STAN makes new commitment to producing local content for Kids and Families

Australian owned streaming service, Stan has announced a new partnership with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF).

The new deal with the ACTF is promising to deliver new live action projects to the screen for young and family audiences across Australia. The project comes at a time when all 3 commercial free-to-air operators have significantly cut back on the number of hours of children’s TV being produced.

The announcement from Stan calls for pitches of feature length, live action film, with a G or PG rating, for children and their families, or a tween/teen audience.

Applications open today (Wednesday, 11 August), with writers, creators and producers submitting their projects to https://actf.com.au/stan-initiative. Applications close Monday, 13 September.

The Nine owned streaming service is betting big on locally produced content to distinguish itself from streaming rivals Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon. The business recently confirmed plans to reach 30 original productions per annum within the next five years.

Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, said:

“The Morrison Government is pleased to see the ACTF partner with Stan to bring high quality new content to Australian children and their families to enjoy, as well as providing excellent opportunities for Australian writers, creators and producers.

Cailah Scobie, Chief Content Officer at Stan, said:

“The partnership between ACTF and Stan is another strong signal of Stan’s investment and commitment to produce original  content for Australian audiences – and in this case our youngest audiences.  

“ACTF has supported high quality children’s content for nearly 40 years, and are leaders in their field, and we welcome this collaboration and working with the sector to bring these feature films to life.”

Jenny Buckland, ACTF CEO, said:

“The ACTF wants to support high quality Australian children’s content on all the platforms children engage with, and for a long time we have admired the original Australian content Stan has been commissioning for adult audiences.

So we are absolutely thrilled that Stan is now stepping into the children’s space with this commitment to children’s films and looking forward to working with Stan in this partnership.”

Applications open today (Wednesday 11 August) and are due Monday, 13 September. To read the full creative brief and apply, visit: https://actf.com.au/stan-initiative