Actor and filmmaker Kylie Bracknell, composer Caitlin Yeo, and Luke Cornish's 'Keep Stepping' are among this year's Sydney Film Festival award winners, with Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont's 'Close' triumphing in the official competition.
Australian film and television is delivering less local cultural value to audiences, authentic dramas are fewer, and much of it now feels a lot less Australian – even unrecognisable as made in this country, according to veteran screen journalist Sandy George. In this extract from her New Platform Paper, she argues Screen Australia must proactively cultivate film and television that is Australian in look and feel.
Endemol Shine Australia's 'RFDS' is set to take off again, with Seven officially commissioning a second season.
Dark Star Pictures has acquired distribution rights in North America for Craig Boreham's queer romantic drama 'Lonesome', planning a theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles.
Foxtel-owned streaming service Binge has renewed its first original production, 'Love Me', for a second season.
Producers Darren Dale and Sophia Zachariou have joined the board at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Marta Dusseldorp will be joined by a hefty ensemble cast when shooting starts next week in Tasmania on her comedic crime drama, ABC's 'Bay of Fires'.
Georgie Stone hopes the short documentary about her life - 'The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone', which recently premiered at both Tribeca and Sydney film festivals - will be empowering for other trans people.