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Digital Games / Events / Play Now  11 Oct 2023

Play Now Melbourne 2023 highlights

Play Now Melbourne is Australia's pre-eminent games market. As part of Melbourne International Games Week, Play Now Melbourne was held on 5 October 2023 at the State Library of Victoria. It featured an impressive line-up of leading international and local publishers, platform holders and investors, hearing pitches from more than 40 projects from across Australia. Here are some of the highlights from the day.

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Media Releases  21 Feb 2025

Knee High Spies are on the case in Victoria

VicScreen, ABC, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Screen Australia have announced that that filming is underway in Melbourne on the new children’s series Knee High Spies. 

Media Releases  19 Feb 2025

New series Love Divided By Eleven in love with in Victoria

VicScreen, Stan and Screen Australia have announced the poignant new six-part drama series, Love Divided By Eleven.
 

Media Releases  17 Feb 2025

Liam Neeson hits the road in Victoria for The Mongoose

Liam Neeson has hit the road in Victoria to make The Mongoose, his third film in the state in four years.


 

Media Releases  13 Feb 2025

VicScreen announces successful participants in groundbreaking TV writing talent escalator, Originate Series

An Australian-first talent escalation initiative designed by VicScreen to give emerging and mid-career television writers unparallelled writers’ room access and craft-building mentorship is underway. 

Digital Games / Features  12 Feb 2025

BUILDING GHOULISH: HORROR, CONNECTION, AND THE INDIE GAMES JOURNEY

Ghoulish Director and Developer Mickey Krekelberg and Character Artist Chantel Eagle share how VicScreen’s Originate Games initiative launched their studio and set their debut game in motion.
 

Features  7 Feb 2025

SHOWCASING MELBOURNE IN APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Melbourne and regional Victoria dazzle as the backdrop in the new Netflix drama, Apple Cider Vinegar. Shot almost entirely on location, there are dozens of neighbourhood favourites to spot in the six-part series. 

Features  29 Jan 2025

Imagining Magic Beach for cinema

Writer and director Robert Connolly and producer Kate Laurie dive into the magic that inspired the screen adaptation of Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book, Magic Beach. 

Features  28 Jan 2025

SUNDANCE CALLING

Michael Shanks on his debut feature film, Together, and his wildest professional dreams coming true

Features  27 Jan 2025

THE BETTER MAN STORY

How Michael Gracey’s bold vision triggered the biggest movie ever made in Melbourne, Victoria.

Media Releases  23 Dec 2024

Liam Neeson returns to Melbourne to film The Mongoose

Liam Neeson is returning to Melbourne once again to film his next action-thriller, The Mongoose. This will be the third movie he has made in Victoria in four years. 

Media Releases  17 Dec 2024

Psychological horror Saccharine filming in Victoria

Women are leading the way on both sides of the camera on Saccharine, the third feature film by Victorian filmmaker Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A). 

Industry Updates  16 Dec 2024

ROLLING CREDITS ON 2024

2024 was another great year for Victoria’s screen industry, with local talent thriving, global stars and major studios bringing unique screen stories to life in iconic locations across the state, and Melbourne playing host to some world-class industry events.