Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' leads the nominees for the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, which will be held later this year.
Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe's 'Girl Like You', the story of a couple told over six years as one of them transitions gender, was recognised with the major award at last night's AWGIE Awards.'.
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.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Visual artist Del Kathryn Barton's feature debut 'Blaze', which combines live-action, puppetry and animation, centres on a teenager who processes her trauma by ascending into a fantasy world.
Artist Del Kathryn Barton makes her feature debut with 'Blaze', starring Simon Baker, Yael Stone, Josh Lawson and Julia Savage, and combining live action, puppetry and animation.
The Sydney Film Festival has unveiled the jury for this year's official competition, with David Wenham set to lead deliberations as president.
Sydney Film Festival director and acting CEO Nashen Moodley hopes a program of "big emotions" will help cinemas continue to build momentum post-lockdown, with the full line-up for the 2022 event unveiled on Wednesday.