AACTA has revealed those in contention for the major film, television and short-form prizes at this year's awards, with 'High Ground' leading the charge in the film categories and 'The Newsreader' ahead in television.
'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.
AACTA and Sony have joined forces to launch a national short film pitching competition for student filmmakers, with $15,000 worth of production funding on offer.
Applications are open for AACTA Pitch: BITE, a feature film development initiative in partnership with Monster Pictures.
AACTA is on the hunt for funny new short-form content via new monthly competition Laughing My AACTA Off (LMAO).
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.
After last year's iteration saw six projects optioned, AACTA is set to re-team with Monster Pictures to run a horror and genre film development initiative.
Six films are set to vie for this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary, with voting for the winner open from today until August 2.