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Netflix miniseries Apple Cider Vinegar has secured a whopping 20 nominations for the 2026 AACTA Awards, while Danny and Michael Phillipou’s sophomore feature Bring Her Back is the frontrunner in film with 16 nods. AACTA announced the majority of nominees today ahead of February’s ceremonies on the Gold Coast, with the International Award and VFX nominations to be unveiled later this month. Round two voting, to determine the winners, is open now. Other strong hopefuls in television include The Newsreader (12 nominations) and Mystery Road Origin (11 nominations), each now some of the most consistently awarded Australian dramas of the past…
Screen Canberra has launched a new Screen Fund to support gaming and direct-to-viewer projects for the first time, offering more generous spending requirements and introducing non-recoverable grants. The fund, announced today, lowers local spending standards for film and television productions seeking grants of up to $300,000, moving from the previous 1:7 loan or equity investment model to a more accessible 1:4 ratio (i.e., every $1 in funding requires $4 in eligible ACT spending). Large projects will continue to be evaluated on capital terms. Under the new system, development funding is no longer supported, although early stage development funding remains available…
The first official trailer for the horror-comedy sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come has been released, taking Samara Weaving’s Grace straight from the flames of its predecessor and into an even more sordid tale of rich people nonsense. The new chapter wastes no time picking up where she left off, hurt, furious, and somehow still alive, but the game is even bigger, weirder, and loaded with fresh faces ready to kill you as soon as you see the Bride. Watch the trailer above and read more below. A new level of nightmare In the sequel, Grace is dropped…
Los Angeles-based consulting firm Marin Entertainment has acquired a new Australian animated comedy from Peregrine Productions for international representation. Created during Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown in 2021, Under Koalafied casts an irreverent lens on rural koalas as they grapple with the increasing pressures of a world of dingoes eating metropolitan dingoes. Mahalia Brown, Tom Armstrong, and Jacqueline Mifsud lead the voice cast. Peregrine Productions executive producer Richard Di Gregorio developed the series with writer/director Timothy Llewellyn Evans, and illustrator Ninianu Le Page led character designs. After the creative team spent 12 months and a year defining the show’s style and episode…
Australians in Film (AiF) has announced New South Wales actor Jonathan Ragdy as the winner of the inaugural On The Rise | The Actor’s Edition initiative aims to give Australian actors without US representation the opportunity to be seen by top talent managers. Ragdy, who has appeared in numerous short films and had a recurring role on Network 10 and Paramount UK’s crime drama North Shore, was selected from a pool of 100 applications in a process led by Hollywood management companies including Artists First, Echo Lake Entertainment, Stride Management and More Medavoy Management. Actors who applied took part this…
When you buy through links on our site, Press Start may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.Xbox has revealed the first batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in December. That lineup includes Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and Mortal Kombat 1 coming to the service, as well as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to the Game Pass Premium tier. Xbox Game Pass Games for December 2025 Lost Records: Bloom and Rage (Console/Cloud/PC) – Starting today on Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass Monster Train (Console/Cloud/PC) – Starting now on Game…
A new drama from John Hinde Award-winning author Thomas Duncan-Watt has moved to the next stage of development with development funding from Screen NSW. “Night Mover” is the story of 54-year-old Laurie Pearce, who starts a “night moving” business in a desperate bid to save a cash-strapped women’s shelter. It’s a dangerous and completely illegal service (inspired by the Japanese occupation of the same name) that removes people from the power grid in exchange for cold hard cash. After developing the pilot during the 2024 edition of Screen Australia and Writers Guild of Australia’s The Creators, Mr Duncan-Watt partnered with…
The updated location offset is credited with contributing to a 43% year-on-year increase in drama spend nationally, with Screen Australia’s annual drama report showing $2.7 billion was spent on 174 Australian and international titles in 2024/25. The report, released this morning, provides an overview of the production of domestic and international feature programs, TV/VOD, children’s drama titles and PDV activities. Of the total, $1.3 billion came from 22 international projects, an increase of 163% from the previous year. This included $1 billion from 20 international productions (up 113 percent year over year) and $302 million from two international TV/VOD titles…
When you buy through links on our site, Press Start may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.Nintendo has released another major update to Mario Kart World. Update 1.4.0 adds custom items that allow you to configure which items are displayed (a highly requested feature), the ability to control music volume, and many improvements and course changes. New features in Mario Kart World 1.4.0 Added “Custom Item” to item rules. This function allows you to set the items to be displayed. Compatible with “VS Race”, “Balloon Battle”, “Coin Runner”, and “Room” in “Online Play” or “Wireless Play”. The…
A dive into the world of Australia’s undelivered mail, a traveling quiz show and a romance series starring Pier Miranda are among five projects shortlisted for next year’s AACTA Reg Grundy Award. The $50,000 prize, presented in partnership with Grandi Media, celebrates the heritage and entrepreneurial spirit of its namesake brand and will be awarded to the best project in the unscripted television format. The winner will be determined by a panel of judges that includes Eureka’s Head of Global Format Wes Denning, Executive Producer and Format Consultant Paul Hardy, Producer and Consultant Marion Farrelly, former Fremantle Region Australia and…