Director Benjamin Gilmour's 'Jirga' took home the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Indie Film - designed to honour films made under $2 million - at the AACTA Industry Luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
'Sweet Country' was named Best Film at Wednesday's AACTA Award Ceremony, with the period Western also taking home Best Direction for Warwick Thornton and Best Lead Actor for Hamilton Morris.
Bradley Cooper's 'A Star is Born' leads the nominees for the 8th AACTA International Awards, with nods in five categories including Best Film.
Director Warwick Thornton will turn his back on the limelight to experience life on an isolated beach in the remote Dampier Peninsula for NITV's 'The Beach', one of seven documentary projects recently backed by Screen Australia.
Entries are open for the 2019 Kate Challis RAKA Award, which this year will recognise an Indigenous screenwriter.
Warwick Thornton took home the top gong at last night's Australian Directors' Guild Awards for outback Western 'Sweet Country'.
In 22 years with Film Finances Australasia, Anni Browning experienced numerous highs and faced a few challenges as the cinema industry ebbed and flowed.
“It’s a gift to the youth of Alice Springs, and I guess the whole town, making light of some more problematic issues and things that we see day-to-day here.”