Daina Reid Wins ADG Award For Ready For This

The Australian Directors Guild Esben Storm Award for Best Direction in a children’s drama has been won by Daina Reid for her work on episode 4 of Ready For This, “Shadow Boxing”.

In this powerful episode, Levi discovers Reece is homeless and sleeping rough in the school gym; Dylan receives a visit from his high profile dad; and Lily challenges Zoe to a boxing match to settle things between them.

The ACTF sponsors the ADG Award for children’s drama, which is named after Esben Storm. Esben Storm was the director and driving force behind a huge amount of Australian children’s television drama in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s which were watched by millions of children around the world and left the most extraordinary legacy.

Consent and Respectful Relationships: Screen texts to support learning

Our resources related to consent and respectful relationships education are regularly sought out by teachers. Many ACTF-supported series and resources can support learning in primary and secondary classrooms.

April 29th 2024

Eddie’s Lil’ Homies inspires local schoolkids

Children at a primary school in inner city Melbourne were delighted to see their neighbourhood brought to life on television at a special screening of the new children’s series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies.

April 29th 2024

Audiences respond to “uplifting, wholesome and laugh-out-loud” family film Windcatcher

Audiences continue to embrace the new family film Windcatcher, which premiered on Stan last month.

April 16th 2024

Feature film Windcatcher now available

Certain to become a classroom favourite, the new family feature film Windcatcher, starring Jessica Mauboy and talented newcomer Lennox Monaghan, is now available to stream on Stan.