Todd Haynes' Carol leads the pack at the 5th AACTA International Awards, which today announced that seventeen films had been nominated across all categories.
Australian film buffs will be able to watch this year's AACTA International Awards on Foxtel's dedicated Arts channel on Sunday.
Ryan Reynolds' wisecracking hero Deadpool opened on 262 screens and made $14.8 million over the weekend, in keeping with the superhero comedy's boffo opening in the United States.
Best makeup and hair went to Fury Road's Lesley Vanderwalt and Damian Martin, best production design went to Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson, best editing to Margaret Sixel and best costume design to Jenny Beavan.
Painter Del Kathryn Barton’s RED, starring Cate Blanchett, will premiere at the Art Gallery of South Australia next year.
SBS’s Sunshine will attract viewers as an edge-of-the-seat crime thriller which introduces fresh faces and provides insights into a little-known community.
Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s female-driven caper 'Ocean’s 8' smashed opening records for the franchise in Australia and the US last weekend while horror/thriller fans flocked to the Toni Collette starrer 'Hereditary'.
Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black' opened impressively last weekend, considering that the primary target audience - mature cinemagoers - don't normally rush out to see films in the first weekend.