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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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Features  16 Oct 2024

From Melbourne to Aardman: The Stop-Motion Journey of Lucy Davidson

Melbourne stop-motion animator, Lucy Davidson, discusses her journey from art school to a director’s placement on Adam Elliot’s award-winning feature film Memoir of a Snail.

Play Now  14 Oct 2024

Play Now Melbourne 2024 Highlights

Play Now Melbourne, Australia's pre-eminent games market, returned to Melbourne International Games Week in 2024. This year 55 developers from around the country pitched their projects to leading international and local publishers, platform holders and investors.

Media Releases  1 Oct 2024

New academy a gamechanger for the Victorian screen industry

The Victorian Government, through VicScreen is investing in our next generation of screen professionals – cementing the state’s reputation as a global screen powerhouse. 

  1 Oct 2024

Your Melbourne International Games Week sorted

This year marks 10 years of Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW), showcasing the best of local and international games over its jam-packed program in October.

Media Releases  16 Sep 2024

MAJOR FEATURE FILM WAR MACHINE SETS UP CAMP IN VICTORIA

Victoria’s reputation as a screen leader has been boosted with cameras set to roll on War Machine, a new sci-fi action thriller from Lionsgate and Netflix.
 

Features  9 Sep 2024

VISION IN MOTION

From TV devotee to rising filmmaker, discover how Yardanos Embaye cracked into Melbourne’s screen industry.

Media Releases  2 Sep 2024

VicScreen announces New Screen Culture Program

VicScreen has announced its new Screen Culture Program. Replacing the Audience Engagement Program, the Screen Culture Program will invest in events and activities that contribute to Victoria as a vibrant arts and cultural hub.

Media Releases  28 Aug 2024

Victorian storytelling from the heart. VicScreen backs Andy Lee animation children’s series  

Today VicScreen announced that Andy Lee’s bestselling Do Not Open This Book series for children is being adapted into an animation series, Do Not Watch This Show. 

Events  19 Aug 2024

The 15th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne brings cinema visionaries back to Victoria

The 15th annual Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) has opened with thousands of community members gathering to welcome some of the biggest names in Indian cinema back to Melbourne for 10 days of film festivities.   
 

Media Releases  16 Aug 2024

NEW SARAH SNOOK THRILLER TO FILM IN VICTORIA

A new suburban thriller TV series set to start filming soon in Melbourne will create thousands of local screen jobs and showcase Victoria’s world-class screen industry talent and facilities. 

Industry Updates  13 Aug 2024

Melbourne Screen Hub’s New Footscray Location

Melbourne Screen Hub celebrated the opening of their new and larger location in Footscray, with Victorian film and television crew, sole traders and small businesses. Check out all the highlights from the night.

Melbourne Screen Hub’s new location boosts Victoria’s growing film and television industry

Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries, Colin Brooks, came together with some of Victoria’s film and television crew, sole traders and small businesses to celebrate the launch of Melbourne Screen Hub’s new and larger location in Footscray.