series Nowhere Boys has been awarded the AACTA Award for ‘Best Children's Television Series’ at the 3rd Annual AACTA Awards Ceremony Luncheon, held in Sydney today.

November 28th 2013

Paper Planes Takes Flight

Ed Oxenbould, Sam Worthington and Anthony LaPaglia are starring in Producer/ Director Robert Connolly’s new feature film, Paper Planes, which started shooting this month.

August 20th 2013

Bushwhacked! New Series and Co-Host

Bushwhacked has been popular in Australia and around the world. Following its success, a second series is now in production. Bushwhacked - Series 2 will feature co-hosts Kanye Tremills and Kamil Ellis. ...

August 12th 2013

In Post-Production

The new comedy kid’s drama The Worst Year of My Life, Again has wrapped up 14 weeks of filming around Melbourne and is now in post-production

April 24th 2013

Hoopla Doopla! A ceremony in Beijing!

Filming has started on the exciting ABC-CCTV co-production Hoopla Doopla! To mark the occasion a ceremony was held in Beijing 23 April 2013.