Eye of the Storm lead the Transmission slate with 12 AACTA Award nominations
The troubled Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has appointed four new board members: Ian Sutherland, Alaric McAusland, Geoff Brown and Russel Howcroft.
While AACTA's Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates "outstanding creative enterprise", this year the award will go to a film.
Harvey Weinstein has risked his money releasing more Australian films than any other US distributor so it is fitting that he'll receive two awards from Aussie organisations this month.
Australian Cinematographers Society national president Ron Johanson felt he was being called to the headmaster's office when he was asked to take an urgent Skype call from the AFI/AACTA.
Warwick Holt, Chloë Reeson and reps of Screen Australia and the ABC will be among the content creators and developers who will take part in AACTA’s masterclass in web series creation in Melbourne next month.
Australian films have won in two categories at this year's LA Shorts International Film Festival, with Jon Bell's 'The Moogai' awarded Best Horror and Tony Radevski's 'Risen' named Best Sci-Fi.
'Ellie and Abbie' star Zoe Terakes has made history ahead of this year's AACTA Awards, becoming the first non-binary Australian actor in consideration for Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film.