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.
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Industry stakeholders are seeking clarification from the Federal Government about the place of documentary in the incoming streaming regulation, after the genre was omitted in the models proposed in the Targeted Consultation Paper.
India has become the 14th country to officially sign a co-production treaty with Australia after the Federal Government confirmed this week it had ratified an agreement with the South Asian nation.
Up to ten production companies will have the opportunity to pitch their documentary and factual slate at the upcoming Australian International Documentary Conference.
'Thirteen Lives' director Ron Howard has returned to Queensland for another feature, starting production next week on survival thriller 'Eden', starring Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney.
Blackfella Films producer Darren Dale has been appointed Sydney Film Festival (SFF) board chair, taking over from Deanne Weir, who has announced her retirement after eight years on the board.
Casting director Amanda Mitchell is currently conducting a national talent search for writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner’s World War II shark thriller 'Beast Of War'.
The Federal Government has announced a trio of appointments to the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) board, with Annette Shun Wah, Kylie Bracknell, and Sachin Job joining as members.