The Casting Guild of Australia has announced its Rising Stars for 2022, highlighting ten actors with the potential to break out on the world stage.
This year’s AACTA Screenfest will see director Bruce Beresford and cinematographer Don McAlpine present the classic 'Breaker Morant'; editor Matt Villa talk about his work on Elvis, and producer Tom Hoffie and creator and showrunner Paddy McCrae discuss their upcoming Netflix series, Irreverent.
Karl Malakunas’ eco documentary Delikado received a special mention and there were historic wins for Indonesia, Jordan, Armenia, Cambodia, and Pakistan as the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were announced on the Gold Coast this evening.
Hugo Weaving has continued his collaboration with LiveLab, the commercial production arm of Griffith Film School, teaming up to produce two follow up films to 2016’s 'Ky’s Story: Living with Autism'.
New Zealand’s South Pacific Pictures has hired Hannah Marshall as head of scripted development.
Anousha Zarkesh is well placed to again win Best Casting in A Feature Film at this year's Casting Guild of Australia Awards, nominated for her work on 'The Stranger' and 'We Are Still Here'.
The WA Government is aiming to begin construction on the state's first dedicated screen production facility towards the end of next year after identifying a location within the Malaga Metronet station precinct in Perth's north-east.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.