As the Australian film and TV industry strives for greater diversity on screen, Madeleine Madden is among those blazing a trail for Indigenous actors.
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Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' keeps winning hearts and minds as it regained the lead in its third weekend at Australian cinemas, ahead of stylish spy thriller 'Atomic Blonde'.
A record number of feature films are in competition for this year’s AACTA Awards, while the five films nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary have also been revealed.
An adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s novel 'Fear is the Rider', to be by directed Kriv Stenders, and writer Osamah Sami’s 'Ali's Wedding'-follow up 'When The Birds Aren’t Free To Be Buried', are among 15 features to have recently received development funding via Screen Australia.
In this wrap: ABC head of arts Mandy Chang departs for the BBC; Sally Regan joins Create NSW; Screenwest announces board of directors; Screen Forever advisory board unveiled.
Writer-director Luke Shanahan’s debut feature 'Rabbit', set to premiere at MIFF, stars Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell and Belgian actress Veerle Baetens.
Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s debut feature Cargo – dubbed a ‘zombie tearjerker’ – will make its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October.
Australia’s Jungle, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s production company and CBS Television Studios will produce a US version of the comedy 'No Activity' for streaming platform CBS All Access.