World-class sound stages…
World-class sound stages…
World-class sound stages…
World-class sound stages…
…in the heart of Melbourne.
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Renewable Energy Always Rolling on Set 🌿🎬
From today, Docklands Studios Melbourne is powered by 100% renewable electricity from the State Electricity Commission @secvictoria_
For film and TV studios, streamers and producers with sustainability goals, filming here means your production is part of Victoria`s renewables revolution.
The SEC`s CEO Chris Miller saw our facility up close, including the virtual production stage operated by @nantstudios
#RenewableEnergy
@sustainablescreensaustralia
@wearevicscreen
🎭 Bravo, Sarah Snook! 👏
Congratulations to the brilliant Sarah Snook on winning a Tony Award for her mind-blowing performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray.
On Broadway and the big screen, Sarah is a superstar — and we’re proud to have hosted her at Docklands Studios Melbourne across several screen productions over the years.
Australia claims her. Broadway applauds her!🌟
📸@sarah_snook
#TonyAwards #SarahSnook
#australianfilmindustry
We’re thrilled to congratulate our Chair, LouisaCoppel, on receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) 🎖️
Louisa helped make our studios a reality and put Victoria on the global map for film and TV production.
Her passion for the screen industry is endless and this honour is well-deserved 👏👏👏
#womeninfilm
#oam #kingsbirthdayhonours2025
#vicscreen
Great to welcome the talented honours year film students from @swinburne University for a behind-the-scenes tour of our studio lot.
These future filmmakers got a glimpse of where the magic is made, and hopefully we`ll see some of them back here, working on a future production. 🎬
#youngfilmmakers #swinburneuniversity #swinburnefilmandtv
📷 Rosey Cullinan
🎬 Not your average day on set!
Our sound stage turned into a test track for remote control cars, gimbals, and e-bikes as @XM2 and @filmtipspro ran a remote head workshop here at the studio.
Behind-the-scenes fun... a few grown-ups being big kids with some seriously cool toys. 🎮
#filmmaking #camerarig #cameraoperator
🎬 Good news for Melbourne`s screen industry!
The world`s biggest virtual production stage, operated by @nantstudios here on our lot, is bringing a major WWII survival thriller to life.
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (image #2), Play Dead will utilise this state-of-the-art LED volume screen technology to immerse actors in the 1940s Belgian countryside.
Other scenes have been filmed in Victoria`s South Gippsland region.
300 jobs will be created and 100 local businesses engaged, from armourers to prosthetics artists, LED engineers to VFX specialists.
Click on link in bio for production and cast details - and watch this space for updates.
@wearevicscreen
@sophiectaylor_vprodvfx
@keaton_heinrichs
@brooksymp
@sheenawattmp
#makeitinmelbourne
#ledvolume
#virtualproductionstudio
Sunset at Docklands Studios Melbourne✨ This drone flyover by @walking_perspective captures our city in its glory — with our studio nestled perfectly on its doorstep. This is why filmmakers fall in love with Melbourne 🎬
#makeitinmelbourne
Golden hour never looked so good✨
Huge thanks to @walking_perspective for capturing this breathtaking aerial view of our studio lot, with Melbourne’s skyline in the background.
From here, you can see how close we are to the heart of the city—yet with all the space and scale for world-class productions.
This is where stories come to life. 🎬
#makeitinmelbourne
🎬 History made.
Huge congratulations to Melbourne-born @mandywalkerdp, ASC, ACS, just named President of the American Society of Cinematographers — the first woman to lead the ASC in its 105-year history.
Known for her work on Elvis, Hidden Figures and Mulan, Mandy has been a trailblazer for women in film.
A proud moment for Australian cinema.🎥
#MandyWalker #ASC #ACS #womeninfilm
🎨 How many litres does it take to paint a film studio?
We’re still crunching the numbers, but it`s definitely enough to keep our sound stages looking fresh and new.
#paintinginprogress
#behindthescenes
🔥🎸 One of Australia`s biggest metal acts @parkwaydriveofficial has transformed Docklands Studios for the filming of a new music video, "Sacred."
Producer @todd.radicalfilms gave us 10/10 for being "one of Australia`s top-notch studios", while director @thirdeyevisualsau said it was a "world-class" experience. 🎬 👏
Swipe through for behind-the-scenes shots and see the finished clip via link in bio.
