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cast I key creatives I technical I investors I the producers THE PRODUCERS THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S TELEVISION FOUNDATION The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) was established in 1982 to help improve the production environment and to make a significant difference to children's programming in Australia. For nearly two decades the ACTF has demonstrated just how much can be achieved, proving that entertainment and education can go hand in hand. The ACTF has produced over 150 hours worth of programs that have won 77 national and international awards (including an Emmy Award, the Prix Jeunesse and a Japan Prize) and have been sold to over 100 countries. In Australia alone their shows have received 14 Australian Film Institute (AFI) nominations which have resulted in 5 awards. Their production slate includes the following series; Winners, Kaboodle (series 1 & 2), Touch The Sun, Round The Twist (series 1 to 4), The Greatest Tune On Earth, More Winners, Seen But Not Heard, Sky Trackers (series and tele-movie), Lift Off (series 1 & 2), The Genie From Down Under (series 1 & 2), Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers and Crash Zone (series 1 & 2) plus the documentaries, Songs Of Innocence and First Day.
The main kinship term Yolngu people use to describe the glue that binds their society is Yothu Yindi, literally meaning 'child and mother'. The term describing a relationship system is understood and practised by people in an area stretching over 90,000 square kilometres of north-east Arnhem Land. The system involves people from Manangrida in the west, to Yirrkala in the east, to the Roper River in the south and includes people on Groote Island and the Wessels group of islands. Those people who are part of this kinship system refer to themselves as 'Yolngu.' Yothu Yindi is also the name of a well-known Australian rock band. They are a contemporary cultural voice of the Yolngu community, and a band with a philosophy, which is to promote balance and mutual respect between the inhabitants of Australia. They combined the ancient song cycles of north-east Arnhem Land featuring such traditional instruments as the 'bilma' and 'yidaki' and juxtaposed them with western pop sounds to present a true musical meeting of two diverse cultures. They also took traditional Yolngu dances -- describing the behavior of crocodiles, wallabies and the fauna of their homelands -- and worked them into the context of contemporary performance. In association with the band, the Yothu Yindi Foundation Aboriginal Corporation was established by Yolngu community leaders and persons of authority from five of the clan groups in the region - the Gumatj, Rirratjingu, Djapu, Galpu and Wanguri. Broadly, its aims are to support and further the maintenance, development, teachings and enterprise potential of Yolngu cultural life and to actively seek the resources and facilities for these to be realized. It aims to provide such cultural services for the communities at Yirrkala, Gunyangara and the surrounding homeland centres.
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