We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of lands across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage, and recognise the continuing sovereignties of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations.

We respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which the ACTF is based and pay our respect to their Elders past and present.

We are honoured to have the opportunity to learn from the oldest cultural storytellers in the world and seek to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners to share their rich culture and perspectives with children in Australia and around the world via stories on screen.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.

South Australian teachers, register now for DreamBIG workshops

What is a storyboard? Why are they important? How can we use them in our own storytelling?

The ACTF Learning team will guide Reception to Year 2 students in an interactive and fun exploration of storyboards as a planning tool in workshops at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Running on 18 and 19 May as part of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival, students will view and respond to short clips from children’s television programs, use a viewfinder to understand framing, and collaboratively create a sequence of images as a story plan. Understandings and skills developed in the workshops align with English, Media Arts, Visual Arts and Critical and Creative Thinking for these year levels.

With just a couple of sessions remaining open for bookings, we encourage local primary teachers to register now through the DreamBIG Children’s Festival website.

In a separate offering for secondary students, the ACTF is running scriptwriting workshops for aspiring writers as part of the WRITE NOW Festival. This new one-day event gives young people the chance to discover the different pathways for a working writer. Find full details here.