The winners of the prestigious Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films were announced tonight at the State Theatre as part of the 54th Sydney Film Festival's Closing Night Gala. Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten of Dendy Films revealed the winners

Dendy Films is delighted to announce that Lucky Miles has won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film (at the State Theatre), at this years Sydney Film Festival. The accolade came as a pleasant surprise to first time feature film

Crew Call: We are looking for crew for our YFF Short Film Bonfire to be shot over two weeks in August. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a highly dramatic funded short film. Art Department & Costume Assistant:

Australia's World Movies Channel in collaboration with Bruce Dunlop & Associates Sydney has been awarded the prestigious Bronze Award for Editing at the recent 2007 Promax/Broadcast Design Awards World Gold Ceremony held in New York, June 12 to 14. [more...]

The FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary was tonight presented to the Danish The Monastery - Mr Vig and the Nun, directed by Pernille Rose Grnkjr. The announcement was made at the Closing Night Gala of the 54th Sydney Film Festival

The winners of the inaugural WotNext MobileMovies Awards were announced last night at the Sydney Film Festival Closing Night Gala. The awards give budding filmmakers the opportunity to explore the world of film through the lens of a mobile phone,

Three AFC-supported films received 2007 Dendy Awards as part of the 54th Sydney Film Festival (SFF) over the weekend. 2 Mums and a Dad (directed by Miranda Wills and produced by Sally Ingleton) received the Documentary Award, while the Fiction

The New South Wales Film & Television Office (FTO) today congratulated NSW winners at the Dendy Awards, announced at the Sydney Film Festival this weekend. Checkpoint, produced through the FTO's Young Filmmaker Fund, won the Community Relations Commission (CRC) Award.

Ausfilm CEO Mark Woods will not seek an extension of his contract upon its expiration in August 2007. 'Following the conclusion of the Federal Government's review into the Offset incentive scheme and the wider Film Industry Review, which resulted in

After four years with Malcolm Long at the helm - as Director of the Australian Film Television and Radio School - Sandra Levy will hit the ground running and commence her directorship immediately on July 2. Malcolm Long's final day

A delegation of nine senior Pitjantjatjara Men is visiting Canberra this week to organise the repatriation of important cultural items to the Pitjantjatjara Council's Ara Irititja digital archive in South Australia. The Director of the National Film and Sound Archive

Falling, a 12 minute short film written and directed Ruby Hamad has been selected to screen as a World Premiere at the prestigious Montreal World Film Festival in August. Falling is Ruby's graduating production from the Victorian College of the

Sydney Film Festival has revealed the films that have won The World Movies Channel Audience Awards for 2007, and the results are a reflection of the diverse program that was on offer this year. Awards were presented in the categories

By John Hazelton for Screen Daily: Los Angeles-based public relations executive Susie Dobson has been elected president and chief executive officer of the board of directors of Australians In Film, the organisation for expatriate Australians in the US entertainment industry.

Slated for an August 23 release in Australia, Tony Ayres' The Home Song Stories continues to generate buzz, with the announcement that the film has been selected to screen in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the prestigious Toronto International

Melbourne International Film Festival Board Chair Claire Dobbin announced the engagement of Mark Woods as the consulting Market Manager to head-up the inaugural 37 South: Bridging the Gap.'Mark brings a vast knowledge of both international financing and the local industry

Filming starts this week in Melbourne on the new ABC TV telemovie Valentine's Day, a feelgood film to make us all believe it's possible to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Valentine's Day tells the story of Ben Valentine

The Australian Film Commission (AFC) is currently undertaking a survey of post-production, digital and visual effects (PDV) activity for feature film and TV drama in Australia. The survey is being conducted following significant interest in the growth of the sector

Brisbane professional make-up agency and school, Flix Institute, has secured an international movie deal to provide on-set services for 6 back to back feature films over the next two years. The deal will see Flix Institute work with A-list celebrities

From AFP / The Sydney Morning Herald: Oscar-winner Russell Crowe is to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a new thriller about a hunt for an al-Qaeda bomber, entertainment press reported today. New Zealand-born Crowe will play a manipulative CIA spymaster