SPA Awards 2026 – MDW Film & Television Projects Nominated March 16, 2026

MDW is excited to announce that a number of our clients are among the finalists at the 2026 SPA Awards. The SPA Awards recognise outstanding Australian screen productions across a range of categories, so it is fantastic to see that our production legals helped facilitate such a diversity of projects. We wish to congratulate our clients on being nominated for the following awards:

Children’s Production of the Year (Excluding Animation)

• Knee High Spies – Werner Film Productions (ABC)

Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year

• Good Cop/Bad Cop – Jungle Entertainment (Stan)
• Top End Bub – Goalpost Pictures (Prime)

Drama Series Production of the Year

• Black Snow: Jack Of Clubs – Goalpost Pictures (Stan)
• The Newsreader S3 – Werner Film Production (ABC)

Factual Series Production of the Year

• Australia: An Unofficial History – Stranger Than Fiction Films (SBS)

Feature Film Production of the Year

• Lesbian Space Princess – We Made A Thing Studios
• One More Shot – GoodThing Productions
• Together – Princess Pictures

Online Series Production of the Year

• The Worst That Could Happen – Haven’t You Done Well Productions

Screen Forever: A Chance to Grow and Celebrate with MDW’s Media Team

Senior Associate Odilla O’Boyle and some of the lawyers from the Media Team are heading to the 40^th Screen Forever conference on the Gold Coast from 28 April–1 May, where the SPA Awards will take place. This forum brings together professionals from across the entertainment industry, and it will be a great opportunity for MDW to make new connections and deepen our knowledge of the industry and current market trends.

The conference is structured around five key topics of discussion: changing business and financing models, funding and regulatory agendas, market innovations, financial arrangements, and creative approaches. Being a full-service entertainment law team, we look forward to gaining insight from each stakeholder’s perspective and using this knowledge to hone our cutting-edge suite of legal services.

We also look forward to attending the SPA Awards ceremony and hope to see some of our clients take the stage!