The producers of All About E intend to open the lesbian love story/ road trip/ thriller on about 40 screens next year, all via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg.
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The gambit of launching Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson's dark comedy The Mule simultaneously on digital platforms in Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada last Friday, bypassing cinemas, seems to be paying off.
IFC Midnight bought US rights to The Babadook and has now added Wyrmwood to its release slate.
The case for flexible release windows for Australian and other independent films has been reinforced by the weekend debuts of My Mistress and Rise.
While some critics have unfavourably compared Interstellar with Gravity, Christopher Nolan's sci-fi odyssey has opened rather bigger than Alfonso Cuaron's deep space thriller.
Two very different Australian films, Maya the Bee Movie and William Kelly's War, had unconventional launches in cinemas last weekend.
By Christmas at least six Hollywood films will have been released this year on DVD and VoD roughly 90 days after their theatrical premieres, a departure from the traditional 120-day holdback.
The initial results on films pitched to Australian moviegoers via cinema-on-demand platform Tugg, either as an exclusive offering or in combination with conventional distribution, have been encouraging.