ABC’s The Newsreader has collected a further six Aacta Award nominations, taking its total to 16, with the academy unveiling the technical craft nominees today.
Nitram now leads in film after picking up another eight nominations, taking its total to 15. High Ground gathered four further nods, taking its tally to 12, tying it with The Dry, which gained another six today.
This year’s Industry Awards will again be virtual, broadcast online on Aacta TV as part of the 2021 ScreenFest Program, as well as Binge and Foxtel Arena, December 6. The ceremony will then be held two days later at the Sydney Opera House.
This year, key film prizes as best supporting actor and actress in a film, as well as best original and adapted screenplays, will be presented during the industry awards, rather than the main ceremony as has been the case in previous years. Other key TV prizes will also...
Nitram now leads in film after picking up another eight nominations, taking its total to 15. High Ground gathered four further nods, taking its tally to 12, tying it with The Dry, which gained another six today.
This year’s Industry Awards will again be virtual, broadcast online on Aacta TV as part of the 2021 ScreenFest Program, as well as Binge and Foxtel Arena, December 6. The ceremony will then be held two days later at the Sydney Opera House.
This year, key film prizes as best supporting actor and actress in a film, as well as best original and adapted screenplays, will be presented during the industry awards, rather than the main ceremony as has been the case in previous years. Other key TV prizes will also...
- 11/4/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Tori Garrett on the set of ‘Secret Bridesmaids’ Business’.
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
- 10/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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