Production has begun in Victoria on Garth Davis' sci-fi psychological thriller 'Foe', starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre.
A slate of 15 television dramas, 11 feature films, and five online series will share in more than $1 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
The Australian Directors' Guild has named filmmaker and visual artist Samantha Lang as the next recipient of the Cecil Holmes Award.
Thomas M Wright backed up his AACTA Award for Best Screenplay earlier in the week with the major prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards on Thursday, winning Best Direction in a Narrative Feature Film for 'The Stranger'.
Australians in Film has welcomed five new board members while announcing the formation of an advisory board to provide guidance across its industry programming.