Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
The film’s mix of tragedy and farce – sometimes reminiscent of Rob Reiner’s 'Misery' for the way both captor and captive invest in a make-believe version of their relationship – lacks nuance.
Sascha Huckstepp, daughter and only child of Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, announces that she is in the process of bringing a team together to make a major feature film about Sallie-Anne Huckstepp.
Cate Shortland's untitled feature film starring Teresa Palmer will begin filming at Docklands Studio, Melbourne this week.
The Australian Director’s Guild will hold a one-day conference in Sydney next month for directors and industry members.
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas’ novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
Simu Liu will play the title character in Marvel Studios' 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', the first Asian lead in a Marvel superhero movie.
Australian-German-UK co-production Lore has won the Locarno Film Festival's Prix du Public award