Screen Australia has selected 11 emerging filmmaking teams to share in $989,000 of Hot Shots Plus funding.

For filmmaker Sarah Barton, the disability rights movement isn't just political, it's personal.

Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among more than two dozen Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the results of its seventh Film, Television and Digital Games Survey covering the financial year 2015/16.

With two Oscars and a shelf full of Golden Globe, BAFTA, AACTA and Helpmann awards, Cate Blanchett​ is used to being honoured for her acting talent.