Thinking about taking your business global? The ACT Export Day is a good place to start and is coming up on Thursday 21 May. This FREE half-day event is designed to help ACT businesses explore and grow their international operations, with workshops, expert panels and direct access to organisations including AusIndustry and the Export Council of Australia. Topics cover Free Trade Agreements, export regulations and opportunities across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
📅 Thursday 21 May 2026
🕛 12:15pm to 5pm AEST
📍 ACT Government - Business Centre, Canberra ACT, Australia
🔗 Register Today: Check out the link in bio
#ACTExportDay #GlobalBusiness #InternationalTrade #ExportOpportunities #BusinessGrowth #CanberraEvents
📷 ACT Government
🎬 Attention Canberra producers! @ScreenAustralia has announced applications are now open for the 2026 Producer Delegation to TIFF: The Market.
This is a game-changing opportunity for up to 10 producers to travel to Toronto to build creative connections, foster B2B partnerships, and explore co-development and co-production opportunities under the Australia/Canada Co-production Treaty.
Successful applicants will receive up to $10,000 to cover travel, accommodation, living expenses, insurance and accreditation.
📆 Applications close: Thursday 21 May 2026, 5.00pm AEST 🔗 Learn more or apply via the link in bio
#ScreenAustralia #TIFF2026 #AustralianFilm #FilmProducer #TIFFMarket #ScreenIndustry #ProducerDelegation #TorontoFilmFestival #CreativeConnections
📷 Screen Australia
Big opportunity for Australian screen creatives!
@ScreenAustralia has opened applications for the 2026 Australian International Screen Forum (AISF) Writer/Director Virtual Sessions, running July to September 2026.
Up to eight delegates will be selected for an online program of roundtables, panel discussions, mentoring and pitch training with New York-based screen industry professionals. Successful applicants receive a grant of up to $15,000.
It's aimed at screen creatives with strong recent international success who are looking to attract international support, investment and co-production partnerships.
📅 Applications close: Thursday 21 May 2026, 5.00pm AEST
🔗 More info: Link in bio
#AustralianFilm #ScreenWriters #FilmDirectors
📷 Screen Australia
The 2026 ACT Chief Minister's Export Awards are open for applications.
The awards acknowledge ACT businesses making an impact in global markets. Screen and games businesses with overseas distribution, co-productions or export activity are encouraged to apply across national categories and two ACT-specific awards: ACT Exporter of the Year and ACT Promising Exporter.
Winners in national categories progress as finalists to Austrade's National Export Awards, competing against peers from across Australia.
📅 Applications close on Friday, 12 June 2026.
Learn more or apply 👉 Link in bio
#ACTExportAwards #GlobalMarkets #BusinessRecognition #AustradeFinalists #NationalCategories #ApplyNow
📷 ACT Government
Uppercut Games recently highlighted Canberra's growing games industry and the exciting opportunities ahead for local game makers in a featured story in @regioncanberra . The article also traces the studio's journey from their early days making mobile titles through to the acclaimed ‘Submerged’ series, and hints at what's next.
Check out the full article via link in bio
#CanberraGames #ACTCreatives #CanberraScreen #IndieGames #UppercutGames
📷 Region Canberra, Morgan Kenyon
Congratulations to Branno, a familiar face from our recent EQUIP Canberra Games, on launching Surface Breaker! This Canberra-made sci-fi rogue-like game mixes mining and tower defence. It's great to see local game makers putting original work out into the world. 🔗 Link in bio to check it out on Steam.
#IndieGames #SurfaceBreaker #GameDev #CanberraGames #SupportLocal
📷 Surface Breaker's Steam
New to the screen industry? This one's for you!
@ScreenCareers is offering a FREE introductory session for anyone exploring a career in the screen industry.
A Place for Everyone: A Beginner's Guide to Roles in the Screen Industry covers crew and below-the-line careers. The roles that keep productions running. It's entry-level, accessible, and a worthwhile starting point for emerging professionals in our community.
📅 Friday 16 May 2026
🕘 9:30am – 10:30am AEST
📍 Online via Zoom
To Register 👉 Check out link in bio
#BeginnerGuide #FilmIndustry #ProductionCrew
📷 Screen Careers
If you're a @screenworks_aus member, Screenworks Confidential is back this May with a session you might be interested in.
The closed-door webinar features Bernadette O'Mahony, Head of Content at the Australian Children's Television Foundation, whose credits span Round the Twist, Dance Academy, Little Lunch, The Inbestigators, Crazy Fun Park and more. This session gives attendees direct access to that depth of experience across development, production, financing and distribution.
📅 Wednesday 13 May 2026
🕡 6:30pm (45 minutes) 📍 Online
Register here 👉 Check out the link in bio
#Webinar #ContentCreation #AustralianTelevision #ChildrensMedia #FilmProduction #BroadcastingIndustry
📷 Screenworks (Australia)
Have a say in Canberra's creative sector 🎨 🎮 🎬
@artsact__ is inviting the community to help shape the ACT Government's Arts, Culture and Creative Policy for 2027–2031 and there are two ways to get involved.
1 - Take the survey (15 questions); or
2 - Submit an Expression of Interest to attend one of four in-person roundtables (Skills Development and Innovation roundtable is particularly relevant to screen and games professionals).
📅 Survey closes: Friday 29 May 2026, 11:59pm
📅 EOI deadline: Friday 8 May 2026, 11:59pm. Submit your EOI to [email protected].
Access the survey here 👉 Check out the link in bio
#CanberraArts #CreativeCommunity #ArtsPolicy #artsACT #CanberraArts #ACTGovernment
📷 artsACT
🏆 Austin Series 2 won Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year at last night's 24th Annual SPA Awards! 🏆
Filmed here in the ACT, and supported by Screen Canberra and the ACT Government, this is a brilliant result for everyone involved. A huge congratulations to @northernpictures , @itvstudiosaus and @abcaustralia .
#ScreenCanberra #Austin #SPAAwards #FilmedInCanberra #MadeInCanberra
📷 @screen_producer
Screen Canberra is heading to SCREEN FOREVER 40 🎬
Our CEO, Holly Trueman, will join fellow state agency leaders for Show Me the Money: Screen Agency Spotlight. At this Q&A session they will share their perspectives on the current screen sector and what’s ahead.
🗓 Wednesday 29 April
⏰ 9:00–10:00am
📍 Event Centre – Southport 1 & 2
If you’re attending, don’t miss the conversation.
#ScreenCanberra #SCREENFOREVER40 #ScreenAgencySpotlight #ScreenSector #IndustryInsights
🤟 Sign on Screen Festival in Canberra 🎉
A new Sign Language film festival is coming to Canberra this May. @signonscreen is a Deaf–hearing collaboration celebrating Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) voices, perspectives and self-determination in filmmaking.
This three-day festival offers a rare opportunity for the screen industry to connect, collaborate and learn. Featuring award-winning Deaf-led films, special guests, and conversations that challenge the history of audism in film while showcasing the richness of sign language cinema.
🗓️ 22 - 24 May 2026
📍 National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), Canberra
👉 More info & program on the @nfsaonline website
#SignOnScreen #NFSA #DeafCinema #InclusiveStorytelling #CanberraEvents
