ABC telemovie Mabo and its two lead actors Deborah Mailman and Jimi Bani have scooped the best film and actor categories at the 2012 Deadly Awards.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil’s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat)
London-based Goalpost Film has sold Australian musical The Sapphires to France, Israel and Canada
The show stars Mauboy as Billie, a part-time country singer whose chance meeting with a wealthy city hotelier "triggers a series of events that will change her life forever".
As Bran Nue Dae cracks the top 50 Australian films of all time at the box office, INSIDEFILM takes a closer look at the indigenous musical