Sally McLean’s series Walking Shadows Vol. 3 announced as the #1 most successful web series in Australia and the Oceania region in 2025

The final rankings of the Web Series World Cup have been announced and I was so thrilled and shocked, to be honest, to discover that the final season of my digital series Walking Shadows finished it’s festival run in the Top 10 Web Series globally (at #7 and the only Australian show in the top 10) out of 475 shows from 43 countries and as the #1 Web Series in Australia and the wider Asia/Pacific/Oceania Region!

This is the first time one of my projects has made the #1 position in Australia & Asia/Pacific/Oceania in the WSWC and I couldn’t be more gobsmacked and delighted.

Big congrats to all my team who made this season possible and thank you to all the top web fests who selected, nominated and awarded the series to date, who made this ranking possible!

Thank you also to the Web Series World Cup team – Dipu Bhattacharya, Jeff Stormer, Ned Donovan & Tom Chamberlain – who keep track of all the series on the festival circuit each year and calculate and publish these results. It is a mammoth task and they deserve all the love and appreciation for their work.

So thrilled. So delighted. What a wonderful way to see in 2026!

Walking Shadows Vol. 3 is commissioned by Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia & produced by Incognita Enterprises. Created, Written & Directed by Sally McLean. Featuring members of the 2023 graduating Full Time Acting Course cohort from HFAS. Crewed by students from Swinburne University of Technology Film School. Part of the Shakespeare Republic universe.