Filming has wrapped on Western Australian author Adam Morris' second feature, 'Frank and Frank (or The Valley and the Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts)'.
The Australian Directors' Guild and Screen Well are currently running a survey to better understand work/life balance for directors.
AFTRS student films have again fared well on the international stage, recognised in the fiction and documentary categories at the CILECT CAPA Awards for the second year running.
Basia Rendall, known for presenting 'Rock Around the World' and producing 'RBT', has died following a battle with lymphoma.
While George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' bombed at the box office in US, audiences in the director's native country have proved a little more receptive.
'Love on the Spectrum US', produced by Northern Pictures, has taken home all three of the Emmy Awards for which it was nominated, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.
Actress Anna Lindner hadn't necessarily planned to also become a screenwriter, yet felt she had "no option" but to turn her own painful and profound experiences with caring and loss into a dark comedy, 'A Beginner's Guide to Grief'.
Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.