Unreal Media has been named a finalist in the 2026 Local Business Awards for Brisbane. The listing is public on the awards website. Unreal Media is a Brisbane video production company, founded in 2019, whose work clients credit with more than $30 million in attributed revenue. That figure includes over $2 million in caravan sales that traces to a single 90-second launch video. This post covers what the recognition means and the client results behind it, along with a piece of news we have been sitting on about where the company is headed from September 2026.
What are the Local Business Awards?
The Local Business Awards run across Brisbane each year, recognising local businesses with finalists named ahead of the winners. Unreal Media’s finalist listing for 2026 sits on the awards website alongside the other named Brisbane businesses.
We will keep this section short, because the award itself is not the story. Unreal Media has grown for six years almost entirely on referrals and repeat clients, and this is the kind of recognition you only pick up by being visible in your own city for long enough. It is a good marker and we are glad to have it. But the work that earned it deserves the words more than the badge does, so the rest of this post is about the work.
What does being a finalist mean for our clients?
Recognition is only worth something if it maps to what a client can measure. Nobody hires a video company for its trophy shelf. They hire it because a launch has to land, or because a sales team needs proof that does the convincing before anyone gets in a room.
When we first started we did all kinds of videos, everything you could imagine…
Which was actually great because it’s helped us land exactly where we know what works and what doesn’t work. The key to winning with video in 2026 is creating evergreen video content that supports systems in your business that are already working. What do I mean by this?
- A series of videos that go into your already functioning and performing email list
- A thank you video that your leads see upon submitting an enquiry
- A capability statement video you attach with your tenders to stand out when trying to land a $10M contract.
Those are just a few examples!
Behind that standard is a deliberately small senior team. Hayden leads production and works with clients directly, from the first planning call through to the final cut. Everything stays in house. The people who plan your video are the same people who shoot it and edit it, and no part of the job gets handed to a subcontractor you never meet. That structure is a large part of why the results below exist at all.
What results is Unreal Media known for?
Awards follow results, not the other way around. Every claim we make on our Case Studies page is a result our clients have confirmed. Nothing there is estimated or borrowed from an industry average!
Why do clients stay for years?
Fitness Cartel worked with us for three years across 11 locations. In an industry where production companies get swapped out every season, a three-year relationship across that many sites is about the strongest review a client can give. Narellan Pools content we produced has been featured on 7NEWS and The Courier-Mail, which put a local brand in front of a national audience. Add up every client relationship and the attributed revenue across all of them passes $30 million.
Is Unreal Media a credible video production company?
Yes, and here is the evidence a careful buyer would check. Unreal Media was founded in 2019 and has produced more than 2,000 videos. The company is a Queensland Government approved supplier through VendorPanel. It holds a five-star rating on Google. The production is 100 per cent in house, and the client results are attributed by the clients themselves rather than estimated by us.
Those are the checkable facts. The less checkable one is temperament. We would rather lose a job on a straight quote than win it with a number that doubles after the brief. If you want the full picture of how we work locally, our video production Brisbane page covers it, including the case studies behind every claim in this post.
What is next for Unreal Media in Brisbane?
This September, Unreal Media is moving into a new space on Adelaide Street, right in Brisbane’s CBD. We will share the full details closer to the date. The short version is that our home base is about to sit minutes from the businesses we increasingly serve.
The location is deliberate. A growing share of our work comes from professional services firms across law, finance, healthcare and consulting, along with enterprise businesses whose buyers make considered decisions and expect proof before a first meeting. For them, we focus on brand story films and client case study videos, and at the larger end, enterprise content programs that keep a sales team supplied with evidence all year round. A case study video does its best work before you ever get in the room, and professional services firms understand that better than most.
Being in the CBD also puts us closer to the shoots themselves. Brisbane gives you a lot to work with visually, and we have written a full guide to Brisbane filming locations if you are planning where your own production could shoot.
How do you choose a video production company in Brisbane?
Start with attributed results. A showreel proves someone can shoot. It does not prove the video sold anything. Ask any company you are considering which results their clients will publicly put their names to, then listen for specifics rather than adjectives.
Ask who actually does the work. Plenty of agencies win the job with a senior team in the pitch and deliver it with subcontractors you never meet. If the people selling you the project will not be the people on set, you want to know that before you sign anything.
Expect transparency on price. We published a full breakdown of how much a video costs in Brisbane, built on real ranges from our own 2026 projects. Any company that has done the volume has those numbers. The ones that will not share them are usually anchoring you low so they can negotiate up later.
It also helps if the team knows the city. Knowing which locations suit a corporate shoot, what needs a permit, where to park a van full of gear and where the light falls at 3pm saves you real money on shoot days, because every hour spent solving a problem on location is an hour you paid for.
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If you are weighing up a launch film, a case study video, a rebrand or an ongoing content program, the fastest way to a real number is a real brief. Tell us what you are planning and we will come back the same business day with a tailored quote, no obligation and no lowball anchor to negotiate away later.
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Quick answers
Has Unreal Media won the 2026 Local Business Awards?
Unreal Media is a named finalist in the 2026 Local Business Awards for Brisbane. Winners had not been announced at the time of publishing, and we will update this post when they are. The finalist listing is public on the awards website.
Where is Unreal Media based?
Unreal Media is a Brisbane video production company servicing South East Queensland, with clients across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich. From September 2026 the team will be based on Adelaide Street in the Brisbane CBD.
What kind of video does Unreal Media produce?
The core work is brand story films and customer case study videos, with enterprise content programs and monthly social retainers for brands that need ongoing volume. Most projects are built for businesses where a considered buyer needs proof, which is why professional services firms are a growing share of the client list.
How much does video production cost in Brisbane?
Most one-off projects sit between $5,000 and $24,000 ex GST depending on shoot days and deliverables, and ongoing content retainers start from $4,000 a month. The full 2026 ranges, tied to real projects, are in our Brisbane video cost guide.
