In the run-up to the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, CNN will feature the power and reach of Asia-Pacific cinema in four half-hour documentaries starting October 4th, that will include Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer.
The Australian Cinematographers Society will dedicate its annual awards to be handed out in Hobart on Saturday to one of its most esteemed members, Andrew Lesnie, who died on Monday.
Judith McCann, former head of the New Zealand Film Commission and the South Australian Film Corporation, died unexpectedly in Canada on October 4, age 75.
Caren Pistorius was working part-time in a fabrics dress shop in Sydney last year when her RGM agent suggested she audition for the lead female role opposite Russell Crowe in a US thriller.
Guillermo del Toro plans to take the bulk of post work on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark to New Zealand, where he will film The Hobbit
WETA's latest epic stars James Franco and dozens of angry apes
A three-minute sneak peek of the upcoming film, the second in Peter Jackson's trilogy.
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will hold a live chat online with fans at the end of this month.