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INDUSTRY№ 01
Australian cinema's 2024 awards season by the numbers
Three Australian features made the international circuit in 2024, and the funding trail behind each tells a different story.
ODETTE MALOUF12.03.2025
ESSAYS№ 02
The AACTA ceremony keeps asking Australia to celebrate its own cinema and Australia keeps leaving early
The trophies are heavy, the speeches are short, and the audience at home has already changed the channel.
MARA DENG26.02.2025
INDUSTRY№ 03
The AACTA nominations told the industry what it already knew and added one surprise
Memoir of a Snail led with nine nominations, which was expected; the surprise was where the television categories landed.
ODETTE MALOUF18.11.2024
INDUSTRY№ 04
The AACTA nominations went where the industry expected and that is the problem
Elvis led with twelve nominations, The Stranger picked up eight, and the pattern of big-budget domination continued unchallenged.
ODETTE MALOUF22.11.2022
INDUSTRY№ 05
The AACTAs went to Nitram and The Dry and the audience still was not watching
Nitram won seven AACTAs and The Dry won Best Film, and the combined domestic box office of the two was still less than one weekend of a Marvel sequel.
ODETTE MALOUF18.05.2022