The city is also home to the Docklands Studios Melbourne, featuring the very latest in filmmaking technology. The studios include five purpose-built sound-stages with adjacent make-up and dressing rooms, production offices and holding bays.
Parks and gardens
Melbourne’s parks and gardens have provided an atmospheric setting for many major international productions, including Dogfight, The Leftovers, Offspring, The Wrong Girl, Dr Blake, Newtons Law, House Husbands, MasterChef and The Block.
There is a green network of more than 560 hectares covering open spaces, floral displays, numerous tree-lined pathways, ponds and fountains.
Waterfront
Melbourne can be seen from a different angle from the water with city views, riverside parks, historic buildings and bridges and rowing sheds. The Docklands is the best place to see the city lit up at night.
Streets and laneways
Central Melbourne has 15 distinct
precincts, each with its own character and style. Chinatown, the Greek Precinct, the 'Paris end' of Collins Street and Little Italy (Lygon Street) provide an international flavour, and there are theatres, galleries, markets and cafés located throughout the streets of the city.
Melbourne has a network of laneways and arcades that sit between wide-open streets, shopping malls and skyscrapers.
Our commitment
We are committed to supporting a vibrant, thriving and professional film and television industry, whilst ensuring that a balance is maintained with the needs of our local city stakeholders.
Playing host to many notable feature films, documentaries, television series and television commercials over the years, means that our team can provide advice and expertise on how to maximise your time in Melbourne, including providing information where specialised filming requirements may need to be accommodated. We are proud to continue to facilitate a growing number of productions who choose Melbourne over other locations.
The benefits that filming bring to the city are abundant. Productions not only assist in promoting our city across Australia and in overseas markets, but also deliver a significant investment in local products and services. This is achieved via the production of sets, costumes, sourcing lighting, food, make-up and the numerous jobs generated by each production.
Our objective is to make your shoot in Melbourne as straightforward and obstacle-free as possible.