Monica Zanetti's screenplay of 'Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)', Ben Lawrence and Beatrix Christian's 'Hearts and Bones' and Ally Burnham's 'Unsound' have been nominated for best original feature in the 53rd annual AWGIE Awards.
'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'.
SBS has commissioned a four-part drama set during the 1850s gold rush from the perspective of desperate Chinese miners from Goalpost Television, to be directed by Ana Kokkinos.
Renowned Indigenous actor Ningali Lawford-Wolf died last week while touring with the Sydney Theatre Company production in Edinburgh of The Secret River.