The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network's prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
The acclaimed Australian actress tells IF how her career began
ABC chair Ita Buttrose, actors Hugh Jackman, Sigrid Thornton, Eric Bana and Peter Cousens, director and cinematographer Ray Argall, and producers Suzanne Baker, Kerry Heysen-Hicks and Fiona Cochrane were among the screen professionals to receive Queen's Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
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 actress will attend the Busselton premiere on August 26
Sigrid Thornton presents: an Australian actor's perspective on the industry
Benjamin Gilmour’s Afghanistan-set drama Jirga has won the $100,000 best film prize, Australia's richest, at CinfestOZ, surprising the writer-director.