introduction I productions I role of the ACTF
THE
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S TELEVISION FOUNDATION
The Australian Children's Television Foundation believes that children
should have access to their own culture and their own stories through
film and television. These stories should have high production values
and should challenge and engage children. They should encourage an understanding
of the child's world interpreting the joys and the hardships and the range
of human emotion and experience.
Quality programs can contribute positively to a child's development and creativity and to a child's sense of personal and national identity by presenting a diversity of places, ideas and values reflecting the rich multicultural heritage of Australia.
The ACTF was established in 1982 to help improve the television production environment and to make a significant difference to children's television in Australia. Over the last 18 years the ACTF has demonstrated just how much can be achieved through the work of its Director, Patricia Edgar.
The ACTF has produced over 16 0 hours of programs which have won over 75 national and international awards including an international Emmy Award, the Prix Jeunesse and a Japan Prize. The ACTF has been nominated for 17 Australian Film Institute Awards and has won five. The ACTF sells its programs into over 100 countries and has been the recipient of the 1998 and 1999 Victorian Export Award and the 1998 National Export Award for Arts and Entertainment.