Australian productions dominated the children's categories at the International Emmy Awards, with both 'Heartbreak High' and 'Built to Survive' picking up prizes, while 'Harley & Katya' took home the gong for Sports Documentary.
Producer Jack Christian has been appointed chairperson of the Australian Film Institute, succeeding Keith Rodger, who held the role for 12 months.
'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' may not have opened at the heights seen for the rest of the franchise, but it still gave exhibitors a needed boost last weekend.
Ciarán Hinds, Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge, Heather Mitchell, Thomas Weatherall, Show Kasamatsu, Simon Baker and Charles An will join Jacob Elordi in Curio Pictures' 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', now in production for Prime Video.
Warwick Thornton won the Golden Frog at the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland over the weekend for his cinematography on 'The New Boy', which he also wrote and directed.
Madeleine Gottlieb talks directing SBS anthology 'Erotic Stories': "Each story is so unique to each writer, and in most cases, to their lived experience; it felt a little bit strange to impose a cohesive look or feel on the show. Instead, we came to the conclusion that the cohesive element is the eroticism."
First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
AACTA, with the support of Nicole Kidman, is set to establish the Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent.