TV dramas 'Fires', 'New Gold Mountain' and 'The Newsreader' each took home two prizes at yesterday evening's virtual AACTA Industry Awards, as did films 'Nitram', 'The Dry', 'Mortal Kombat' and 'High Ground'.
Members of the Australian music industry gathered to pay tribute to the screen composers who create musical magic behind the scenes for the small and large screen.
Screen composer Angela Little is pursuing her career in Hollywood after completing her Master of Music in Screen Scoring at the University of Southern California while continuing to work on Australian productions.
Antony Partos is honoured to be the new president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, succeeding Caitlin Yeo, but he might wish the timing was more propitious.
Caitlin Yeo leads the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards, having been recognised across five categories, while Brett Alpin and Piers Burbrook de Vere have each received three nominations.
Steve Vidler's 2019 film 'Standing Up For Sunny', which centred on a comedian with cerebral palsy, ignited in the director a passion for bringing stories of people with disability to screen, driving forward his next project, 'Always & Everywhere'.
Women's collective Dame Changer will host an International Women’s Day event tomorrow evening in Sydney, to mark the organisation's first anniversary.
"If you look at what the Gender Matters funding has done for female film filmmakers, that has not trickled down to those who work below-the-line."