The first two series have been a huge hit on ABC3 and around the world, with sales to Super RTL in Germany, Discovery Asia, TVO Canada, TG4 Ireland and National Geographic Kids USA. The second series has been a finalist in the BANFF Rockie Awards, a runner-up at Prix Jeunesse and a finalist in the UK’s Wildscreen Awards.

Among the 13 new missions in the third series, which criss-crosses Australia, Kamil is challenging Kayne to take a humpback whale shower in Queensland, catch a platypus (and give it a pregnancy check) in Tasmania, and spot a rare and elusive albino kangaroo in the ACT.

Bushwhacked! is produced by Mint Pictures. The new series will be broadcast on ABC3 and The Disney Channel in Australia. It is supported by Screen NSW and Screen Queensland and will be distributed worldwide by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation.

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Kayne Tremils and Kamil ellis are bacK on The road, Travelling around ausTralia in search of new advenTures and wildlife for The Third series of Bushwhacked!

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At its meeting in September 2014, the ACTF Board approved development investment in the following projects:

The Swell (musical drama series for 8-13 year olds) $14,750 to Bravado Productions (NSW) towards the development of a series bible.

Dimension 5 (live action series for 10-13 year olds) $18,800 to Sandpiper Entertainment (WA) to develop a bible and scripts.

The cast has been announced for the mockumentary children’s comedy series, Little Lunch.

Little Lunch is a 26 x 15 minute series about what happens at snack time in the primary school playground.

The six lead characters in the series will be played by: Joshua Sitch (Atticus), Flynn Curry (Rory), Madison Lu (Melanie), Faith Seci (Debra-Jo), Olivia Deeble (Tamara) and Oisin O’Leary (Battie).

The series for ABC3 is based on the books written by Danny Katz and illustrated by Mitch Vane. It is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope and directed by Wayne Hope, with Erin White, Ian Reiser and Bob Franklin. Bernadette O’Mahony is an executive producer.

The production company is Gristmill and the series is supported by Screen Australia and Film Victoria. The Australian Children’s Television Foundation will distribute the series worldwide.

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On its premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Karl Quinn wrote in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald that:

“Robert Connolly’s latest is unabashedly a film for and about kids, though parents will find its charms hard to resist. At its centre is Dylan (Ed Oxenbould), a 12-year-old living in the middle of nowhere with his recently widowed and utterly depressed father (Sam Worthington). Young Dylan has discovered he has a knack for creating and flying paper planes, and works his way up to the world championships in Tokyo; along the way he wins the friendship of a school bully, woos a Japanese girl via Skype and raises the funds for his airfare with the aid of his teacher

(Peter Rowsthorne), his grandfather (Terry Norris) and the scone-baking skills of the good ladies of the local CWA. Really, all that’s left is to drag his dad out of his torpor. Every box is ticked in this feel-good effort that is aimed like a perfectly folded dart at its target audience without ever making the mistake of talking down to them.”

Paper Planes was directed and co-written by Robert Connolly (Balibo, The Slap, The Turning, The Julian Assange Story) and produced by Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.

It stars Ed Oxenbould, Sam Worthington, David Wenham and Deborah Mailman.

PaPer Planes will be released in cinemas around ausTralia and new Zealand by village roadshow on 15 January 2015.

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The Australian Children’s Television Foundation is thrilled to have been included in the international trade magazine Kidscreen’s Hot50 leading companies for distribution, broadcasting, production, licensing and digital media for children. The ACTF was in the top 10 international distribution companies, alongside well known brands including Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop and The Jim Henson Company.

The announcement comes as the ACTF launches the Screening Room on the worldwide sales section of our website.

The Screening Room provides our worldwide Program Sales clients with access to high-quality screeners from our latest release children’s programs, as well as our back catalogue of popular film and television content. Program buyers can browse our entire Program Catalogue, watch trailers and full episodes, create personalised playlists and connect with our International Sales team.

Access to the Screening Room is available to broadcasters, sales and acquisition executives and other authorised media clients.

To sign up for a Screening Room Account visit www.actf.com.au/screeningroom

Kidscreen Hot50 Announced

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Kerry gardner aPPoinTed 2.09.2014

Awards and Nominations

Kerry Gardner is a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist. She holds a Masters of Film and Television from VCA, University of Melbourne, and has a background in commercial and media marketing. Production credits include Songlines of the Seine and Seduction in the City. Writer/director credits include Lyon Housemuseum (2012); Robin Boyd: Australian Beauty (2013); and Once Upon a Time: the Story of Charles Perrault (2014). Kerry is Deputy Chair of The Australian Institute of Art History at University of Melbourne and sits on funding committees of the Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund and is co-founder of the Andyinc Foundation which funds social justice, arts and sustainability projects. Kerry is Life Patron of The Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Ambassador for The Natalie Miller Fellowship for Women in Film and the Asia Pacific Global Ambassador for The Global Fund for Women. Kerry is an elected member of the Board.

awgies Kym Goldsworthy won an Australian Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Award for his scriptwriting of “Snow Business” from Hoopla Doopla! in the Children’s Television – P Classification category.

Craig Irvin won an AWGIE Award for his scriptwriting of Episode 3 from Nowhere Boys in the Children’s Television – C Classification category.

cinéfesToZPaper Planes, directed and co-written by Robert Connolly, has been named the winner of the seventh annual CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize in Busselton in Western Australia.

wildscreen film fesTivalBushwhacked 2! episode “Sea Eagle” is a finalist at the Wildscreen Film Festival in the UK.

JaPan PriZe inTernaTional conTesT for educaTional mediaMY:24 episode “Rida” is a finalist in the Youth Category at the Japan Prize.

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