AACTA has announced the remaining nominations for its February awards, with Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' garnering the most nods in film with 12, closely followed by 'Talk to Me' with 11, while with 15 nominations, 'The Newsreader' is the most recognised TV series.
Bryony Marks and Michael Yezerski lead the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards, each up in three categories.
In forcing the film and television industry to explore new ways of working, the pandemic may also have inadvertently exposed the superfluousness of the long days synonymous with production. IF explores change in the air.
Alongside a range of Australian and international titles, this year's Gold Coast Film Festival is set to once again spotlight the city's emerging filmmakers, hosting the world premieres of Lauren Ann-Smith's 'Against the Tide', Jude Kalman's 'Red Dust Challenge' and Damian Hussey's 'Girls' Night Out'.
Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As' took home the Crystal Bear in the Berlin Film Festival Generation Kplus competition over the weekend, while short film 'Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)' won the Silver Bear Jury Prize and Rolf de Heer's 'The Survival of Kindness' collected the top critics’ award, the FIPRESCI Prize.
Rolf de Heer’s 'The Survival of Kindness' introduces Mwajemi Hussein in the lead role of BlackWoman, who is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert.
The Adelaide Film Festival has unveiled the full program for its first annual edition, which carries the theme of A Celebration of Imagination.