World Screen

First Day, following a transgender student as she navigates high school, leads the Australian Children’s Television Foundation’s highlights.

We will close this year’s TV Kids Summer Festival by showcasing an array of great content at our Screenings Day on Friday, June 10.

The June digital editions of TV Kids, including a feature on eco-conscious shows for children, and TV Listings are now available.

How to craft successful distribution strategies will be the focus of the TV Kids Summer Festival opening session on Thursday, June 9, with insights from Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner, WildBrain’s Caroline Tyre and Guru Studio’s Jonathan Abraham.

The Wednesday schedule of the TV Kids Summer Festival opens with a panel on financing that includes Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter, Cyber Group Studios’ Raphaëlle Mathieu, MIAM! animation’s Hanna Mouchez and Monster Entertainment’s Andrew Fitzpatrick.

The TV Kids Summer Festival kicks off on Tuesday, June 7, with a panel on acquisition strategies featuring a broad cross-section of programmers: Paramount’s Layla Lewis, POP Channels’ Francesca Newington, Sensical’s Bethany Boles and De Agostini Editore’s Brenda Maffuchi.

In this digital edition of the TV Kids Summer Festival agenda, you will find the full daily program, speaker biographies and descriptions of the shows that will be premiering on our Screenings Day on June 10.

As part of the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here, Dubit’s David Kleeman will host a special session on opportunities in the metaverse that will feature a conversation with WildBrain’s Anne Loi.

Nicolas Atlan, the president of Gaumont U.S., is the latest addition to the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here.

Keynotes slated for the TV Kids Summer Festival from June 7 to 10 include Warner Bros.’ Amy Friedman, BBC’s Patricia Hidalgo, Paramount Global’s Jules Borkent, Super RTL’s Thorsten Braun, ZDF Studios’ Katharina Pietzsch, Sesame Workshop’s Ed Wells and Kay Wilson Stallings, The Jim Henson Company’s Halle Stanford, Nelvana’s Pam Westman and more. Check out the full schedule here and sign up for your free registration here.