Peter Farrelly’s Green Book scored five Oscar nominations including for best picture, lead actor Viggo Mortensen and supporting actor Mahershala Ali following multiple prizes for Ali- so it was a surprise to see the true-life drama open in third place in Australia last weekend.
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Producers Anita Jacoby and Sue Maslin, writers Ray Harding and Bevan Lee and actor Magda Szubanski were among the screen professionals who received Australia Day honours on Saturday.
Actor and filmmaker Warwick Young is currently working with AFTRS to develop a film training program for veterans.
Yiana Pandelis was 14 when she did her first acting workshop at Melbourne’s Active Performance Studios.
Māori filmmakers Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith have won the 2019 Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship, selected after a global call for applicants.
Neon and Hulu have jointly acquired US rights to Abe Forsythe’s 'Little Monsters' in the first major deal for the Australian films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
After screenwriter Mithila Gupta began her career in the 'Neighbours' writers’ room in 2010, she often found she was the “only brown person” in the room.
Cinematographer Meg White has been named the inaugural recipient of the Screen Australia Onbass Fellowship, a full-tuition scholarship for emerging Australian filmmakers to attend the American Film Institute Conservatory.