Bradley Cooper's 'A Star is Born' leads the nominees for the 8th AACTA International Awards, with nods in five categories including Best Film.
Kenneth Branagh's 'Belfast' and Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog' have followed up their dominance of the Golden Globes nominations with the lion's share of AACTA International Award nods.
Baz Luhrmann’s 'Faraway Downs', a six-part series cut from his 2008 film 'Australia', expands the story of English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: Faraway Downs, a million-acre
cattle ranch in the Australian outback.
During the In Memoriam section, a photo of Australian producer Jan Chapman ('The Piano', 'Love Serenade', 'Lantana', 'The Babadook') was shown next to the name of late costume designer Janet Patterson, with whom Chapman worked on several Jane Campion film
'Nine Perfect Strangers' producers, Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films and Made Up Stories, have turned down the Australian Directors' Guild's request for an Australian director to be attached to the production.
21 years after 'Braveheart' won the top gong, Mel Gibson has been welcomed back into the Academy fold, with 'Hacksaw Ridge' nominated for six Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Andrew Garfield), Best Editing (Kiwi John Gilbert), Best Sound E
Australia has made a strong showing among the nominees for the 2017 Golden Globes, with 'Lion' nominated across four categories and 'Hacksaw Ridge' three.
'Nine Perfect Strangers', produced by Made Up Stories and Blossom Films, will premiere on Amazon Prime Video August 20.