See-Saw Films and Sunstar Entertainment will produce a film based on the upcoming autobiography of Australian adoptee Saroo Brierley.
Life of Pi, Brave, and Game of Thrones have each won VES Awards across four categories.
Screen Australia says it has not mismanaged its finances by spending its annual production funding in just six months - a state of affairs which it says reflects the strength of the local film industry.
Production is underway on The Rover, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, in the South Australian outback.
Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander and Jacek Koman have joined the cast of Australian thriller Son of a Gun
The actor appears in Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained
Barry Urquhart, the managing director of market research and strategic planning company Marketing Focus, tells cinema owners how to win customers
Foxtel has commissioned an Australian version of the BAFTA award-winning British series Coast.