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14th AACTA Awards
The 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2024. The main ceremony occurred on 7 February 2025 at the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast and was broadcast on Network 10 and Arena. The recipient of the Longford Lyell Award was film and television production company Working Dog Productions. The ceremony was preceded by an earlier industry luncheon on 5 February 2025. Feature film The nominations are as follows: Television Documentary Short form and online Additional awards References External links Official AACTA website {{Australian Film Institute Awards AACTA Awards ceremonies 2024 in Australian cinema AACTA AACTA The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtel Group
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now the present day News Corp; through News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering channel negotiations and connections. Foxtel was formed ("Fox" representing News Corporation's Fox and "Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of the organisation, which is called ABC News, Analysis and Investigations. is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are the ABC News TV channel (formerly ABC News 24); the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news reports and videos available via ABC Online, an ABC News mobile app (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Night With The Devil
''Late Night with the Devil'' is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night of Halloween 1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly Spirit possession, possessed girl onto the show. An international co-production of Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates, ''Late Night with the Devil'' had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) on 10 March 2023. It received positive reviews from critics, garnering praise for its performances, production design, and technical aspects, though the revelation that it utilized AI-generated art in three briefly-featured still images received criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Washington
Megan Alexanda Washington (born 7 January 1986) is an Australian musician and songwriter who has worked mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music, her style shifted to indie pop and alternative rock. She has released three studio albums, ''I Believe You Liar'' (July 2010), ''There There'' (September 2014) and '' Batflowers'' (August 2020). Both ''I Believe You Liar'' and ''There There'' reached the top 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and ''Batflowers'' peaked in the top 25. Her music was described on I-D Vice as "sexy synth-laden pop" and in 2019 ''The Sydney Morning Herald''s Anna Rose said of her intimate tour run, that "Washington's impressive command of her relatively small stage gave proof her music can work anywhere, anyway, any time." She has won three ARIA Music Awards with two in ARIA Music Awards of 2010, 2010 for ''I Believe You Liar'', ARIA Award for Best Female Artist, Best Female Artist and ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Release, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Make Gravy (film)
''How to Make Gravy'' is a 2024 Australian drama film directed by Nick Waterman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Megan Washington, based on the 1996 song of the same name by Paul Kelly. It was produced by Warner Bros. International Australia. This will also be the first original film to be released by the Australian streaming service Binge. Synopsis The film expands on the characters and stories detailed within the song's lyrics, which take the form of a letter from Joe writing from prison, four days before Christmas. Production The film was produced on the Gold Coast, Queensland, with filming commencing in October 2023. Cast *Daniel Henshall as Joe *Jonah Wren Phillips as Agnus *Brenton Thwaites as Dan (Joe's brother) *Kate Mulvany as Stella (Joe's sister) *Damon Herriman as Roger (Stella's husband) *Agathe Rousselle as Rita (Joe's wife) *Hugo Weaving as Noel *Kieran Darcy-Smith as Red *Brendan Maclean as Possum *Megan Washington as Kelly Release The film was origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Miller (filmmaker)
George Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker best known for his ''Mad Max'' franchise, whose second installment, ''Mad Max 2'', and fourth, ''Fury Road'', have been hailed as two of the greatest action films of all time, with ''Fury Road'' winning six Academy Awards. Miller is very diverse in genre and style as he also directed the biographical medical drama ''Lorenzo's Oil'', the dark fantasy '' The Witches of Eastwick'', the Academy Award-winning animated film ''Happy Feet,'' produced the family-friendly fantasy adventure '' Babe'' and directed the sequel '' Babe: Pig in the City.'' Miller is a co-founder of the production houses Kennedy Miller Mitchell, formerly known as Kennedy Miller, and Dr. D Studios. His younger brother Bill Miller and Doug Mitchell have been producers on almost all the films in Miller's later career, since the death of his original producing partner Byron Kennedy. In 2006, Miller won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Mitchell (film Producer)
