Academy Award winner Dion Beebe will receive the Fox Studios Australia International Award at the Australians in Film (AIF) annual awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Established in memory of Ledger, the prize is awarded to an emerging Aussie actor between 18-35 years old.
Australians in Film has partnered with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Screen Australia to launch Untapped, a breakthrough talent development program for undiscovered and underrepresented filmmakers.
Since screening in Hollywood and earning a US digital release earlier this year, 'Frisky' has catapulted Claudia Pickering onto the local industry’s radar.
The internship is awarded to film business undergraduate students and recent graduates who demonstrate significant potential in their area of expertise.
The finalists include Christian Antidormi (Spartacus: War of the Damned, Home and Away), Mojean Aria (The Bronx Bull), Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!), Chloe Bayliss (Backtrack),Harley Bonner (Neighbours), Shareena Clanton (Last Cab to Darwin), Ashleigh C
Collette and Cornish join head of casting for Paramount Joseph Middleton (Donnie Darko, The Bourne Identity), producer Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Gods of Egypt, Sicario), casting Director Sherry Thomas (The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul) and director Philli
Guy Pearce is bemused when asked how he will cope when he makes his feature film directing debut on Poor Boy, a paranormal mystery about a man who inhabits a child's body.