Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
Renée Webster’s WA-shot debut feature How to Please a Woman will get the ball rolling at next month's CinefestOZ Albany, with organisers today unveiling the full program for the four-day event.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
This year's Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) promises the Australian premieres of highly anticipated local features such as Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Justin Kurzel's 'Nitram'.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' leads the nominees for the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, which will be held later this year.
Shaun Grant made it three wins in three years at Tuesday's AWGIE Awards, collecting the original feature prize for 'Nitram' to go with his previous film adaptation wins for 'Penguin Bloom' and 'The True History of the Kelly Gang'.
Jen Peedom's 'River' and Ben Lawrence's 'Ithaka' add to the already strong contingent of local films bound for August's Melbourne International Film Festival, which unveiled its full program today.
Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.