While AACTA's Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates "outstanding creative enterprise", this year the award will go to a film.
The producers of psychological horror film The Babadook have achieved their goal of raising $30,000 from the public through crowdfunding with just hours to spare before the offer closed
US and Latin American rights to writer-director Jennifer Kent's The Babadook have been acquired by IFC Midnight, which released Snowtown in the US.
The South Australian government will grant producers upfront payroll tax exemptions for film and television projects made in the state
Kelly Dolen's John Doe: Vigilante will debut in US cinemas on March 21, the tenth Australian film to have secured a cinema release in that market this year.
The Babadook producer Kristina Ceyton is teaming with US producer Russell Ackerman to make Cargo, a post-Apocalyptic thriller adapted from a 2013 Tropfest finalist.
Psychological-thriller The Babadook, starring Essie Davis, is currently filming in South Australia
The decision by a number of recent productions to appoint foreign cinematographers has caused a wave of consternation across the local industry.