Directors Baz Luhrmann, George Miller, Gillian Armstrong, Peter Weir and Warwick Thornton will each feature on a series of postage stamps, as their contributions to Australian culture are honoured via the Australia Post Legends Awards.
The 25th event will be held at Parramatta Park on February 11 next year.
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As Australia begins to face the reality of 'living with COVID', there is discussion among the screen sector about how safety protocols may evolve in the new climate to include measures such as vaccine mandates for cast and crew.
This year's AACTA Award for Best Film will be a contest between Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', George Miller’s 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger', Western Sydney anthology feature 'Here Out West', and Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes' horror 'Sissy'.
The pair had a wide-ranging chat at the Chauvel last night as guests of the French Film Festival, of which both are patrons.
Lamprell is currently putting the finishing touches on his latest film, A Few Less Men, the sequel to Stephan Elliott's 2011 film A Few Best Men.
MGM has acquired North American rights to George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', a virtual two-hander which will star Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.