Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee, director Rolf de Heer and Roadshow Films CEO Joel Pearlman are among the Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) this year.
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are set to partner with Palace Cinemas to conduct a comprehensive audience survey, aiming to understand the mindset and desires of cinemagoers.
As the executive director of drama for the Foxtel Group, Walsh will oversee all commissioned drama across both Foxtel and Binge, and consult on the company's scripted content strategy and industry relations.
Writer and actor Hannah Belanszky will join Unless Pictures as the company's playwright in residence over the next 12 months.
This year's Sydney Film Festival attendees have declared a pair of films set in the city as their favourites.
Director Peter Weir will receive an honorary Oscar at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) Governors Awards in November.
Brouhaha Entertainment has taken the film rights to Charlotte Wood's Sydney-set novel 'The Weekend'.
'Brassic' and 'Our Girl' star Michelle Keegan will lead the cast of Stan and the BBC's 'Ten Pound Poms', now shooting across NSW.