AACTA has announced the ten finalists for its national youth casting call, run in collaboration with Casting Networks and the Casting Guild of Australia.
Happy new year! The IF team are back on deck. Here's what happened while we were away.
The fourth season of Bump picks up two years after the third with Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr) back together, having finally stabilised their small family unit with their challenging seven-year-old Jacinda (Ava Cannon).
AACTA has partnered with Casting Networks and the Casting Guild of Australia to run a national youth casting initiative.
The cast and crew of 'Bump' are heading back on the streets of Sydney, with comedian Steph Tisdell and paralympian Dylan Alcott added to the mix for the fourth season of the Stan Original.
The creative industries were well represented in this year's Australia Day honours list, with director Phillip Noyce, Made Up Stories producer Bruna Papandrea, and actors Claudia Karvan and David Wenham among those recognised.
Rachel Griffiths, Claudia Karvan, and Brooke Satchwell are among the industry figures lending a hand to Screenworks for the organisation's annual fundraiser.
Radio and television personality Amanda Keller will host this Wednesday's AACTA Awards ceremony, with an array of international and domestic talent confirmed to attend.