AACTA has announced the nominees for Best Documentary, having expanded the field from the typical six to eight after receiving a record 41 submissions for the award.
Producer Jack Christian has been appointed chairperson of the Australian Film Institute, succeeding Keith Rodger, who held the role for 12 months.
AACTA has partnered with Casting Networks and the Casting Guild of Australia to run a national youth casting initiative.
A five-day festival will accompany next February's AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast, with the dates for 2024 event now confirmed.
The AACTA Awards will join Screen Forever, the Australian International Movie Convention and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in being held on the Gold Coast, with the Queensland Government securing the event in a three-year deal.
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ lead AACTA International Award noms
Indie darlings 'The Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' have dominated the nominations for the AACTA International Awards with six apiece.
The AACTA Audience Award for Best Film will this year be a duke between local titles and Hollywood blockbusters that recently called Australia home: 'Thirteen Lives', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', 'Ticket to Paradise', 'Elvis', 'The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson' and 'Wog Boys Forever'.
The Australian Film Institute board will begin a new era under Keith Rodger after Alan Finney announced he would be stepping down from the position.