AACTA has revealed those in contention for the major film, television and short-form prizes at this year's awards, with 'High Ground' leading the charge in the film categories and 'The Newsreader' ahead in television.
The epic four-part series from Goalpost Television will air over two weeks, starting October 13 at 9.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand.
Director Corrie Chen has hit a stride in her career where she is able to make projects she really believes in.
Netflix drama 'Pieces of Her', AMC Studios fantasy series 'Firebite', and costume designer Cappi Ireland were the big winners at the Australian Production Design Guild Awards on Sunday.
'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', 'Peter Rabbit 2', 'Wyrmwood: Apocalypse', 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' lead the feature film nominees for the upcoming Australian Production Design Guild Awards, while 'La Brea', 'Firebite', 'Pieces of Her', 'Frayed' and 'New Gold Mountain' lead in TV.
"I like the attention we put on having much more well-rounded female characters but I get a little bee in my bonnet sometimes when all this focus gets put on these 'strong female characters'. Women are just strong - that’s how it is."
The hardest part about the coronavirus pandemic for Goalpost Pictures was having to make one staffer redundant and stand down another, who was subsequently was reinstated thanks to the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
Film Victoria CEO Caroline Pitcher is committed to growing the state's screen sector next financial year but, longer-term, she worries about the sustainability of production.