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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  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. 

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). 

Media Releases  21 Nov 2024

NEW DRAMA SERIES THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR MOVES INTO BAYSIDE MELBOURNE

The Family Next Door is a 6-part drama filming on location in and around Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, as well as regional Victoria.

Media Releases  11 Nov 2024

SARAH SNOOK FILMS ALL HER FAULT AT MELBOURNE’S CUTTING EDGE VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STAGE

Emmy® award winning actor, Sarah Snook is home in Melbourne, leading a stellar local and international cast filming the gripping new series, All Her Fault

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. 

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.
 

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. 

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.