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Australian independent distributor Umbrella Entertainment is keen to work with more first-time directors in genres such as horror and action with budgets in the $5 to $7 million range.
“We love our emerging talent slate, and we’ve always taken quite significant risks with first-time feature directors,” Umbrella Entertainment general manager Ari Harrison said at Screen NSW’s latest Power Lunch session. “Probably our biggest Australian and New Zealand films have been from first-time feature directors.&#...