Roadshow's 'The Dry' has now rung up almost $10 million in three weeks, proving strong word-of-mouth.
As predicted, Roadshow's 'The Dry' has crossed the $20 million mark, making it the 14th highest grossing Australian film of all time.
The casting directors behind 'Nitram', 'The Dry', 'High Ground', and 'The Furnace' will battle it out in the feature film category of the Casting Guild of Australia Awards to be held this month.
The Dry, Mortal Kombat, Penguin Bloom, Peter Rabbit 2 and A Sunburnt Christmas will battle it out for the AACTA Audience Choice Favourite Film Award on Wednesday, with the five nominees across each of the seven categories revealed ahead of this week’s ceremony.
Justin Kurzel’s 'Nitram' dominated the feature film categories at Wednesday's AACTA ceremony, winning eight awards, while the ABC’s 'The Newsreader' led the pack for television with five.
Stefan Duscio was presented with the top prize at Saturday's Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) National Awards, named cinematographer of the year.
With continued paucity of product from the US and other international territories, Australian films remain the main event at the box office.
While we were away: ‘The Dry’ performed for Roadshow; three Aussie projects were selected for Sundance; NITV updated its leadership team; ‘Sissy’ kicked off in Canberra and vale Susie Maizels, esteemed casting director.