The Correspondent
AACTA Awards announce star-studded field of nominees for 2026 season
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for the 2026 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group, recognising outstanding achievements across film, television, documentary, short form and digital production. The Awards will be presented during AACTA Festival, held 4th – 8th February, 2026 at HOTA, Home of the Arts on…
Interview: Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste on bringing The Correspondent to the big screen; “There has to be some deeper understanding of what it is, or was, that journalists actually did before the world changed.”
While covering the news desk in Cairo for a colleague over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested and accused of terrorism. He became a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. The subject of his own worldwide news story, where only his wits and…
Interview: Director Kriv Stenders on bringing Peter Greste’s true story to the big screen with The Correspondent; “If the film makes us think for a moment, it’s done it’s job.”
While covering the news desk in Cairo for a colleague over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested and accused of terrorism. He became a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. The subject of his own worldwide news story, where only his wits and…
Film Review: The Correspondent is a stark Australian thriller grounded by the understated work of Richard Roxburgh
Having already carved out a sense of the absurd regarding the legal system with their work on the TV series Rake, star Richard Roxburgh and writer Peter Duncan take on a far more serious aspect of such risibility in The Correspondent through the incarceration of Australian journalist Peter Greste and the dubious charges of terrorism…