Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.
AACTA has announced this year's six nominees for Best Short Film, having reintroduced the category as a standalone.
Filmmaking teams entering AACTA Pitch: Mother should think about their idea in terms of audience and trust the process, according to last year's winners.
Ballarat writing couple Lou Sanz and John Kachoyan will take their talents to the Big Apple after being named the recipients of this year's AACTA Regional Landscapes development grant on Saturday.
Blackfella Films company director Darren Dale, actor/director Rhoda Roberts, and screenwriting pair Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna will headline Screenworks' annual Regional To Global Screen Forum, which will be held as a hybrid event next month.
Five teams have been selected as finalists for AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes, and are set to pitch their feature film ideas to judges at Screenworks' upcoming Regional to Global Screen Forum.
Josh and Laura Sambono have managed to get the drop on seven other finalists to win the 2021 AACTA Pitch: Bite initiative, with the pair set to receive $10,000 in development funds and an exclusive distribution deal with Monster Pictures for their Drop Bears concept.
AACTA and Sony have joined forces to launch a national short film pitching competition for student filmmakers, with $15,000 worth of production funding on offer.