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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. 

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What India’s Screen Stars love about Melbourne

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) invigorates the city each year, bringing together the biggest and boldest voices in South Asian cinema to meet local fans and industry. We asked some of the guests about their thoughts on Melbourne. 

Events / Features / Film & TV  12 Sep 2025

The Family Next Door: Adapting Sally Hepworth’s Best-selling Book for TV

New York Times best-selling Victorian author Sally Hepworth has penned nine novels, selling millions of books worldwide. One of them, The Family Next Door, has been adapted into a new television series currently airing on the ABC and available on ABC iview. 

Events / Features  21 Mar 2025

BIRRARANGGA FILM FESTIVAL & VICSCREEN CO-PRESENTS A MASTERCLASS WITH IVAN SEN

Wiradjuri producer Merryn Trescott reflects on acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Sen's masterclass at the 2025 Birrarangga Film Festival.

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.

Digital Games / Events  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.

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.   
 

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.

Events  29 Mar 2023

VicScreen meets SXSW

Victoria's creativity and capability in screen was on show at Australia House at SXSW Austin this month. 

Events / Film & TV  5 Jul 2022

10 First Nations projects to watch this NAIDOC Week

This NAIDOC Week, show your support for the First Nation screen practitioners, crew, and storytellers by watching, streaming, and supporting these key local projects.

Events / Film & TV  23 Jun 2022

The Victorian projects that swept the 2022 TV Week Logies

The 2022 TV Week Logies Awards returned this week, with a handful of VicScreen-supported projects taking the cake.

Events / Film & TV  2 Nov 2021

The must-see blockbusters showcasing Victoria’s world-class talent

From the gutsy and spirited Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings to the mysterious sci-fi epic Dune, these films showcase Victoria's world-class talent on the big screen.

Events / Film & TV  13 Oct 2021

Meet the experts leading Screen Industry Day

Series Mania Melbourne is just around the corner, with Screen Industry Day making a triumphant return. Diving into the impressive line-up, here are the local and international screen experts that will be making an appearance on the day.