A PATHWAY INTO SCREEN: THREE EARLY-CAREER FIRST PEOPLES FILMMAKERS SHARE THEIR STORY
Up-and-coming First Peoples screen practitioners Travis Cloudy-Hensgen, Kynan Clarke and Merryn Trescott share their different industry pathways.
News Category: Industry Updates
VicScreen appoints Sacha Gregson as Director, Content and Talent
VicScreen has appointed highly regarded television executive Sacha Gregson as Director, Content and Talent.
Animator Mike Greaney on attending Annecy International
We speak to writer, director, animator and cartoonist Mike Greaney, to share his experience and tips from attending the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market in 2025.
Groundbreaking partnership backs Victoria’s games industry
As Victoria’s digital games sector continues to create internationally acclaimed games, the Victorian Government, through VicScreen is partnering with one of our most successful homegrown games studios to level up the state’s digital games industry and support the next generation, through a new investment fund and co-working space and industry hub.
MIMO MUKII ON CRAFTING STORIES THAT MATTER
For emerging producer Mimo Mukii, filmmaking is a way to speak to and reveal the untold stories of underrepresented groups in our society.
Maya Johnson is shaping her own narrative
From Magnetic Island to Melbourne: Maya Johnson is on a mission to share First Nations stories
THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY: SIR WILLIAM SARGENT ON POLICY, PROFIT AND THE UK’S SCREEN BOOM
A leader in the global VFX and creative industries, Sir William Sargent explains the meteoric rise of the UK’s screen industry off the back of strategic government intervention and what’s required to sustain the creative pipeline.
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.
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.