The South Australian Film Corporation will commit $5.2 million over three years to an ABC-specific matched development fund as part of a new partnership between the national broadcaster and the state agency.
This year's AACTA Award for Best Film will be a contest between Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', George Miller’s 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger', Western Sydney anthology feature 'Here Out West', and Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes' horror 'Sissy'.
Lynette Curran, Julian Maroun, and Syd Brisbane are set to add a fresh flavour to the second season of ABC comedy Aftertaste, which has begun filming in Adelaide.
Closer Productions' Aftertaste will soon be served up on Acorn TV after ABC Commercial sold the scripted comedy to the US streamer.
The casting directors behind 'Nitram', 'The Dry', 'High Ground', and 'The Furnace' will battle it out in the feature film category of the Casting Guild of Australia Awards to be held this month.
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.
Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps are among the writers aiming to win consecutive prizes at this year's AWGIE Awards.
More finalists have been revealed for the 2022 Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, with voting now open for Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year, Light Entertainment Series Production of the Year, and Reality Series Production of the Year.