The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the nominees and juries for the Blackmagic Design Australian Innovation Award and the inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.
Nicholas Verso's Crazy Fun Park tells the story of Chester (Henry Strand), an introverted teen who makes the incredible discovery that his recently deceased best friend, Mapplethorpe (Stacey Clausen), is one of a group of ghoulish teens who haunt the abandoned fun park on the edge of town.
Director and screenwriter Khoa Do, producer Emile Sherman, and First Nations actress and director Rachael Maza are among 15 creatives that will help guide the government's National Cultural Policy in the months ahead.