First-time narrative feature directors Noora Niasari and Gracie Otto will vie against Warwick Thornton, Jeffrey Walker and Colin and Cameron Cairnes for the top prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards next month.
Brisbane International Film Festival is set to close with the Australian premiere of Taika Waititi's 'Next Goal Wins', starring Michael Fassbender.
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the nominees and juries for the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award and the inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.
Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' is heading direct from Cannes to Sydney Film Festival, where it will be the opening night film for the event's 70th edition.
SBS will bring more new voices to the forefront in its upcoming drama slate, which includes four short-form productions from its Digital Originals initiative, as well as the upcoming series 'Safe Home', from producer Imogen Banks.
"No matter what, we’ll always look out for each other. It’s why we’re calling the documentary 'Kindred', because that’s how we feel – that we are kindred spirits, that are meant to be in this life in some way together.
Kindred, the 9-minute indie short - and the first sci-fi to star indigenous Australians – has just hit the short film festival circuit.