Renowned Indigenous actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf died last week while touring with the Sydney Theatre Company production in Edinburgh of The Secret River.
Last Cab to Darwin’s Mark Coles Smith and Looking for Grace’s Odessa Young have won the inaugural Sirius Award presented by the Casting Guild of Australia.
Jeremy Sims’ Last Cab to Darwin will break even theatrically in Australia and New Zealand after grossing $8 million and will start to repay investors from ancillary sales.
Young adults turned out for the Maze Runner sequel while teenagers and families embraced Pixels at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Icon Film Distribution head of acquisitions and development, Susan Boehm, has departed after three years with the company.
Screen Australia's revamped P&A fund is supporting the theatrical release of three Australian films.
Matthew Saville's A Month of Sundays and Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin will screen in the Contemporary World Cinema program at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.