📸 Aimee Harris @rixoncreative
🔥 Blast from the Past 🔥
20 years ago, Ghost Rider rolled into Melbourne and lit up our stages. 🏍💀
With Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes and a Hollywood budget it was one of the biggest productions this city had ever seen.
Filmed here on our studio lot (then known as Central City Studios), Ghost Rider turned Melbourne into a comic-book inferno with hundreds of crew, stunt actors and extras who proved the city could handle the heat. 🎥
#ghostrider #nicolascage #filmedinmelbourne
Fancy working at a world-class film studio in the heart of Melbourne?
We`re looking for a facilities technician to help with the day to day running and maintenance of the studio.
Check out the link in our bio at top!
#filmstudio #screenproduction
Good news for the Victorian screen industry as shooting commences on Apple TV`s thriller "The Dispatcher". 🎬
Award-winning actor Patrick Brammall (Colin from Accounts, Evil) leads the six-part series, alongside BAFTA Award nominee Maxine Peake (Say Nothing, Black Mirror) and Brendan Cowell (Dune: Prophecy, Plum).
Filming locations include Warrnambool, Mornington Peninsula and the Yarra Valley, with some scenes to be shot at @nantstudios virtual production facility here at Docklands Studios Melbourne.
With funding support from @wearevicscreen`s Victorian Screen Incentive and the Australian Government`s Location Offset, it`s another 730 screen jobs for Victoria 👏👏
📸Patrick Brammal by Sally Flegg; Maxine Peake by Craig Fleming; Brendan Cowell by Mark Fellman.
The Dispatcher is produced by UK-based 60Forty Films (Hijack, Slow Horses) with Melbourne`s Werner Film Productions (The Newsreader, Crazy Fun Park, Riot) providing production services.
See link in bio!
Amazing the shots you can get from a puddle! 🌧
Thanks to our photographer-in-residence, client services manager Rosey Cullinan 📸
Australia’s only First Nation film festival is in full swing around Melbourne, including screenings in the @nantstudios LED Volume on our Docklands Studios lot.
Audiences are stepping inside a 360-degree cinematic world, immersed in the work of Sámi filmmakers. 📽️
Check out @birraranggafilmfest
Some recent pics from @nantstudios virtual production facility here on the lot.
Its cutting-edge LED volume technology was a fitting backdrop for an address to screen industry leaders by @framestore founder and global VFX pioneer Sir William Sargent, about the economic and cultural importance of creative industries.
#VFX #visualeffects #virtualproduction
Images: Dan Mahon
🏆 From concept to big screen, Better Man came to life inside Docklands Studios Melbourne’s world-class sound stages! 🎬 🎥
This spectacular production—winner of Best Film at the AACTA Awards and an Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects—relied on our super stage to create some of its biggest scenes.
Read more in the latest @ausfilm_international news through the link in our bio.
(Set of luxury yacht. Image by Ben King)
#filmedatdocklands #Oscars2025 #bettermanmovie
👀 Horror fans, get ready to be spooked!
Saccharine, shot at our studios in 2024 has just dropped its first official images, featuring Midori Francis in the lead role.
From Victorian director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A) and producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw (Snowtown, Run Rabbit Run) Saccharine follows Hana (Francis), a lovelorn medical student who is terrorised by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze: eating human ashes.
Saccharine will hit cinemas first before streaming on Stan in 2025.
Images by Narelle Portanier
#saccharinemovie #shotatdocklandsstudios
🏆 AACTA TRIUMPH FOR BETTER MAN! 🏆
Last night at the prestigious AACTA Awards, Better Man took home Best Film, cementing its place as a standout achievement in Australian cinema.
It also won Best Direction (Michael Gracey), Best Lead Actor (Jonno Davies) and Best Supporting Actor (Damon Herriman) for a total of nine AACTAs.
We’re so proud that this extraordinary production came to life on our stages.
Director Michael Gracey has reflected on the experience:
“The scale of Stage 6 was a game-changer. It gave us the space to dream big—every set, every performance sequence, every technical element came together without compromise.”
Congratulations to Gracey and his co-producers Paul Currie, Coco Xiaolu Ma and Craig McMahon and the entire Better Man team on this well-deserved recognition! 🎬✨
1. Publicity poster
2. Michael Gracey on set
3. Johnno Davies,
4. Damon Herriman
5. Stage 6
Full list of winners in link in bio.
@bettermanmovie @aacta
#AACTA #Filmedatdocklands