Critics have hailed Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' as an "even deeper" and "pulpier and more explosive" look at toxic masculinity than her 2019 #MeToo thriller 'The Assistant', with many drawing comparisons between the film and Ted Kotcheff's 1971 classic 'Wake in Fright'.
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New Zealand coming-of-age tale 'Uproar', starring Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver and Rhys Darby is set to open this year's Brisbane International Film Festival.
As SXSW Sydney continues to take shape, head of screen Ghita Loebenstein talks about curating a line-up that takes inspiration from the Austin event while at the same time, standing on its own.
SXSW Sydney has announced the short film line-up for its screen festival, with 33 titles to feature across four programs.
Noora Niasari’s 'Shayda' has shone in the west, winning this year's $100,000 CinefestOZ film prize.
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).
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.