Elissa Down and Nash Edgerton are amongst finalists for the 2008 ADG Awards that provides the highest accolade to outstanding Australian directing talent by their peers.
Baz Luhrmann's epic fourth film Australia grossed $6.37 million at the Australian box office over the weekend, starting its own epic trip towards its goal of beating the $57m gross of Titanic.
Elissa Down�s family drama The Black Balloon has passed $1 million at the Australian box office, after boosting its screen count from 61 to 68 last weekend. Meanwhile high school dramedy, Hey Hey It�s Esther Blueburger, has reached $600,000 after two
The Australian Film Institute announced at noon today the list of its 2008 award nominees at the Sydney Theatre Company, Walsh Bay to a star-studded audience that included its patron Dr George Miller in attendance.
In a wrap up of its 10th anniversary celebrations on October 18, Cinema des Antipodes presented awards for the six films in competition, with Australian director Nadia Tass (Malcolm, The Big Steal) heading its competition jury.
To be held on Nov 3, the 2008 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards honours a host of screen composers with The Black Balloon's Michael Yezerski scoring nominations in three categories.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced this year's list of nominees, with Elissa Down's The Black Balloon as being the sole Australian nominee.
The L'Oreal Paris AFI Awards celebrated 50 years of pride and passion on December 6 in a magnificent ceremony at Melbourne's Princess Theatre, with Black Balloon taking up six awards.