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August 12th 2016

Dance Academy – The Comeback Hits New York

For those who have been a part of Dance Academy since its early development, it was a fitting end to an 8 year journey to be in New York for the end of the shoot of the highly anticipated feature film – Dance Academy - The Comeback.

August 1st 2016

The AWGIE Nominations Are In!

Who’s in the running to win an Australian Writers Guild Award this year?

July 29th 2016

BOXWARS descend on Princes Hill Primary School!

A joyously destructive series films its pilot episode with a little help from the ACTF.

July 29th 2016

Ready For This - Live Q&A Panel at ACMI

Actors Madeline Madden and Aaron McGrath, and screenwriter Liz Doran joined the ACTF's Peter Maggs for a Q&A with a studio audience at the 2016 Screen Futures Summit and Youth Media Festival in July.

July 21st 2016

New Pre-school Animation in Production For Disney Australia

The colourful new series Balloon Barnyard is picking up steam in Queensland. The series will be launched at MIP JR later this year and due to be completed December 2016.