“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
The Gold Coast Film Festival will open in early April with the Australian premiere of Damon Gameau's '2040', and close with the world premiere of Storm Ashwood's war film 'Escape and Evasion'.
Benjamin Gilmour’s Afghanistan-set drama Jirga has won the $100,000 best film prize, Australia's richest, at CinfestOZ, surprising the writer-director.
Sigrid Thornton will chair the film prize jury at the fifth CinefestOZ Film Festival which runs from August 22-26.
The Senate inquiry into the economic and cultural value of Australian content on broadcast TV, streaming services and radio is motivated partly by fears the government could ditch local content quotas without parliament’s approval.
Actress Sigrid Thornton and the newly appointed artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, Kip Williams, have joined the NIDA board of directors.
The acclaimed Australian actress tells IF how her career began
Sigrid Thornton presents: an Australian actor's perspective on the industry