BBC Studios is building momentum in Australia through productions such as 'The Great Australian Bake Off', 'Space 22' and an upcoming adaptation of 'The Office'. IF speaks with BBC Studios Productions CEO Ralph Lee about the strengths of our productions on the world stage.
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 AACTA Audience Award for Best Film will this year be a duke between local titles and Hollywood blockbusters that recently called Australia home: 'Thirteen Lives', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', 'Ticket to Paradise', 'Elvis', 'The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson' and 'Wog Boys Forever'.
Screen Queensland's inaugural SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator participant Nicholas Lin has reflected on his 12-month placement at Ludo Studio, saying he learnt "just enough to realise how much more there is to learn".
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'.
Children’s television has often been a place to push the boundaries of diverse representations onscreen. In particular, Australian children’s TV has been a global leader in screen diversity, including gender and queer representation, write Swinburne's Damien O'Meara and Liam Burke.
Melbourne International Film Festival returns to metro cinemas with a bumper program, and 70th anniversary celebrations that include a major retrospective and cinematic homages to the festival from Ivan Sen, Justin Kurzel and Soda Jerk.
After a two-year hiatus, the TV WEEK Logie Awards returned Sunday evening, with Hamish Blake taking out the night's major prize, the Gold Logie, for his work hosting 'Lego Masters Australia'.