The unique cultural perspective of Australian screen stories can be a sales asset in the global marketplace but only when content strikes universal themes, according to speakers at a Screen Forever conference panel.
'Dune: Part Two' has delivered cinemas their first blockbuster hit of 2024, with the sci-fi sequel posting the highest opening weekend of any film released since last July's 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'.
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has confirmed a string of pre-sales for the fourth season of New Zealand murder mystery drama 'My Life Is Murder' ahead of its official launch at the London Screenings.
'Bob Marley: One Love' was the only film to crack $1 million mark at the box office last weekend, with cinemas quiet ahead of Thursday's release of 'Dune: Part Two'.
At the Australian International Movie Convention late last year, filmmaker Christopher Amos noted there was one genre that seemed to be absent from the distributor presentations: documentary. The observation prompted him to acquire the Academy Award-nominated 'Four Daughters', due in cinemas this Thursday.
A Queensland-shot fantasy horror from Tristan Barr will be launched for sales at this month's European Film Market after being boarded by SC Films International.
'Force of Nature', Robert Connolly's much anticipated follow up to 2021's 'The Dry', led the box office last weekend, marking the first time an Australian film has hit no. 1 since 'Elvis' in June 2022.
AppleTV+'s latest $US200 million blockbuster 'Argylle' was declared a flop in the US after a $US18 million start at the box office, but Australian audiences were a little warmer towards the film.