Cinematographer Meg White has been named the inaugural recipient of the Screen Australia Onbass Fellowship, a full-tuition scholarship for emerging Australian filmmakers to attend the American Film Institute Conservatory.
Production is due to start later this year on The Water Diviner, an historical drama which will star and be directed by Russell Crowe.
Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, New Zealand's Marton Csokas and Scottish actress Karen Gillan have been added to the cast of Adam Cooper's 'Sleeping Dogs' starring Russell Crowe.
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is the fourth recipient of AACTA's Trailblazer Award, designed to recognise an Australian screen practitioner who inspires others in the industry.
Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett star in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Hoyts Group CEO Damian Keogh is confident the business will rebound strongly once there is a steady flow of new releases.
Given the challenging subject, Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama 'Boy Erased' opened very respectably in Australia last weekend, its first international market after platforming in the US.
Justin Kurzel's 'True History of the Kelly Gang' and Unjoo Moon's 'I Am Woman' will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 5-15.