'Burning' takes an unflinching look at the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires and delves into the catastrophe that unfolded across Australia, while shining a light on the global issue of climate change.
Selected from eight nominees, the $10,000 cash prize will be presented to the Amazon Australian Original for deepening the knowledge and awareness of the impact of the global climate emergency.
The Australian International Documentary Conference will welcome back in-person attendance while retaining online components for next year's event, which will carry the theme of Bearing Witness.
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among the Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Australians in Film (AiF) is partnering with Amazon Studios to stage industry panels, roundtable conversations and Q&As designed to foster partnerships between the Australia and Hollywood creatives and decision makers.
Filmmaker Eva Orner's crowd-funding campaign for her theatrical documentary on the Australian government's treatment of asylum seekers is attracting plenty of donors and the support of high-profile identities.
Filmmaker Eva Orner is so angry about the Australian government's policies on asylum seekers she is making a theatrical documentary on the vexed subject.
The detention-centre documentary will premiere locally May 5 at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival in Melbourne.