Awards

Making an Award Winning Drama Series with LAMBS OF GOD

LAMBS OF GOD took home eight AACTAs at the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel including best Telefeature or Miniseries. Writer and producer Sarah Lambert, along with producer Jason Stephens, sat down to reveal their practical advice for writers and emerging producers.

Craft

How To Craft The Perfect Pitch

Have you got the perfect idea for a feature film, but aren’t quite sure how to pitch it? Here’s four things you can do to craft the perfect pitch.

Awards

How to make great Aussie comedy with the ladies from THE LETDOWN

Alison Bell and Sarah Scheller took home the AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy for THE LETDOWN, after Alison also won the AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy for her leading role as new mum Audrey at the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel. The duo sat down backstage with AACTA Connect to share their secrets to writing and directing a great comedy series and what they think makes Australian comedy so unique.

Awards

Damon Herriman’s exclusive interview after his 2019 AACTA Award win

After winning the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for JUDY & PUNCH at the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel, Damon Herriman sat down with AACTA Connect to discuss his record breaking four performance nominations, what he looks for in a character and what he loves about being on set in Australia.

Awards

Watch winner acceptance speeches from the 9th AACTA International Awards

Winners of the 9th AACTA International Awards were announced on January 4 2020 at Mondrian Los Angeles. Among the winners were Quentin Tarantino, Taika Waititi, Adam Driver, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.

Awards

Australian Academy announces winners for the 9th AACTA International Awards

The winners for the 9th AACTA International Awards at a star-studded Ceremony held at Mondrian Los Angeles, with Adam Driver, Bong Joon Ho, Saoirse Ronan, Quentin Tarantino and Taika Waititi among winners in attendance.

Awards

All the Red Carpet action at the 9th AACTA International Awards

Awards

Watch the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Full Ceremony

Celebrating Australian screen excellence, watch all twenty-one awards presented at the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel, held at The Star Event Centre in Sydney.

Awards

Deborah Mailman sits down with AACTA Connect after her 2019 AACTA Award win

Having just stepped off-stage after her AACTA Award win for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for her outstanding performance in TOTAL CONTROL, Deborah Mailman opened up about what drew her to one of her most powerful roles yet and gave her best advice for emerging Australian actors.

Industry

11 Screenplays From Emerging Australian Writers Shortlisted By Warner Bros., The Black List And Veerhuis Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures, The Black List and Western-Australian based production company Veerhuis Pictures have announced their 2019 "Aussie List", featuring eleven short-listed scripts from over two hundred and fifty submissions.