AACTAs reveal the respectable face of Australian cinema

The bigger budget contestants at the AFI/AACTAs for 2018 are a varied bunch. The old cliche of sad films is dead, dead, dead.

15 Aug 2018 12:00

David Tiley

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Nearly forty feature films compete this year for the AACTA Awards, and the organisation has added another category of Best Indy Film, which must have budgets under $2m.

Here are the films made for $2m+ with some details from Screen Australia’s Screen Guide or IMDB.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.