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.
Female directors have taken the lion's share of nominations for this year's Australian Directors' Guild awards, with Sian Davies and Stef Smith each securing three nods and their counterparts dominating the feature film categories.
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.