Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' will open two film festivals in the space of a week after being announced as the opening film of this year's Adelaide Film Festival (AFF).
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Kitty Green's South Australian-filmed social thriller 'The Royal Hotel' will open the screen portion of October's SXSW Sydney, with a red carpet premiere to be held at the ICC on October 15.
The third feature from Goran Stolevski and a South Australian docu-drama are among the first titles to be confirmed for this year's Adelaide Film Festival, taking place from October 18-29.
Sally Aitken's 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles', a documentary that explores the meteoric rise of the children's music group, will have its world premiere at October's SXSW Sydney, which is also set to include a First Nations Screen Festival and an XR Showcase.
First-time director Ramata-Toulaye Sy has won the $140,000 Bright Horizons competition at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival for romantic drama Banel & Adama.
Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen were saving up for a house, but after hearing American director Trey Edward Shults speak at Austin Film Festival about making the micro budget 'Krisha', they decided their funds might be better spent making a debut feature that they could use as a calling card.
John Harvey’s 'Katele (Mudskipper)' has again been crowned Best Australian Short, this time at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Ivan Sen's 'Limbo' and Noora Niasari's 'Shayda' have joined the Australian contingent bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), announced as part of the event's centrepiece program.