Six films are set to vie for this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary, with voting for the winner open from today until August 2.
The late David Gulpilil will receive AACTA's highest honour, the Longford Lyell Award, for his outstanding contribution to Australian cinema on Wednesday.
From 'Walkabout', 'Storm Boy', 'Crocodile Dundee' and 'Rabbit Proof Fence', to 'Australia', 'The Proposition' and 'Charlie's Country', the work of David Gulpilil forms a throughline in Australian modern cinema. Knowing that his career has touched Australians across generations, distributor ABCG Films wanted to ensure documentary 'My Name Is Gulpilil' was accessible and could reach audiences across the country.
The first production still has been released from Cargo, starring Sherlock’s Martin Freeman.
Rolf de Heer is one of four recipients of this year’s MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, designed to support new feature film projects at script stage.
Legendary Indigenous actor David Dalaithngu, known for his roles in 'Walkabout', 'Storm Boy', and 'Ten Canoes', has died aged 68.
Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram' dominated the feature film categories at Wednesday's AACTA ceremony, winning eight awards, while the ABC’s 'The Newsreader' led the pack for television with five.
Integral to the telling of so many screen stories, David Gulpilil, now nearing the end of his life, generously shares his own story in 'My Name is Gulpilil'.