This year's Melbourne International Film Festival will include the richest feature film competition in the Southern Hemisphere, with $140,000 going to the winner of the Best Film Award.
Eddy Bell's 'Giants' towered over the competition to be named Best Australian Short Film at the 31st annual Flickerfest awards on Sunday.
Sara Kern's debut feature 'Moja Vesna' will make its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, screening in the youth-focused Generation program.
A French comedy following an oddball duo on an unconventional road trip and an Australian documentary about four refugees that compete in the World Wine Blind Tasting Championships have topped the audience awards at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has won this year's $60,000 Sydney Film Prize for 'There Is No Evil', beating out 11 other Sydney Film Festival (SFF) competition films.
"There's been enormous change over the journey." Palace Cinemas national programming director Kim Petalas will step down from his role in late December after some 30 years with the company.