Pioneering Asian-Australian filmmaker Clara Law will preside over the jury for this year's Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be held Friday, November 3 at Home of the Arts (HOTA) on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Director Corrie Chen is the inaugural recipient of Screen Presence Trailblazer Award, presented as part of the Screen Presence 24 showcase at Melbourne International Comedy Festival on the weekend.
Every Cloud Productions founders Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at next week's SPA Awards, to be held on the final night of Screen Forever on the Gold Coast.
AACTA has announced the nominees for Best Documentary, having expanded the field from the typical six to eight after receiving a record 41 submissions for the award.
Sarah Snook has secured her third Emmy nomination, while Murray Bartlett is up for multiple categories, as the Television Academy announced the full list of contenders for the 75th Emmy Awards.
Screenwriters Evlin DuBose and Cameron Williams have won the Australian Writers' Guild's Emerging Writers Awards in Melbourne this evening, with the pair to share $10,000 of script development funding.
Noora Niasari has earned yet another accolade for her debut feature 'Shayda', taking home the top prize at Tuesday evening's Australian Directors' Guild Awards.
David Vincent Smith's feature directorial debut 'He Ain't Heavy' led the winners at Sunday evening's WA Screen Culture Awards, picking up four prizes.