Doug Mitchell (born 1952) is a film producer. Career Mitchell's career as a producer began in the mid 1980s as a member of the Kennedy Miller production house based in Sydney. In the late 1980s he was nominated with George Miller and Terry Hayes on three occasions in the AACTA Award for Best Film category at the Australian Film Institute Awards. In 1987 they won best film for '' The Year My Voice Broke'', were nominated in 1989 for ''Dead Calm'' and won a second award for '' Flirting'' in 1990. In 1995 Mitchell was nominated for an Academy Award with George Miller and his brother Bill Miller in the Academy Award for Best Picture category for the film '' Babe''. In total the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The trio won the 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and received nominations for the 1995 BAFTA Award for Best Film and the 1995 Producers Guild of America Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Mad Max Saga
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig McMahon
Craig McMahon is an Australian actor and television personality who has spent most of his working life within the Australian television industry. He has worked as a presenter on the Network Ten's children's show ''Totally Wild'' and previously, with his wife Dominique, he co-hosted the children's TV series ''In the Box''. He has worked on other shows including '' Neighbours'', ''Fat Cow Motel'' and ''The Man From Snowy River''. He was nominated as a finalist for Cleo's Bachelor of the Year in 2000. He and his wife Dominique co-founded the Film & Television Studio International, which runs acting classes in Brisbane and Melbourne. McMahon is the founder and artistic director whilst his wife is the co-founder and managing director. McMahon also runs McMahon Management (MCM), an agency that represents Australian actors including Luke Mitchell, Esther Jackie Anderson, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Daniel Daperis, Glenda Linscott, Mauricio Merino Jr, Chris Milligan and Andrew James Morley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gracey
Michael Gracey is an Australian filmmaker and visual effects artist best known for directing ''The Greatest Showman''. Early life and career Gracey grew up in Melbourne – in Carlton then Kew – then started working in visual effects and music videos before making his reputation in advertising, gaining a name for with his Christmas commercials in the UK and US. Career Gracey made his feature directorial debut in 2017 with ''The Greatest Showman'' starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum. Gracey is also slated to direct an adaptation of manga series ''Naruto'' and an adaptation of the novel '' Daughter of Smoke and Bone''. Gracey worked for 2 years at animation and visual effects studio Animal Logic from 1994 to 1996 as an animator and visual effects compositor. In 2022, Gracey directed a short film for Tourism Australia, ''G'Day'', starring Rose Byrne and Will Arnett, with cameos from Hamish Blake Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Currie (director)
Paul Currie (born 2 March 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is the co-founder and director of Lightstream Pictures and is currently attached to the live action fantasy film ''The King's Daughter (2022 film), The King's Daughter'', the screenplay of which is written by James Schamus and Barry Berman, and will be produced by Bill Mechanic. His directorial work spans feature films and the staging of live events. Currie directed and produced the 2004 feature film ''One Perfect Day (2004 film), One Perfect Day'', for which he was awarded Best Debut Director from the Screen Director's Association of Australia. He also produced the 1995 Australian action feature film ''Under the Gun (1995 film), Under the Gun'', and in 1997 co-authored the best selling book, ''Heroes: A Guide to Realising Your Dreams'' (forwarded by Bryce Courtenay – author of ''The Power of One (novel), The Power of One''). Currie directed the acclaimed 2000 documentary ''Lionheart - The Jesse Martin Story'' and also ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tonight
TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information. The site was started by television critic David Knox in 2007 after listeners of his radio programs asked him for information they had missed. Knox runs the site, publishing his interviews with Australian media actors, producers, directors and programmers. Knox regularly visits the sets of Australian television series and reviews television programs. Knox also served as television critic for Radio National's breakfast program from 2009 to 2015. Dan Barrett is now in this role. Knox has an advanced diploma in screenwriting and was the founding Artistic Director of Screenplay. TV Tonight is also referenced in Australian media, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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