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.

The family film is about an Australian boy’s quest to compete in the Paper Plane World Championships and is being filmed on location in Perth and Tokyo.

The producers are Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney and Maggie Miles through Arenamedia and finance is in conjunction with Screen Australia, ScreenWest, the ACTF and MIFF.

Executive Producers are Eric Bana, Gary Hamilton, Ying Ye, Jonathan Chissick, Andrew Myer and Bernadette O’Mahony.

The film will be released in Australia by Footprint Films late 2014 and will be available in 3D format.

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.

June 20th 2022

Second series of 100% Wolf in production

Production is under way on a second season of the hit animated series 100% Wolf, with much of the work being completed in Australia as Flying Bark Productions expands its operations, employing additional artists and investing in upskilling staff.

May 17th 2022

Celebrate Australia Initiative open for submissions

Creatives can now submit their applications to the joint initiative launched by The Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Netflix, which will fund the development of two new original children’s series.