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.
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.
Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, New Zealand's Marton Csokas and Scottish actress Karen Gillan have been added to the cast of Adam Cooper's 'Sleeping Dogs' starring Russell Crowe.
Thomas M Wright has cast Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris as the leads in 'The Unknown Man', a thriller inspired by a real-life Australian sting operation.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Joel Edgerton shares the frustration of countless actors, crew and other freelancers who have been overlooked in the government's JobKeeper wage subsidy, noting the irony that millions of people are stuck at home watching screen content by those people and their peers.
Thomas M Wright’s Cannes Un Certain Regard selection 'The Stranger' will premiere globally on Netflix in October following a theatrical release in Australia.
Experienced producer Rachel Gardner has joined the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) board.