Tony Ayres identifies the primary challenge for TV content makers this year as creating work that not only makes an immediate impact but maintains quality for the whole series.
It seems AACTA voters couldn't help falling in love with the craft behind Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis', with the film picking up seven out of a possible 10 gongs at the Industry Awards - including a history-making cinematography win for Mandy Walker.
The selective appeal of theatrical cinema and the emergence of Queensland as a production hotspot was on the agenda as children's content creatives came together on Monday for an AACTA Screenfest 2020 Spotlight event.
Over the next five years the ABC aims to become more culturally diverse in its staff and programming, more local and to make its services more personalised.
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'.
Australia is among the most represented countries in the field of international nominees for this year's Rockie Awards, with titles up in six categories.
The fourth and final series of 'Nowhere Boys', an observational documentary on teenagers who take charge of the family’s finances for a month, and an animated series about the adventures of a six-year-old cattle dog are among the highlights of the ABC’s children’s slate for 2018.
AACTA has announced the remaining nominations for its February awards, with Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' garnering the most nods in film with 12, closely followed by 'Talk to Me' with 11, while with 15 nominations, 'The Newsreader' is the most recognised TV series.