This year's AACTA Award for Best Film will be a contest between Baz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis', George Miller’s 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', Leah Purcell’s 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson', Thomas M. Wright's 'The Stranger', Western Sydney anthology feature 'Here Out West', and Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes' horror 'Sissy'.
The remarkable run of critical acclaim for 'Sweet Country' continues.
Writer-director Rachel Ward's comedy/drama 'Palm Beach' will begin shooting in Sydney from next week, with Richard E. Grant joining the cast.
Three weeks into a nine week shoot on 'Ride Like a Girl', producer Richard Keddie is confident the true-life drama will resonate on numerous levels including female empowerment, disability and single-parenting.
Teresa Palmer will play Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.
Luke Sparke's Queensland-shot mob thriller 'Bring Him To Me' will hit selected US theatres in the new year after Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American rights to the title.
Actor, writer, producer and director Sam Neill has been named the recipient of the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award, after being nominated by the Equity board and other Kiwi performers.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) will next month bestow actor Sam Neill with its highest honour, the Longford Lyell Award.