2023 - 2024 Highlights

Production and Funding

• $5,411,198 was spent on production investment, with a further $4,035,467 committed to projects at financing stage.
• $381,985 was spent on development investment, going to 14 projects.
• Two ACTF supported programs premiered during the year: Eddie’s Lil’ Homies and Windcatcher.
• Five ACTF supported programs were in production during the year: Little J & Big Cuz Series 4, Kangaroo Beach Series 3, RUNT, Tales From Outer Suburbia, Space Nova Series 2.
• Three further ACTF supported productions were financed during the year, with production to commence in the 2024-25 financial year: Knee High Spies, Turquoise Bay and an unannounced feature.

Awards

• The natural history series Built to Survive, hosted by Phil Breslin, won the International Kids Emmy for Factual and Entertainment in November 2023, becoming the first Australian program to win in the category.
• Crazy Fun Park won the 2024 First Prize from the International Youth Jury at the 2024 Prix Jeunesse in Germany and was also the National Winner for Best Children’s Program at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. The series also won Most Outstanding Children’s Program at the 2023 Logie Awards, Children’s Production of the Year at the 2024 SPA Awards and director/creator Nicholas Verso won Best Direction in Children’s TV or SVOD Drama Series at the Australian Directors Guild Awards.
• Barrumbi Kids won the 1st Prize by Children’s Jury at the 2023 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in the Live-Action TV category. The series also won Achievement in Casting at the Casting Guild of Australia Awards in 2023.

International Sales

• $2,380,196 worth of international sales were generated from sales to 35 broadcasters, stretching from Africa, Asia, North- and South America and Europe. Sales highlights included Crazy Fun Park, First Day, Hardball, Kangaroo Beach, Built To Survive and The Inbestigators.

Education and Outreach

• Throughout the year, four virtual workshops were held for 34,048 students and teachers in 495 schools, exploring special visual effects, storyboards, storytelling techniques, and the ethics of artificial intelligence use. Delivered in partnership with ACMI, these student events were a continuation of the ACTF’s collaboration with the Melbourne-based screen museum.
• Seven new learning resources were released, supporting teachers to use shows such as Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, The PM’s Daughter Series 2, Kangaroo Beach Series 2, Crazy Fun Park and Built to Survive in the classroom.
• Two NAIDOC-themed digital resources were released. A NAIDOC-focused resource in July 2023 to celebrate the 2023 NAIDOC theme: For Our Elders. This resource highlights First Nations screen content in which the stories of Elders are championed. A second NAIDOC resource was published in June 2024 to complement the 2024 theme: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud.

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