Series Mania returns to Melbourne this year, with the four-day television event delivered free and online through a partnership between Film Victoria and ACMI. Today, the online festival revealed a world-class lineup of speakers as part of Screen Industry Day on 14 October.

Ahead of Melbourne International Games Week next month, Victoria’s digital games industry has received another boost with a $4.3 million investment in local games projects, businesses and creators.

From Universal 1440 Entertainment, the next chapter in the Woody Woodpecker movie franchise brings the world-famous woodpecker’s signature laugh, wacky antics and wisecracks to Victoria.

Film Victoria has announced a $3.9 million investment in 12 screen productions including series three of popular LGBTIQA+ YouTube series Flunk.

Building upon the success of last year’s inaugural program, Impact and Gentle Giant Media Group are launching Impact Australia 2, the follow up to the highly coveted screenwriter accelerator program, which will be held this year in Melbourne, with principal funding from Screen Australia and Film Victoria.

Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson today launched VICSCREEN, investing a record $120.7 million as part of a $191.5 million four-year strategy to put Victoria at the forefront of the global screen entertainment boom.

Film Victoria, ABC, Princess Pictures and Fremantle have announced emerging creators Ravi Chand and AP Pobjoy as the recipients of the coveted Victorian Screen Development Internships for 2021.

Victoria has attracted Princess Bento Studio – a new, globally focused animation house created through a partnership between Emmy Award-winning US animation studio Bento Box Entertainment and Victorian production powerhouse Princess Pictures.

In search of Victoria’s most diverse and inspired writers and directors, Film Victoria, SBS and Arenamedia’s new initiative will fast-track the skills and stories of under-represented voices to finance low budget feature films, backed by some of the screen industry’s biggest names.

Victoria’s growing digital games sector has received a welcome boost with more support for new locally made games projects. Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson today announced $550,000 for ten games projects through Film Victoria’s Assigned Production Investment – Games program.

Film Victoria has partnered with Universal Pictures Content Group, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies, to create Big Picture – an initiative to develop extraordinary documentaries for the big screen.

Film Victoria is partnering with the ABC, Princess Pictures and Fremantle to offer two more 12-month paid positions for Indigenous and traditionally under-represented Victorian creative talent to kick-start their careers in screen, following the successful pilot of the Victorian Screen Development Internships this year.