Actor and producer Cate Blanchett will receive the Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
British producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen and Amazon Studios executive Erika North have joined the lineup for March's Screen Forever.
Australian film buffs will be able to watch this year's AACTA International Awards on Foxtel's dedicated Arts channel on Sunday.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is about to crack $70 million at the local BO after racking up a weekend gross of $8.9 million on 324 screens, according to Rentrak estimates.
The pair will play lovers in the film based on a 1952 novella