AFTRS student films have again fared well on the international stage, recognised in the fiction and documentary categories at the CILECT CAPA Awards for the second year running.
Basia Rendall, known for presenting 'Rock Around the World' and producing 'RBT', has died following a battle with lymphoma.
While George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' bombed at the box office in US, audiences in the director's native country have proved a little more receptive.
'Love on the Spectrum US', produced by Northern Pictures, has taken home all three of the Emmy Awards for which it was nominated, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.
Screen Queensland and Screenworks have formed a Far North and North Queensland Screen Advisory Committee to support the former’s multi-year $4 million North Queensland Regional Program.
Actress Anna Lindner hadn't necessarily planned to also become a screenwriter, yet felt she had "no option" but to turn her own painful and profound experiences with caring and loss into a dark comedy, 'A Beginner's Guide to Grief'.
Former Screenwest head of screen investment and strategic projects Matthew Horrocks has taken over as manager of Screen Auckland.
Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.