Asia Pacific Screen Academy Announces Nominees For 14th Annual Awards Ceremony

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTravel restrictions are being eased in parts of Asia, bringing the prospects of tourist arrivals, restarts for local economies and easier logistics for filmmakers and executives.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“High Ground,” a 1930s-set drama film, picked up eight nominations for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. It narrowly led the field of contenders that included controversial drama “Nitram” with seven nominations, “The Dry” with six and “Penguin Bloom” with five.Nominations were announced over the weekend ahead of a week of voting.

EXCLUSIVE:  Amazon is premiering their first Australian Original feature documentary Burning at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Nov. 8 in association with Bloomberg Green.

After going strictly virtual in 2020 due to the pandemic, Deadline’s The Contenders Film: Los Angeles is returning in person at the DGA Theatre on Sunday November 14.

Katherine Tulich Sigourney Weaver-starring series “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” has begun filming in Australia. Produced by Amazon Prime Video, Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content, it will be presented as an Amazon original in 2022.The series is based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Australian author Holly Ringland and was adapted for the screen by Sarah Lambert, who is also the series’ showrunner.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAnil Jhingan will take over as president and MD of Discovery in Asia Pacific.

Ashley Banjo has been announced as the co-host of the glittering Pride of Britain Awards this year. Diversity star Ashley, 33, with present the accolades to this year's winners alongside the stunning Carol Vorderman.

Selome Hailu editorThe Museum of Modern Art announced the lineup for the 14th annual edition of The Contenders on Friday. The film series will run from Nov.

Spilling the tea! Lisa Rinna shared new details about her daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin’s split from Scott Disick during part two of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 11 reunion.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefState film funding body Screen Queensland is to inject A$6.8 million ($.05 million) towards the construction of a new studio facility in Cairns, at the northern end of Queensland, Australia.The Screen Queensland Studios complex will house a sound stage and support facilities, including production offices, construction, wardrobe, and hair and makeup departments, an events space and permanent creative tenancy opportunities.The 6,500 square metre (69,965 sqft) site

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stepped out on Sunday to attend the Earthshot Awards.

Disney has pulled back the curtain on its slate of Asia-Pacific films and TV shows set for its two-year-old streaming service. Among the fare set to run on Disney+ is Rookies, a romantic drama set at an elite police academy that stars K-pop sensation Kang Daniel, and Blackpink: The Movie, a documentary about the popular K-pop group tied to its fifth anniversary.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Drive My Car” and Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero,” two films that debuted in Cannes, emerge as the strong favorites for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, after nominations were announced on Wednesday.Both films are nominated for best film, best directing, best screenplay and best performance by an actor.The best film category is rounded out by nominations for India-France co-production “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” directed by India’s Payal Kapadia;

The Voice Australia. And in 2022, the show will once again be lead by some of our favourite stars.WATCH: Bella Taylor-Smith performs in The Voice Australia finaleChannel Seven has confirmed that superstar coaches Keith Urban, Rita Ora, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian will all be returning in the New Year, following a stellar season in 2021. Sonia Kruger will also return as host for Season 11."I can’t wait to return to The Voice. I absolutely love Australia, and it’s a privilege to be part of

Dr Scott Miller is a regular face on the nation’s TV screens thanks to his job as This Morning’s resident vet. But when he’s not offering concerned viewers advice on their sick pets, the Aussie has a pretty nice life off-screen.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorTelepool’s Global Screen has sold the miniseries “Dark Woods” to further international territories, including Japan (NHK Enterprises), CIS (Mauris Film), Poland (Canal Plus), Czech Republic (Ceska Televize), Slovenia (RTV Slovenija), Latvia (Latvian Television), Lithuania (LRT), India and sub-continents (BookMyShow), and French-speaking Switzerland (RTS).