A judging panel comprising producer Scarlett Koehne, actor and writer Osamah Sami, and directors Bonnie Moir and Jeffrey Walker will determine the winner of this year's AACTA Pitch: Focus short film development and production initiative from five finalists announced yesterday.
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Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin's production company Bazmark has joined post-production and VFX businesses The Post Lounge and Cutting Edge as being among the first recipients of the Queensland Government's $5 million Capital Grants program.
Two of Australia's most in-demand acting exports are reportedly gearing up to star opposite each other in a new adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel 'Wuthering Heights', to be directed by Emerald Fennell.
Attendees at next month's Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) will be treated to the Gold and Silver Lion-winning films from this year's Venice Film Festival, with Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' and Brady Corbet's 'The Brutalist' confirmed as special presentations for the event.
Next month's SXSW Sydney will host the Australian premieres of upcoming horrors 'The Front Room' and 'Smile 2', along with dark comedy 'Nightbitch', and Saturday Night Live biopic 'Saturday Night'.
Australia has representation across the drama, comedy, non-scripted, and short-form categories for this year's International Emmy Awards.
Andrea Solonge, Charles Wu, Taj Aldeep, Kartanya Maynard, Will McDonald, and Ezekiel Simat are the finalists for this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship after being selected from a record number of entries.
After entering voluntary liquidation in June, Ballarat's Regent Cinemas will begin a new life under Palace Cinemas next month.