Teachers, log in with your ntschools or nt.gov.au username and password for free access to the following children’s series and films, and supporting educational resources. To navigate through to ACTF content, click on Building Educator Capacity, Curriculum and Pedagogy Resources, then ‘Media and Video Resources: ACTF’.

Each title includes supporting information to help teachers gauge its relevance to their teaching context, including:

• Stage of schooling
• Learning Areas, General Capabilities and Cross-curriculum Priorities
• Classification
• Running time

And Then Something Changed (Short film)

Eight-year-old Louis wakes up to what he thinks is going to be just another normal school day, but something has changed. Gone are the motorised backpacks, electric stairs, self-dressing clothes and elevating floors that Louis relies on. In this film we discover what it’s like to be a child with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and what it’s like to navigate a world that isn’t built for you. Portraying a realistic and un-sensationalised representation of a ‘day in the life’ of Louis – through his reflections – explores a present-day world where accessibility is still an issue.

First Day Series 1 (4-part series)

It’s Hannah Bradford’s first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but also find the courage to live as her most authentic self.

The Legend of Burnout Barry (Short film)

Wheely, Brent and Shay are an inseparable trio of teenagers, hell bent on having a good time and pushing the limits of what ºs possible. When speed demon and record holder Josh “Wheely” Wilson learns that there might be someone in town faster than him, he sets about finding an elusive legend by the name of Burnout Barry – to challenge him to a race. But when his obsession with being the record holder becomes more important than his friends, Wheely risks losing more than just the title.

MaveriX (10-part series)

To be a motocross champion takes skill, courage, strategy, aggression, a will to win, and most of all - heart.

Scoff Griffin has heart – but does he have the heart to lead? Jenny Chivas has a will to win - but she needs a will to connect. Bear Wallis has mad skills you can’t teach – and a wild streak hard to tame. Richie Peterson has the courage to go after what he wants – but not to take on his parents. Kaden has all the aggression in the world – and all the entitlement to go with it. Angelique Summers has strategised all her life – just to survive.

Say hello to the first intake for MaveriX. A next-level riding academy designed to supercharge their talents and set them on a course to the big time.

More Than This (6-part series)

More Than This follows five diverse 17-year-old students, Charlotte, Alex, Zali, Jamie and Leon and their teacher Mr. E, who are thrown together in an English tutoring group.

Charlotte and Alex are childhood friends, but Charlotte and Leon have history, and Leon’s girlfriend Allegra (Legs) is not happy.

Recently out non-binary student Jamie finds their tribe through Zali, but fails to see that Zali is hiding a dark secret.

Alex is bombing out of year 12 for a second time and buying weed from local dealer Sammy to keep his seizures at bay. Charlotte’s dad’s addictions force her to make a difficult choice.

Authentically raw and true, More Than This explores the contemporary global issues surrounding the teen life that is relationships, sexuality, school grades, their online social life, family pressures and taking risks.

The PM’s Daughter (10-part series)

Catalina Parkes Pérez like any other teenager who wants to have her voice heard. There’s just one complication: her mother, Isabel, is the Prime Minister of Australia.

Cat has always been someone who stands up for what she believes in, but her mum’s new job is putting a serious dent in her freedom to be who she wants to be. How can Cat make her voice heard when there’s so much pressure to support her mum and be “the perfect daughter”?

As if all that weren’t enough, a series of stunts have started playing out across the national Capital, clearly aimed at sabotaging the Prime Minister. When blame falls on Cat’s activist heroes, Action Uprising, Cat decides to dig into unmasking an alternative group, the Agitators, who are really behind the stunts. Luckily for Cat, she has two new friends, Sadie and Ollie, to help her.

Red Dirt Riders (5-part series)

Red Dirt Riders is a 15-minute factual program for 10 to 12-year-olds. Over five episodes, kids from Roebourne in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region venture out on their freedom machines to criss-cross Ngarluma country. They are aided by adults who guide the fun.

Rough and ready, fast and furious: a bunch of funny, cheeky Red Dirt Riders show you a thing or two about off-road riding and share stories about their world!

Yolngu Boy (Feature film)

Three boys, two laws, one country... Yolngu Boy tells the story of three teenage boys as they leave childhood behind and pursue their individual destinies. Once very close, their friendship is challenged by many things – loss of tribal and group identity, conflicts with both white and black law, the break-up of families, a difficult trek through the Australian bush.

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