VicScreen announces latest Originate Games
VicScreen has today announced the latest games to be supported through its Originate Games initiative.
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Originate Genre fast-tracks homegrown talent for the big screen
Eight projects have been selected to participate in Stage 2 of VicScreen’s dynamic development initiative Originate Genre aimed at nurturing new voices in commercial cinema.
VicScreen secures top global games publishers for Play Now Melbourne 2025
Australia’s leading international games market Play Now Melbourne is gearing up for a power-packed third year with some the world’s top game publishers set to attend.
Game, set, match: Goolagong is a winner for Victoria
A three-part series based on the inspiring true-life story of champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley AC MBE, one of Australia’s most loved sporting stars, is being filmed in Victoria, supported by the Victorian Government.
Play Now Melbourne, Australia’s pre-eminent global games market returns for a third year
Australia’s leading games market Play Now Melbourne will return for a third consecutive year in October 2025, backed by the Victorian Government through VicScreen.
WWII thriller filming on Melbourne’s cutting-edge virtual production stage
Victoria will stand-in for WWII-era Belgium in Play Dead, a new survival thriller now filming on Melbourne’s cutting-edge virtual production stages at Docklands Studios Melbourne.
Emerging screen talent to make their mark with Footy Shorts
VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival and the AFL today announced the five dynamic short-film projects that have been selected for Footy Shorts.
Major US feature film kicks off production in Victoria
Victoria’s status as a global hub for screen production continues as the new gridiron movie based on the life of American footballer John Tuggle kicks off principal photography in Melbourne.
Oscar-winning VFX company Wētā FX chooses Victoria for its Australian hub
Oscar-winning visual effects company Wētā FX is growing its Australian headquarters in Melbourne, creating up to 80 jobs and cementing Victoria’s reputation as a global screen powerhouse.
Regional Victoria takes centre stage in new thriller The Dispatcher
Filming is underway in Victoria for The Dispatcher. Supported by VicScreen, the new series, being produced by 60Forty Films, will create 730 jobs and inject over $45 million into the state economy.