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.

The session is now available to watch on the ACTF's YouTube Channel (OzKidsTV).

The panel explores the origins of Ready For This - a joint venture between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions - from the development and writing process through to production.

This is a valuable glimpse behind the scenes for aspiring screen writers, as well as media students and fans of Ready For This.

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.