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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group, celebrating the past year’s top achievements in Australian film, television, documentary, and online content. The annual awards serve as a great survey of the year’s Australian screen production – and also a useful list of what to catch up with if you’ve missed it. The nominations are determined by a mix of Australian screen professionals as well as fans. The announcement today begins Round 2 of voting, where the AACTA membership will determine the winners, who will be…
Music-based films have led the charge in the nominations for the 2025 AACTA Awards announced today, with Michael Gracey’s upcoming Robbie Williams-inspired Better Man securing a record-breaking 16 nominations, and Nick Waterman’s adaptation of Paul Kelly’s How To Make Gravy just behind on 15. The pair will battle it out for Best Film alongside George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, also with 15 nominations, Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ Late Night With the Devil (14 nominations), Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail (11 nominations), and Runt (four nominations). After dominating this year’s Logies, Netflix’s screen adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Boy…
Robbie Williams biopic Better Man has taken center stage in the nominations for the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards. “Better Man” received a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most for a single film in the award’s 66-year history. The musical, directed by Michael Gracey, received nominations in major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, as well as multiple acting, technical, and creative awards. . “Better Man” joins George Miller’s “Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga” and “How to Make Gravy” in the Best Picture category, both with 15 nominations, making it the standout…
Xbox Australia has announced that it has partnered with a number of Australian streamers to give away over $25,000 in prizes including PC Game Pass vouchers and PC peripherals. Watch the creators below at the times listed below for a chance to win. Crater: Monday 9th December 1pm AEDT Fasfee: Monday 9th December 8pm AEDT Pestilly: Tuesday 10th December 6:30am AEDT Oath Flight Shimmer: Wednesday 11th December 8pm AEDT Overwatch Oasis: Thursday 12th December 7pm AEDT Berticuss: Tuesday 17th December 10pm AEDT Kiittwy: Wednesday December LoserFruit: Thursday December 19th 8pm AEDT Walkman: Friday December 20th 10pm AEDT Naropia: Saturday December…
Xbox Australia has announced that it has partnered with a number of Australian streamers to give away over $25,000 in prizes including PC Game Pass vouchers and PC peripherals. Watch the creators below at the times listed below for a chance to win. Crater: Monday 9th December 1pm AEDT Fasfee: Monday 9th December 8pm AEDT Pestilly: Tuesday 10th December 6:30am AEDT Oath Flight Shimmer: Wednesday 11th December 8pm AEDT Overwatch Oasis: Thursday 12th December 7pm AEDT Berticuss: Tuesday 17th December 10pm AEDT Kiittwy: Wednesday December LoserFruit: Thursday December 19th 8pm AEDT Walkman: Friday December 20th 10pm AEDT Naropia: Saturday December…
The DreamHack team has announced that DreamHack Melbourne will not be returning in 2025, and there are currently no plans to return to Australia in the near future. The event was held at Melbourne Park both this year and last, and was quite popular, but the company announced on its Twitter page that it would not be held again. “A message from the DreamHack Melbourne team: We are very disappointed to share the news that DreamHack Melbourne will not be returning in 2025, but at this time we have no plans to hold any further DreamHack events in Australia in…
ABC’s animated children’s series “Ginger and the Veggiesaurus” will return to Luna Park in the new year through a new interactive experience. Vegesaurs Immersive, which launches on January 11, uses spatially mapped audio and visual content mapping across 39 projectors with 20,000 pixel technology to create a series of lush jungle scenes throughout the amusement park grounds. , recreates spectacular volcanic lava flows, snowy mountains, and underwater gardens with new enhancements. The venue is Big Top. Created by Gary Eck and Nick O’Sullivan and produced by Cheeky Little, Ginger and the Veggiesaurus is a Logie Award-nominated animated short set in…
Prime Video has included another platform as an add-on to its service, making Apple TV+ available to subscribers in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For $12.99 a month, Australian members get access to Major, as well as Severance, Bad Sisters, Silo, Slow Horses, Morning Wars, Presumed Innocent, Shrinking, Hijack, Root, Palm Royale, Wolfs, The Investigators, and more. You can access the title. League Soccer and Major League Baseball sporting events. This comes after Prime Video welcomed Sony-owned anime streaming service Crunchyroll to its add-on subscription stable in October. Prime Video’s head of marketplace for Australia, New Zealand and Canada,…
Positioned as a spiritual successor to the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, Metaphor: Refantasio is the latest work from Japanese studio Atlas, replacing a school hall with a castle wall. Masu. Boldly delving into heavy themes of inequality and the corrupting effects of power, Atlas has created arguably one of the year’s standout RPGs. The familiar mechanics have been refined almost perfectly for long-time fans and newcomers alike, and the story, while simple, is well-crafted and deeply satisfying. More than just a test of RPG skill, Metaphor: ReFantazio aims to challenge your understanding of human nature itself. A…
Positioned as a spiritual successor to the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, Metaphor: Refantasio is the latest work from Japanese studio Atlas, replacing a school hall with a castle wall. Masu. Boldly delving into heavy themes of inequality and the corrupting effects of power, Atlas has created arguably one of the year’s standout RPGs. The familiar mechanics have been refined almost perfectly for long-time fans and newcomers alike, and the story, while simple, is well-crafted and deeply satisfying. More than just a test of RPG skill, Metaphor: ReFantazio aims to challenge your understanding of human nature itself. A…