Some fun trivia about the filming of the movie.

Paper Planes opened in cinemas nationally on 15 January [2015], and has captured the imagination of audiences and critics alike.

This flight of fancy springs from a legendary winged keel...This is a movie about the nature of competition, about Australia's past and its possible future, and about the need for us to reinvent ourselves as we reach out to the world.

When 22-year-old Dylan Parker competed at the 2009 World Paper Plane Championships in Austria, he never imagined his achievements would end up on national television, featuring in his very own Australian Story episode.

"Wow, that was a great story; someone should turn that into a movie!" The producers of Australian Story have heard that comment countless times, with more than 700 programs broadcast since 1996, covering almost every imaginable drama from politics to crime and personal transformation. But while many books and articles have resulted from episodes of the program, none have actually been made into a feature film – until now.

The original Australian Story episode that inspired the movie. Dylan Parker makes and flies paper planes and he has become one of the very best in the world. But before he could represent his country on the world stage, he had to deal with the sudden discovery of a brain tumour as big as a golf ball...

It's been a while since an Australian made family movie really resonated at the box office. But Paper Planes, based on a true story, has been a hit with the critics and with audiences. It's also reported to have created a craze for the lost art of folding sheets of paper. What's less well known is that it all started with an episode of Australian Story.