
A win for the Producer of Dance Academy
Joanna Werner was named 2012 Australian Children’s Producer of the Year at the SPAA Independent Producer Awards in November. The Award acknowledged the great success of Dance Academy Series 2.
Dance Academy Series 3 is currently wrapping up its shoot in Sydney and will be available in 2013...
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August 1st 2022
Academy Award winner Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia to be adapted for television
The Oscar-winning team behind The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and producer Sophie Byrne, has joined forces with Barbara Stephen and Alexia Gates-Foale from animation studio Flying Bark Productions to develop an animated series based on Shaun’s bestselling illustrated book Tales from Outer Suburbia.
August 1st 2022
Record ACTF investment into new children’s content
The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) has committed a record $9.6 million to the development and production of new children’s content since receiving additional funding.
July 27th 2022
New resource supports teachers to explore consent and identity in the classroom
Secondary teachers across Australia now have access to a new resource to safely explore challenging topics with teenage students, including consent and respectful relationships.
July 26th 2022
Virtual workshop recordings now live
During Term 2, the ACTF learning team delivered two live virtual workshops exploring the impact of light and colour in television series and a behind-the-scenes look at the series Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers. These recordings and resources are now available to view and explore on our website.
July 20th 2022
Series spotlight: The Genie from Down Under
As part of the ACTF’s 40-year anniversary celebrations, we’re looking back and shining a spotlight on 12 of our most iconic programs. In this article, we look back on The Genie from Down Under: a quintessentially Australian, one-of-a-kind comedy series.