Friends for years, Tony Ayres and Andrea Denholm had long wanted to work together but did not have the opportunity- until now.
“I just want to play characters whose ethnicity is incidental and I’ve been lucky to be able to do that in the past few years."
Cate Blanchett co-created, co-produces and will play a key supporting role in 'Stateless', a six-part drama about four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert commissioned by the ABC.
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.
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'.
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.
Painter Del Kathryn Barton’s RED, starring Cate Blanchett, will premiere at the Art Gallery of South Australia next year.
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.