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Australian kids’ series celebrated at awards and festivals around the world

It’s been another great year for Australian children’s shows making their mark around the world.

Australian natural history series Built to Survive (Butter Media) won the 2023 International Emmy Award for Kids: Factual & Entertainment, becoming the first ever Australian program to win in the category. Host Phil Breslin accepted the award at the 2023 International Emmy Awards Gala event held in New York City on 20 November.

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View the Built to Survive trailer here.

Coming of age live-action series Barrumbi Kids (Ambience Entertainment and Tamarind Tree Pictures) was selected for screening at the 2023 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, and in fitting recognition of its engaging storytelling won 1^st Prize by Children's Jury in the Live Action TV category.

Commenting on the win, ACTF Head of Content and Executive Producer Bernadette O’Mahony said: “We love how the children’s jury in Chicago embraced such a distinctive Top End series, and how engaged they were in the adventures of Tomias and Dahlia and Barrumbi Kids.”

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View the Barrumbi Kids trailer here.

In September this year preschool animated series Kangaroo Beach Series 2 (Cheeky Little Media) picked up the award for Best Animated (2D or 3D) at the Asian Academy Creative Awards while Crazy Fun Park, (Werner Film Productions) won Best Children’s Program. Kangaroo Beach Series 2 was also selected for screening at the 2023 Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

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View the trailer for Kangaroo Beach here.

The accolades keep coming for live-action comedy-horror series Crazy Fun Park. As well as its win at the Asian Academy Creative Awards, it won the 2023 Australian Logie Award for Outstanding Children's Program and director Nicolas Verso won the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a Children's TV or SVOD Drama Series Episode.

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