The winners of the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards were announced at the Sydney Opera House this evening, at a ceremony hosted by AACTA president (and Australian of the Year!) Geoffrey Rush. Unsurprisingly, box office sensation Red Dog nabbed the top prize, though Snowtown put in a good showing and took home four […]
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The 10 best Australian films of 2011
December 26, 2011 
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The 10 best Australian films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 1, 2011. It’s officially December – let the end-of-year list onslaught begin! With the announcement of the AACTA nominations yesterday, we thought it best […]
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December 1, 2011 8 Comments
The 10 best Australian films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s officially December – let the end-of-year list onslaught begin! With the announcement of the AACTA nominations yesterday, we thought it best to kick off the long goodbye to 2011 by reflecting on the best Australian films of the past twelve months. Some of our […]
Continue readingThe Eye of the Storm, The Hunter, Snowtown and Red Dog lead AACTA nominations
November 30, 2011 0 Comments
The nominations for the first official Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards were announced in Sydney today, with acclaimed local productions The Hunter and The Eye of the Storm leading a pack that also included box office success stories Snowtown, Red Dog, and Oranges and Sunshine. In an effort to align itself with the United States’ Academy […]
Continue readingInterview: Daniel Nettheim (director of The Hunter)
October 4, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Daniel Nettheim (director of The Hunter). By Simon Miraudo. Daniel Nettheim directs the feature film adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe as a mercenary tasked with hunting down the last Tasmanian tiger. The film – which also stars Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor – made a splash at the Toronto […]
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