Thomas M Wright backed up his AACTA Award for Best Screenplay earlier in the week with the major prize at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards on Thursday, winning Best Direction in a Narrative Feature Film for 'The Stranger'.
A quartet of Australian films has made it into the line-up for next year's Sundance Film Festival, with Robert Connolly's 'Blueback', Noora Niasari's 'Shayda', Daina Reid's 'Run Rabbit Run' and Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou's 'Talk To Me' all set to screen.
In a move to address the lack of industry training for technical and operational broadcast roles, the Seven Network has launched a traineeship program aimed at new and diverse talent.
Queensland is currently housing production on Luke Sparke's 'Bring Him To Me', a mob thriller that stars Canadian actor Barry Pepper, Sam Neill, and Rachel Griffiths.
After dominating the AACTA Industry Awards on Monday, Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' continued its sweep at the main ceremony, winning another four awards, including Best Film and Best Direction.
Newcomer Aswan Reid will make his screen debut alongside Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair in Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy', which wraps this week in South Australia.
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is the fourth recipient of AACTA's Trailblazer Award, designed to recognise an Australian screen practitioner who inspires others in the industry.
Some 11 short documentaries about climate and environmental solutions will screen on the ABC next year after being backed via the Your Planet initiative.