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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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Media Releases  27 Jun 2025

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. 

Media Releases / Play Now  18 Jun 2025

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.

Media Releases  2 Jun 2025

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.
 

Media Releases  22 May 2025

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.
 



 

Media Releases  23 Apr 2025

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. 

Media Releases  10 Apr 2025

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.

Media Releases  27 Mar 2025

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.

Media Releases  20 Mar 2025

Victorian Screen Internships accelerate two creatives to watch

Two exceptional screen practitioners are set to accelerate their screen careers through year-long internships provided by VicScreen in partnership with ABC, Blackfella Films and Good Thing Productions.

Media Releases  7 Mar 2025

Genre at the forefront of VicScreen’s latest Originate initiative

VicScreen today announced a bold new development initiative, Originate Genre, designed to nurture the next generation of Victorian storytellers to bring new voices to commercial cinema. 

Media Releases  27 Feb 2025

MIFF, AFL and VicScreen kick off Footy Shorts

MIFF, the AFL and VicScreen have teamed up to launch Footy Shorts, an exciting initiative giving emerging Victorian filmmakers the chance to make a short documentary about Australian Football – both on and off the field.

Media Releases  21 Feb 2025

Knee High Spies are on the case in Victoria

VicScreen, ABC, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Screen Australia have announced that that filming is underway in Melbourne on the new children’s series Knee High Spies. 

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.