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Kelton Pell.

Actor Kelton Pell is the first Western Australian to receive the Screen Legend accolade from CinefestOZ in the event’s 12-year history.

In a career spanning more than 25 years, his film credits include Blackfellas, Australian Rules, September, Bran Nue Dae, Mad Bastards, Looking For Grace, Red Dog:True Blue and Three Summers.

In his latest screen role he appeared alongside Bill Nighy, Victoria Hill and Milan Burch in director Tim Brown’s Buckley’s Chance, which was partly shot in Wa.

Nighy played Spencer, the estranged grandfather of Burch’s Ridley, who moved to Wa with his mother Gloria (Hill) after his father dies. Spencer tries to reconnect with the boy but he gets lost the outback.

Pell has been a familiar face in such TV shows as Pine Gap, The Gods of Wheat Street, The Circuit, Redfern Now and The Heights.

“It’s a huge honour,” he says of the award.

2019 is going to be the biggest year yet when it comes to Netflix original movies and TV shows, and they are kicking the new year off with a bang quite literally. Today, we have the first trailer and poster for the action thriller Close starring Naomi Rapace, which will launch exclusively on the premium streaming service this month.

Close isn't wasting anytime from showing off its first trailer to its debut, with the hard-hitting drama arriving on Netflix in just the next two weeks, debuting Friday, January 18. The window between when they show off their next big release and when it actually arrives is shrinking by the minute, to appease the 'gotta have it now' culture they've helped create.

Close is an adrenaline-pumping action thriller written and directed by Vicky Jewson (Born of War). The drama is inspired by the life of the world's leading female bodyguard, Jacquie Davis. The...

Aaron Pedersen as Jay Swan.

While many actors may fret or obsess about where their next role is coming from, Aaron Pedersen has a simple, unfussed approach.

“I take the despair out by believing you get the jobs you deserve to get,” he says after receiving his second Aacta nomination – best lead actor in a TV drama for Mystery Road.

“Your career is about longevity. I am forever grateful for being able to do the things I want to do.”

It’s a philosophy which has sustained the 48-year-old through a career spanning 25 years. It’s his second nomination following a nod for best lead actor in The Circuit in 2010.

Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road is vying for the best drama prize with Easy Tiger Productions’ Jack Irish, Jungle Entertainment/Blue –Tongue Films’ Mr Inbetween, Easy Tiger’s Rake and FremantleMedia’s Wentworth.

Pedersen’s Jay Swan was the pivotal character...

Catriona McKenzie.

Catriona McKenzie launched her production company Dark Horse last month in part because she feels she’s now in a position to give practitioners from diverse backgrounds a leg up in their careers.

McKenzie has worked extensively as director, including feature film Satellite Boy, which she also wrote and produced, and on series such as Tidelands, Harrow, The Warriors, Dance Academy, The Circuit, Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street, as well ABC iview’s Kiki and Kitty and Wrong Kind Of Black.

She is also the first Indigenous Australian woman to direct series television in the Us, having recently worked on Shadowhunters for Freeform, and is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

While McKenzie already has several projects on her slate, Dark Horse won’t just be a vehicle for her own work. Rather, she tells If she feels she’s now at stage...