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.
This year’s AACTA Screenfest will see director Bruce Beresford and cinematographer Don McAlpine present the classic 'Breaker Morant'; editor Matt Villa talk about his work on Elvis, and producer Tom Hoffie and creator and showrunner Paddy McCrae discuss their upcoming Netflix series, Irreverent.
After two years of virtual presentations, AACTA is set to return to hosting its industry awards in-person.
Kenneth Branagh's 'Belfast' and Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog' have followed up their dominance of the Golden Globes nominations with the lion's share of AACTA International Award nods.
Australian film projects made in collaboration with India have the potential to deliver on issues the industry is “constantly talking about", according to Australian India Film Council chair Anupam Sharma.
TV dramas 'Fires', 'New Gold Mountain' and 'The Newsreader' each took home two prizes at yesterday evening's virtual AACTA Industry Awards, as did films 'Nitram', 'The Dry', 'Mortal Kombat' and 'High Ground'.
The late David Gulpilil will receive AACTA's highest honour, the Longford Lyell Award, for his outstanding contribution to Australian cinema on Wednesday.