2025-26 Highlights

Production and Funding

• $10,210,458 spent on productions.
• $623,616 was spent on script development, going to 16 projects.
• Five ACTF-supported programs premiered during the year: Tales from Outer Suburbia, Knee High Spies, Caper Crew, Ginger and the Vegesaurs Series 4 and Whale Shark Jack.
• Seven further ACTF-supported programs were in production during the year: Knee High Spies Series 2, Scales, Emma’s Dance Club, Little Lunch: New Class, Little J & Big Cuz Series 5, Happy House and Zac Power.
• Three YouTube channels were developed and launched as part of the Screen Australia x ACTF Kids IP Incubator partnership: Pits Pats, Worm Diner and Magic Monkey Mayhem.

International Sales

• The ACTF launched four new programs and secured international sales totalling $5,674,649 with 23 different broadcasters and streamers. Sales highlights included sales of Caper Crew, Little Lunch, Kangaroo Beach, Whale Shark Jack, Eddie’s Lil’ Homies and The Inbestigators. Broadcasters acquiring ACTF shows during the period include Netflix, BBC Television, Estonian Television, DR TV (Denmark), Netherland Public Broadcasting, Pacific Aus TV, Public Television Service Taiwan, NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), Radio & Television Slovakia, Tele Quebec (Canada), TFO (Canada), Canal Panda (Portugal), Viu TV (Hongkong, Macau), Warawa Arts (Taiwan), RTE (Ireland) and many more.

Awards

• Preschool series Knee High Spies won the BANFF Rockie Award for Best Live Action: Children. The animation series Tales from Outer Suburbia received the Special Jury Award for Creative Distinction at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology and the Children’s Jury Prize for Best Animated Series at the International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR in Poland. Kangaroo Beach Series 3 received a Gold Award at the 2025 Australian Effects & Animation Festival Awards, and Space Nova Series 2 won the Silver Award in the same category.

Education and Outreach

• Releasing six new resources to help teachers bring Australian screen content into the classroom. This included the Civics and Citizenship: Curated Clip Collection, a cross-series resource that promotes civic understanding, social cohesion and active participation and the Tales from Outer Suburbia Resource, which invites students to explore an animated world where the ordinary meets the extraordinary.
• Relaunching the Trop Jr short film-making competition for children, supported by a new filmmaking resource and Masterclasses with past alumni.
• Delivering five virtual student workshops to 78,441 registered students across 1,425 Australian schools. This included two special sessions with Shaun Tan and the creative team behind Tales from Outer Suburbia.

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