Director Benjamin Gilmour's 'Jirga' took home the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Indie Film - designed to honour films made under $2 million - at the AACTA Industry Luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
A period western set on the Northern Territory frontier where justice is put on trial.
Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s debut feature Cargo – dubbed a ‘zombie tearjerker’ – will make its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October.
Warwick Thornton’s 'Sweet Country' has received three nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the most nominations ever received by an Australian film.
Warwick Thornton’s 'Sweet Country' was named Best Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held in Brisbane last night.
'Sweet Country' was named Best Film at Wednesday's AACTA Award Ceremony, with the period Western also taking home Best Direction for Warwick Thornton and Best Lead Actor for Hamilton Morris.
The Adelaide Film Festival is inviting Australian and international submissions for features, shorts and VR works – drama, documentary, hybrid, experimental and animation – for the 2018 festival which runs October 10 - 21.
Newly-appointed Screen Australia head of First Nations Angela Bates is taking an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to the role, insisting her focus is on furthering the strides made by her predecessors.