Kriv Stenders’ drama 'Australia Day' will open in 11 cinemas around Australia on September 21 – seven days before it’s available to rent online – as the first title to test the premium VOD window in Oz.
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Russell Crowe last week urged his 2.73 million Twitter followers to see 'Backtrack Boys' in Australian cinemas, lauding Catherine Scott’s feature documentary as really special and a great story.
A slew of First Nations titles produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation will air in 29 states across the US after being acquired by First Nations Experience, a North American channel devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content.
Writer-director Rodd Rathjen's debut feature 'Buoyancy' has been put forward as Australia's official submission for the Best International Feature Film prize at the 2020 Academy Awards.
Monica Zanetti’s 'Ellie and Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)' opened in UK cinemas on Friday Kaleidoscope, with Arcadia Films also announcing a range of sales in other territories, including the US.
Writer-director Neil Triffett’s 'EMO the Musical' is said to be poised to break even after being acquired by Netflix.
It’s an all too familiar story: Australian films open in a handful of cinemas with minimal marketing and publicity and audiences don’t go because they don’t know where or when these films are playing.
ABC Commercial has inked a pre-sale of Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin's documentary 'Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra' to Swedish public broadcaster SVT, for the SVT2 and SVT Play platforms.