Elissa Down�s family drama The Black Balloon has passed $1 million at the Australian box office, after boosting its screen count from 61 to 68 last weekend. Meanwhile high school dramedy, Hey Hey It�s Esther Blueburger, has reached $600,000 after two
In a wrap up of its 10th anniversary celebrations on October 18, Cinema des Antipodes presented awards for the six films in competition, with Australian director Nadia Tass (Malcolm, The Big Steal) heading its competition jury.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced this year's list of nominees, with Elissa Down's The Black Balloon as being the sole Australian nominee.
The director tells IF how she landed her first Netflix gig; collaborating with fellow Aussies, composer Michael Yezerski and editor Jane Moran; and how her career has ebbed and flowed since her debut film 'The Black Balloon'.
SBS's queer, revisionist take on Australia during World War II, 'While The Men Are Away', managed to lure director Elissa Down home to Australia for work for the first time in more than a decade.
Nominees from 17 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region are gathering on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, for the second Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The New South Wales Film and Television Office (FTO) has congratulated NSW recipients of the 2008 Australian Directors' Guild Awards, announced in Sydney on Saturday night.
The New South Wales Film & Television Office (FTO) has sent out its congratulations to NSW winners of the AWGIE Awards 2008, announced on Friday evening.