Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' has shone in the west, winning this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' will open two film festivals in the space of a week after being announced as the opening film of this year's Adelaide Film Festival (AFF).
Kitty Green's South Australian-filmed social thriller 'The Royal Hotel' will open the screen portion of October's SXSW Sydney, with a red carpet premiere to be held at the ICC on October 15.
The third feature from Goran Stolevski and a South Australian docu-drama are among the first titles to be confirmed for this year's Adelaide Film Festival, taking place from October 18-29.
Sally Aitken's 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles', a documentary that explores the meteoric rise of the children's music group, will have its world premiere at October's SXSW Sydney, which is also set to include a First Nations Screen Festival and an XR Showcase.
First-time director Ramata-Toulaye Sy has won the $140,000 Bright Horizons competition at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival for romantic drama Banel & Adama.
Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen were saving up for a house, but after hearing American director Trey Edward Shults speak at Austin Film Festival about making the micro budget 'Krisha', they decided their funds might be better spent making a debut feature that they could use as a calling card.
John Harvey’s 'Katele (Mudskipper)' has again been crowned Best Australian Short, this time at the Melbourne International Film Festival.