Australian documentary makers have a new platform for their content with today’s launch of iwonder, an international streaming service.
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Distributors and exhibitors are grappling with the question of the optimum number of screens for mid-range movies – because getting it wrong can hurt both parties financially.
The producers of Anthony Maras’ debut feature 'Hotel Mumbai' are free to shop the thriller about the 2008 terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel to US distributors after a court ruling.
Thirty-two years since Paul Hogan made his fame and fortune in 'Crocodile Dundee' and 17 years since 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles' was released, Hoges has not lost his marquee appeal for distributors around the world.
Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s female-driven caper 'Ocean’s 8' smashed opening records for the franchise in Australia and the US last weekend while horror/thriller fans flocked to the Toni Collette starrer 'Hereditary'.
It’s been a long journey for Anthony Maras’ debut feature 'Hotel Mumbai'.
Australian feature films and feature documentaries released in cinemas have a very good shot at beating the 2017 calendar year total of $49.4 million, judging by the results for the first five months.
The appetite among distributors around the world for genre films centered on sharks and other predators seems insatiable.