Matchbox Pictures' 'Mustangs FC' has been nominated for best kids' series in the International Emmy Kids Awards.
Steven McGregor and David Tranter's 'Sweet Country' was named best feature film original screenplay while Yolanda Ramke's 'Cargo' was deemed best feature film adaptation at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards on Thursday night.
Matchbox Pictures co-founder Tony Ayres has launched his own TV drama and film production company with the backing of Matchbox and NBCUniversal International Studios.
The ABC and Screen Australia today unveiled four children’s series including a Gristmill Productions comedy co-commissioned by Netflix and the first TV series from creators Matt Zeremes and Guy Edmonds.
Minister for Communications and the Arts Mitch Fifield cannot unilaterally decide to scrap the local content quotas unless the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) first holds a public consultation.
All five directors nominated for the Ebsen Storm Award for Best Direction of a Children’s TV or SVOD Drama are female.
When Amanda Higgs first met Rachel Davis a couple of years ago, the two producers realised they both were keen to make a female-led TV show for young girls – one that wasn’t focused on beauty or boys.
'Mustangs FC' is a goal-kicking comedy drama about girls who abandon the sidelines and start their football club’s first all-girls team. Against the odds, they’ll stand united and overcome any challenge the club, the boys or the opposition can throw at them, all while wrestling with what it means to be a girl today.