Noora Niasari has earned yet another accolade for her debut feature 'Shayda', taking home the top prize at Tuesday evening's Australian Directors' Guild Awards.
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.
Hugo Weaving and Phoenix Raei lead the cast of a new mystery drama that has wrapped principal photography in central Victoria.
The full line-up for this year's Melbourne International Film Festival was revealed Tuesday evening, with a significant number of Australian additions, such as the world premieres of Jason Raftopoulos' sophomore feature 'Voices in Deep' and Matthew Adekponya's behind-the-scenes look at how the Boomers took bronze in Tokyo, 'Rose Gold'.