Queensland-based Fade In Studio and its premier 2D animation division, K Love You Bye, and global children’s education and media company Tiny Souls Media are celebrating a major milestone for Australian animation today. The Kidscreen Award-winning and AWG-nominated digital-first series Zip and the Tiny Sprouts (52 x 7’), distributed by industry leader WildBrain, announces a…
The striking documentary Sukundimi Walks Before Me, a collaboration between Papua New Guinea, Australia and Aotearoa-based teams, supported by Screen Australia in association with VicScreen, has been nominated for both the Documentary Australia Award for Best Documentary and the Sustainable Future Award at the 2026 Sydney Film Festival. Sukundimi Walks Before Me centres on the mighty…
With just three months to go until MIFF 37°South Market, the global screen co-financing marketplace returns to Melbourne this August with early confirmed international financiers and two new initiatives making 2026 another landmark edition. Now in its 19th year, 37°South runs from 6–9 August during the opening weekend of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF),…
The ABC, Screen Australia and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) have announced two new children’s series at the Australian Children’s Content Summit in Coffs Harbour. Animated sit-com Happy House, supported by VicScreen, and live-action comedy Caper Crew, supported by Screen NSW, will be coming to the ABC from 2026. In Caper Crew, Amelia and…
Stan and Screen Australia have announced the brand-new series He Had It Coming, produced by Jungle Entertainment with major production investment from Screen Australia. Starring Lydia West, Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Liv Hewson, the series is an odd couple comedy-drama of two women accidentally entangled in a murder mystery when their spontaneous feminist art activism…
Stan and Screen Australia have announced the brand-new Stan Original Series Gnomes, which is slated for production in 2025 in Victoria. The series is set in a fading country town that finds itself under siege by an army of murderous garden gnomes on the eve of their first Gnome-a-Palooza festival. At the heart of the…
Sanctuary Pictures and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce Penny Lane Is Dead, an electrifying Australian punk-horror written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mia’Kate Russell (Maggie May, Liz Drives).Set to launch at the European Film Market (EFM) in two weeks, the film is a high-energy blend of horror, action, and suspense, infused with the rebellious…
ABC, Screen Australia, ITV Studios, and Screen Canberra are thrilled to announce that the much-loved eight-part narrative comedy series, Austin, has been commissioned for a second season. Produced by Northern Pictures with Lincoln Pictures, filming will commence…
The ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce production has commenced in Western Australia on the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning series Mystery Road: Origin. The six-part drama series continues to delve into the early years of Detective Jay Swan, played by AACTA Award-winning Lead Actor and proud Nyikina…
The ABC, Screen Australia and VicScreen are thrilled to announce that production has commenced on the Beyond Entertainment and Muse Entertainment co-production The Family Next Door, a captivating new six-part drama series, led by Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Bella Heathcote (The Moogai, Pieces of Her) and Philippa Northeast (Territory, The Newsreader). Based…