Awards

Sam Neill Receives Australia’s Highest Screen Accolade

With over 130 film and television credits to his name, the icon of Australian cinema has received the Longford Lyell Award, the Australian Academy’s highest honour.

Craft

THE SWEET SPOT: Successful Creative Collaborations That Really Hit Home

Join the creative teams behind AACTA Award winning and nominated productions SWEET COUNTRY, CARGO and RIOT for a deep dive into their creative process.

Craft

David Michôd on ‘The King’ and how Netflix is reshaping cinema

“I don’t think it’s any secret that the distribution and exhibition space for movies that aren’t tentpole is getting tougher and tougher all the time. People want to watch things at home. I like to watch things at home. And people’s TVs are amazing.”

Awards

Nominees Revealed for the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel

Excitement has increased today with the announcement of the nominees in all categories for the 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel.

Conversations

The Weight Of Destiny, On-Screen And Off

Conversations

Place in Australian Genre Film

The sprawling, sun-battered landscape is an icon of the Australian genre film. Scan some of the most popular fare: there’s a reckoning with the (waste)land in George Miller’s MAD MAX franchise and David Michôd’s THE ROVER (2014), where the supposedly barren ‘outback’ has been rendered post-apocalyptic.

Awards

Nominees for the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Asian Film Announced

Nine films from across the Asian region have been nominated for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Asian Film presented by Eureka International Group (EIG).

Conversations

Australian Cinema – Reality Checked

The most terrifying thing about film is that it’s all already happened. Sure, stories are original, full of things we or sometimes no one has ever seen before; yet every event in some form, in some place has already transpired.

Conversations

Pleasure And Pain

A portrait of women’s interiority, Miranda Nation’s Undertow explores female power and vulnerability in a landscape of loss.

Industry

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