Arts Minister Tony Burke was given a hero's welcome at St Kilda's Hotel Esplanade on Monday morning as he introduced the government's long-awaited National Cultural Policy.
A story of what it means to long for home has taken out Best Australian Short Film at this year's Flickerfest.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' leads the nominees for the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, which will be held later this year.
The AACTA Awards will join Screen Forever, the Australian International Movie Convention and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in being held on the Gold Coast, with the Queensland Government securing the event in a three-year deal.
Noora Niasari's debut feature 'Shayda' took home the Audience Award in Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Dramatic Competition over the weekend.
While the Federal Government has outlined plans for content obligations on streaming services, the office of Arts Minister Tony Burke has dismissed a media report of a 20 per cent revenue requirement as "totally speculative".
Netflix is inviting applications for a two-week training intensive on production accounting.
The creative industries were well represented in this year's Australia Day honours list, with director Phillip Noyce, Made Up Stories producer Bruna Papandrea, and actors Claudia Karvan and David Wenham among those recognised.