When Matthew Walker travelled to Tamworth in 2014 to film short 'Heart of the Queen', he knew little of the queen in question. What began as a four-day shoot transformed into a five-year journey dedicated to the story of enigmatic country music performer, Wanita Bahtiyar.
Australian film projects made in collaboration with India have the potential to deliver on issues the industry is “constantly talking about", according to Australian India Film Council chair Anupam Sharma.
AFTRS has announced the 14 participants in its expanded Graduate Program, which this year incorporates ABC, BBC Studios, Endemol Shine Australia, Eureka Productions, Fremantle, ITV Studios Australia, SBS, Sky News Australia, Warner Bros., and WildBear Entertainment.
Screen practitioners with disability have been selected for professional development opportunities across Netflix, Jungle Entertainment, Animal Logic, SBS, Fremantle Media, and Industrial Light and Magic as part of the state government's Createability Internship Program.
Australians in Film has unveiled the six finalists for this year's Heath Ledger Scholarship, with Max Brown, Mabel Li, Rahel Romahn, Andrea Solonge, Zoe Terakes, and Harvey Zielinski to contend the 2021 prize.
Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, and Kodi Smit-McPhee have will carry local hopes in the film categories at January's Golden Globes, while Sarah Snook and producer Tony McNamara will fly the flag in the television awards.
Emily Browning, Caitlin Stasey and Megan Smart will play former classmates in Amazon Prime Video series, 'Class of '07', described as "'Lord of the Flies' in cocktail dresses".
Leading the box office once again last weekend was Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune', while another Timothée Chalamet-starrer, 'The French Dispatch', opened in fifth.