Screen Australia

Sydney Film Festival returns for another year of unmissable premieres, screenings, events and talks for the ultimate celebration of world cinema! 🎥🍿

Discover all the fantastic Australian stories in this year's program:

Body Blow
Boss Cat
The Fox
French Girls
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
The Killings at Parrish Station
Leviticus
Mockbuster
Phenomena
The Piano Tuner
Proper Loved Up Shorts
Replica
Ripples in the Mist
Rodeo Dreams
Saccharine
Silenced
Sukundimi Walks Before Me
Time and Tide
The Valley
Whistle
Yesterday Island
Yumburra
Dendy Awards (Short Film Competition)

🔗 Find out more: https://www.sff.org.au/

ABC Australia, Screen Australia and Screen NSW are dancing with joy to announce that production has started on Emma's Dance Club, a brand-new children's live action series created by Emma Watkins and produced by Wooden Horse 💃🕺 Screen Australia Director of Narrative Content Louise Gough said, “Created by an award-winning local team and infused with the vibrancy of an Australian regional town, Emma’s Dance Club is unmistakably Australian. Emma Watkins’ magic is her unique ability to connect with our littlest audiences and their families. Emma’s Dance Club celebrates the joys of friendship and community through the wonder of song and dance.”

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4e8DEsn

Network 10 and Screen Australia today debut First Facts: First Nations Factual Showcase collection, now available on 10 Streaming 🎬 Speaking about the six films, Screen Australia Head of First Nations Content Gillian Moody-Ardler said "The First Facts documentaries celebrate the richness of First Nations culture and exciting voices of Indigenous storytellers. Our collaboration with Network 10 provides audiences across the country the opportunity to engage with stories presenting a unique intersection of contemporary life and multifaceted traditional practices reflective of the ongoing connections to people and place across Country."

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nVAgED

Channel 10

Three original Australian children’s series will soon be released on YouTube (Made For Kids) supported by Kids IP Incubator, a Screen Australia and Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) initiative to develop Australian IP for children’s programs on digital platforms 🎉 The projects, Worm Diner, Pit Pats and Magic Monkey Mayhem, will launch their YouTube channel in the coming weeks 👏

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3Q2e2nR

On the lookout for something new to watch or play this weekend? You're in luck! 🎬🍿 Check out these Aussie titles releasing in May:

▪️ The Vegetable Plot - Out Now on YouTube
▪️ Shaun Micallef's Going for Broke - Out Now on ABC and ABC iview
▪️ Birthright - Out Now in Cinemas
▪️ Schrodinger's Cat Burglar - Out Now on Steam
▪️ Shut Your Big Fat Mouth John Safran! - Out 24 May on SBS and SBS On Demand
▪️ Enter the Chronosphere - In Early Access 26 May on Steam
▪️ The Hunt for the Last N***s - Out 31 May on SBS and SBS On Demand

Designed to deepen creative and commercial partnerships between the Australian and UK screen industries, the Partner with Australia (UK) initiative will see the delegation of Australian creatives and Ausfilm member businesses travel to the UK for three days of targeted industry engagement with the aim to create direct pathways for co-development, production and broader collaboration under the Australia/UK Co-production treaty 🎬

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4wBQGWx

Screen Australia's First Nations Department has today opened applications for the First Nations Factual Co-production Development Fund 🎬👏 Created in partnership with Screen Canberra, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Screen Tasmania, Screen Territory, Screenwest, South Australian Film Corporation and VicScreen, this new national program is designed to strengthen and elevate First Nations screen businesses in international markets.

Applications are open now and close Thursday 4 June 2026.

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nOxOzF

📸 Behind the scenes of We Are Still Here.

SBS Australia, NITV and Screen Australia have today announced the five Digital Originals teams from 2025 who have received development funding for their projects 🎬🎉

📢 Applications are now also open for the next edition of Digital Originals! A leading initiative for emerging creatives in Australia, Digital Originals is a proven pipeline into the industry, supporting new voices to build sustainable careers and connect with audiences.

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4wsa4Fh

📷 Top (L-R): Bronte Gosper, Mema Munro, Nathan Borg. Bottom (L-R): Anu Hasbold, Mehhma Malhi.

The ABC and Screen Australia are delighted to announce that brand new preschool series, It's Andrew!, will premiere on Monday 1 June on ABC iview and ABC Kids 🦏💜 In this Australian/Canadian/Singapore Co-production, Andrew is a rhinoceros living in a unicorn world who turns every problem into possibility with creativity, kindness and rhino-riffic charm!

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/4tnhvew

Headed to Screen Forever? 🎬 From 28–30 April, Screen Forever brings together the pillars of entertainment, media and technology in one of the largest gatherings of screen professionals in the southern hemisphere for networking, business meetings, thought leadership and market opportunities. 🎉 See the full lineup at www.screenforever.org.au