Catherine Scott's Backtrack Boys, which examines a youth program run by rule-breaking jackaroo Bernie Shakeshaft on the outskirts of Armidale NSW, was voted the top feature documentary at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Many screen producers are dismayed that Screen Australia has rejected their case to deny funding for BBC Studios' productions in Australia or to invest in local remakes of international formats.
After playing a guy suffering from PTSD in Home and Away and an inmate who impregnated Shareena Clanton’s Doreen in Wentworth Luke McKenzie relished the chance to play a more nuanced character in The Flip Side.
Going to the cinema is getting cheaper, at least for members of the movie clubs run by two of the major chains and Palace Cinemas.
Writer-director Imogen Thomas’ debut feature Emu Runner and Benjamin Gilmour’s Afghanistan-shot drama Jirga will have their world and international premieres respectively at the Toronto International Film Festival.
After devoting herself to teaching at the Australian Film Television and Radio School and serving as president of the Australian Directors' Guild, Samantha Lang is looking forward to getting back to her first love: making screen stories.
The BBC has finally confirmed the two Australian creatives who worked on the new series of Doctor Who: director Jennifer Perrott and screenwriter Pete McTighe.
Here is a rarity: Australian exhibitors are extremely positive about the upcoming line-up of Australian films, with one circuit chief rating it as the most commercial in years.