Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' leads the nominees for the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, which will be held later this year.
Experienced producer Rachel Gardner has joined the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) board.
AACTA has announced the nominees for its technical craft awards, with Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' leading the charge in film, nominated in all nine categories, while 'Mystery Road: Origin' is ahead in television with six nods.
Toni Collette's directorial debut, an animated series based on 'The Sapphires' and a Shakespeare-inspired anthology are among the 42 projects to recently share in $1.4 million of development funding from Screen Australia.
Thomas M Wright's crime thriller 'The Stranger' was added to the Australian contingent for next month's Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, alongside Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' and George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'.
Anousha Zarkesh is well placed to again win Best Casting in A Feature Film at this year's Casting Guild of Australia Awards, nominated for her work on 'The Stranger' and 'We Are Still Here'.
Melbourne International Film Festival returns to metro cinemas with a bumper program, and 70th anniversary celebrations that include a major retrospective and cinematic homages to the festival from Ivan Sen, Justin Kurzel and Soda Jerk.
Karl Malakunas’ eco documentary Delikado received a special mention and there were historic wins for Indonesia, Jordan, Armenia, Cambodia, and Pakistan as the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were announced on the Gold Coast this evening.