Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram' dominated the feature film categories at Wednesday's AACTA ceremony, winning eight awards, while the ABC’s 'The Newsreader' led the pack for television with five.
After playing characters who were in chains or oppressed earlier in her career, Natasha Wanganeen is relishing the chance to portray a wide diversity of roles.
Glendyn Ivin’s true-life drama 'Penguin Bloom' has been hailed as a feel-good crowdpleaser infused with an unexpected pathos after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Vincent Monton is understandably chuffed that Australians have the chance to discover - or rediscover - his telemovie Point of No Return 25 years after it premiered on Network 10.
As a proud Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharawal man, Stan Grant learned from the earliest age about the exploits of Pemulwuy, Australia’s first Indigenous resistance fighter who led a 12-year war against British Colonial oppression.
Diana Burnett, the incoming executive director of the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG), cites supporting female and other under-represented directors and helping directors to get more work internationally as among her objectives.
"A lot of the story will focus on white settlement but we also want to show the beauty of our culture and a way of life that no longer exists."
Friends and former colleagues are paying tribute to Jenny Woods, a long-time executive at Film Finances Australasia, as a consummate professional and champion of Australian films and documentaries,