Renee Webster's 'How to Please a Woman' had a satisfying night at Sunday's WA Screen Culture Awards, taking home four awards, including Narrative Feature Film with budget over $1 million.
Martin Wilson's 'Pieces' has punched well above its weight in the WA Screen Culture Award (WASCA) nominations, securing 11 nods across eight categories.
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'.
Seems Disney/Pixar's 'Lightyear' hasn't quite reached infinity and beyond - at least not yet, with the animated film trailing 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Jurassic World Dominion' at the box office last weekend.
'Top Gun: Maverick' held on to that loving feeling at the box office for a second weekend, taking in another $13 million.
Tom Cruise proved himself as big a box office draw as any comic book creation on the weekend, with 'Top Gun: Maverick' starting its engine at $13.8 million.
Australian cinema made a welcome return to box office top three on the weekend as Madman's Fremantle-shot 'How To Please a Woman' came in behind Marvel juggernaut 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' and 'Downton Abbey: A New Era'.