Northern Pictures is poised to continue its successful Emmys run, earning international nominations for the second seasons of ABC’s Hardball and Love on the Spectrum.

The two projects are the only series from Australia to feature among this year’s 60 International Emmy Award nominations, which span 15 categories and 23 countries.

Northern Pictures have been nominated for four awards at this year’s AACTA Awards: Strong Female Lead – Best Documentary; Love on the Spectrum (Season 2) – Best Factual Entertainment Program; Love on the Spectrum (Season 2) – Best Direction in Nonfiction Television (Cian O’Clery); and Hardball (Season 2) – Best Children’s Program.

In this interview Northern Pictures Executive Producer, Catherine Nebauer, and Head of ABC Children’s, Libbie Doherty, reflect on the key takeaways of making a fun and fast-paced series like Hardball, and share some of the challenges of filming during a pandemic.

ABC ME series Hardball has won an International Emmy Kids Award celebrating the best children’s content from around the world.

Northern Pictures’ Hardball has been nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award, one of four competing in the Kids: Live Action category.

Australian comedy/drama Hardball has taken home the 2020 BANFF World Media Festival Rockie Award in the ‘Children and Youth: Fiction’ category.

Hardball has won the top prize in the 7-10 Fiction Category at Prix Jeunesse! With a healthy number of awards and nominations already attributed to the series, the win at Prix Jeunesse seals Hardball’s reputation as a series full of heart that strikes a chord with audiences all over the world.

One of the most striking aspects of Hardball is that for a comedy, it has a serious edge. Among the fervour and the drama of the handball court, the series puts considerable thought into what it means to be a father today.

Filming has started on Northern Pictures' first foray into live action drama, with the cameras rolling on the kids' comedy series Hardball.