'Sweet Country' was named Best Film at Wednesday's AACTA Award Ceremony, with the period Western also taking home Best Direction for Warwick Thornton and Best Lead Actor for Hamilton Morris.
Twelve female creators have been selected for a four-day intensive genre masterclass, hosted by Bunya Productions and taught by US writer/producer Raelle Tucker ('Sacred Lies', 'True Blood') and Canadian director Jeremy Podeswa ('Game of Thrones', 'The Handmaid’s Tale').
This year is shaping as the most eventful and action-packed in the 20-year-career of Indigenous writer-director-producer-actor Leah Purcell.
After making her feature film debut in Justin Kurzel’s 'True History of the Kelly Gang' Jillian Nguyen has landed the lead female role in Ivan Sen’s 'Loveland'.
Another four Australian projects have joined the line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival: feature documentary 'She Who Must Be Loved', 2015 film 'Tanna' and two shorts, 'Blackbird' and 'The Mermaids, Or Aiden in Wonderland'.
While movie sequels are relatively rare in Australia, the producers of Warwick Thornton’s 'Sweet Country' are convinced they have a new, compelling story which is worth telling.
Tanith Glynn-Maloney has joined Bunya Productions in the third Indigenous producer placement for the production company owned by David Jowsey, Ivan Sen and Greer Simpkin.
Screen Australia has announced $4 million worth of production investment for one film, two television series and three online projects. They include a film adaptation of book 'Penguin Bloom', starring Naomi Watts and produced by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories; a second season of ABC series 'Mystery Road'; Nine's 'Seachange' reboot; and 'Roborovski', a VR project from Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel.